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When U.S. president Joe Biden received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine just before his inauguration, all cameras were on him.

Professor Giroux, a registered dietitian and full professor at the School of Nutrition Sciences, has devoted her whole career to the education of dietitians, advancing dietetic research and knowledge, as well as the promotion of the dietetics profession and its importance in the promotion of health, the prevention and management of disease.

In 1951, Angelo Di Turi immigrated to Canada from Italy with only $15 in his pocket. He worked night and day to support his wife, Lucia, and children, Angela and Anna, back home in Italy until they could join him in 1955. Two years later, their son Vito was born in Canada.

School of Nursing and University Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients, is one of two laureates of the 2020 University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Research.

The research program of Dr. Squires, a full professor in the School of Nursing and University Research Chair in Evidence Implementation in Health, aims to increase the use of research by health professionals in clinical practice to improve quality of care, patient outcomes, and health system sustainability.

Congratulations to Chibuike Udenigwe, Associate Professor in the School of Nutrition Sciences on being selected for membership in the Global Young Academy.

The project titled Operation Heat Shield Canada – Protecting Human Health on a Warming Planet was funded by the CFI Innovation program.

An important legacy contribution from Lorraine McMullen Trust to fund the Anna Foley McMullen Scholarship for Nursing Students.

uOttaKnow podcast is back with a second season focused on wellness and personal growth for the new year.

To say that Dave Holmes does not shy away from tough topics is an understatement. In the 1990s, he worked as a street nurse, caring for people like prostitutes and crack addicts, and initiating one of the first needle exchange clinics in the country. “I was teaching people how to inject drugs in shooting galleries in Montreal. This was not very popular back then,” recalls Holmes.