home Faculty of Medicine Research and Innovation - RO 2021 Annual Report - RO Outstanding Research Accomplishments About Us Research Office Staff and Goals Departments and Partners Annual Report Research Initiatives Research Priorities of the Faculty International Collaborations Internal Funding Opportunities Core Facilities Research Highlights Research Chairs Awards & Prizes Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Translational and Molecular Medicine Program Resources for Researchers Resources Equity, Diversity and Inclusion News Find out more about the outstanding discoveries and innovations led by our Faculty members and their teams in 2021. Ruth Slack and Peter Liu uOttawa and partners embrace leadership role in understanding heart-brain connection Guy Trudel Study: Being in space destroys more red blood cells Marc-André Langlois Omicron response: uOttawa Faculty of Medicine professor leads national network studying key questions on newly emerged COVID-19 variant Peggy J. Kleinplatz New research provides theory on why women stopped menstruating upon arrival at Nazi death camps Robert Dent, Chantal Pileggi, Ruth McPherson, and Mary-Ellen Harper New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off Ian Colman New research shows dangerous levels of despair among Canada’s transgender & gender nonconforming youth Cliff Cassidy Research suggests specialized brain imaging can unveil mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease, other disorders Jim Sun Treating TB: uOttawa scientists collaborate to identify new drug for unique therapeutic approach