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The Social Impact Funding Program – Medical Summer Student Research Program (MSSRP) stream is a continued collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine’s Research Office, offering two ways of student engagement in research for the program’s social accountability priority area: faculty-initiated and community-led. This year, we matched 7 students to projec...

Collaborative research sheds light on the mysteries of mitochondrial dynamics and its likely role in the metastatic progression of breast cancer

Glioblastoma is the most common – and the most malignant – primary brain tumour in adults. It’s aggressive and incurable. Even with treatment including surgical removal and chemotherapy, the median survival for patients is just 18 months.

The University of Ottawa is strengthening ties between academia and government. With support from its Office of Public Policy Research and Outreach (OPPRO), the University aims to promote the expertise of our research community and to increase the impact of their research in improving Canadian public policy.

“As a Black woman with sickle cell disease, I brace myself for judgement every time I walk into the ER,” says Shelly-Ann Crosby, 41, whose countless hospital visits for pain have deepened her wariness.

The uOttawa Faculty of Medicine community is excited to share the results of its 2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seed Funding Program, a competition that continues to push the boundaries of medical AI research and innovation.

The Faculty of Medicine, together with The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), are pleased to announce the successful applicants of the 2024 Translational Research Grant (TRG) competition.

The Faculty is excited to announce the Discovery Grants Program and the Discovery Launch Supplement of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) have granted more than $590,000 to 12 researchers from the Faculty of Medicine to support their innovative research projects.

The Faculty of Medicine is excited to announce the latest funding allocations from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), receiving a total of 24 grants totaling $18.5M to support research across the Faculty and affiliated institutes.

Discover how this year’s Knowledge Mobilization Award winners, Kerri-Anne Mullen and Elizabeth Dubois, engaged in boundary-breaking activities that shed light on two serious societal issues — the rise of cardiovascular disease in women and the impact of technology and media on election integrity, respectively.