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Patrick Leclair, medical director of the Student Health and Wellness Centre and a family physician, explains how the new Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacy Care Clinic on campus aims to improve student access to wellness services as an integral part of the Centre’s new “One Door” service delivery model. The new Pharmacy Care Clinic will open February 13, and will be integrated into the University’s St...

The University Research Chairs return this year with a bold focus on tackling pressing challenges both locally and globally. Among this year’s recipients, two outstanding researchers from the Faculty of Medicine are driving innovation in health and biomedical sciences.

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 between the faculty and its affiliated institutes for a total of $14.1M.

The Faculty of Medicine is pleased to announce the successful applicants of the 2024 Path to Patenting & Pre-commercialization (3P) Grant competition. The Path to Patenting & Pre-commercialization grant program helps move early-stage biomedical research from the lab toward real-world applications by supporting proof-of-concept studies and comme...

A new study published in The BMJ suggests that prehabilitation (also called prehab) may be able to reduce complications and length of hospitalization after surgery, while also improving quality of life and physical recovery.

The University Research Chairs return this year with a fresh set of challenges, addressing urgent issues both locally and globally.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. David Ponka as the Interim Assistant Dean of Global Health for the International and Global Health Office (IGHO).

Smoking stubbornly remains a leading cause of disease, disability and death in Canada, even as prevalence rates have fallen significantly over the last 50 years. So what new smoking cessation initiative can save lives and billions of dollars in health-care costs?

In Canada, equitable health-care access remains a significant challenge for francophones living outside of Quebec and for English-speaking communities in Quebec. However, research at the University of Ottawa is paving the way for change.

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic shown to be more effective in shedding pounds than changing eating, exercise habits