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In 2024, the University of Ottawa continued to make its mark as a leader in research and innovation. Through its investments, state-of-the-art infrastructure and strategic partnerships, the University worked to improve the well-being of local and global communities.

As 2024 draws to a close, we celebrate a year shaped by transformative ideas and productive collaboration. This year’s milestones reflect our research community’s dedication to advancing knowledge. Supported by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, these achievements underscore our commitment to fostering meaningful progress.

• New study with small sample size highlights systemic issues in how family courts address parental rights • Biases including racism, Islamophobia, and sexism shape outcomes, often to the detriment of fathers and their children • Fathers often portrayed as authoritarian or unfit, children’s well-being neglected • Research team advocates for bias training for judges, attorneys, and custody evalu...

The inaugural Destination: Family Medicine allowed local youth to experience the rewards of serving the community as a family physician.

2024 was a year full of exciting firsts for the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. From groundbreaking research and innovative new education programs, to the literal groundbreaking of our new Advanced Medical Research Centre, 2024 showcased how the Faculty has become a global leader among its peers and one of the top medical schools in Canada.

Removing 10 per cent of a patient’s blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Known as hypovolemic phlebotomy, this practice could save one in every 11 patients having this surgery from needing a transfusion.

New research sees mRNA and RNAi-based therapies delivered in single treatment, paving way for treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases

Once again, this year, the University of Ottawa has risen among the top research-driven universities in Canada, according to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities for 2024, published by the well-regarded Research Infosource Inc.

For the last 25 years, the Éric Poulin Centre for Neuromuscular Disease (CNMD) has flourished as an interdisciplinary hub of cutting-edge science, evolving into a research hotbed that’s earned a global reputation as a talent-rich innovator.

On November 28, students and faculty members were honoured for outstanding academic achievements.