The Pulse - August 2015
Two classes. One family.
Siblings Eric and Dora Habib made history at the 2015 White Coat Ceremony, representing the strong link between the medical and dental fields. Along with 258 of their classmates, the pair entered their respective programs at the School’s first combined ceremony. First-year Schulich Medicine students also participated in Community Day this month, experiencing health care in rural and regional settings. Enjoy photo galleries showcasing special moments from each event...
Martin Short headlines Leaders in Innovation Dinner
Celebrated Canadian actor and comedy legend Martin Short is the keynote speaker for the 2015 Leaders in Innovation Dinner on November 18. This year’s dinner celebrates research excellence in the field of cellular and molecular imaging in cancer...
NHLPA gift supports concussion research
The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) has made a challenge gift of $500,000 to support concussion research led by Arthur Brown, PhD, and Greg Dekaban, PhD...
Great food and fun at the faculty and staff fiesta
A beautiful summer afternoon offered the perfect environment for colleagues to socialize, build team spirit and celebrate the contributions that our faculty and staff make on a daily basis...
Celebrating our achievements
Congratulations to Ravi Menon, PhD, Alison Allan, PhD, Dr. Stanley Kogon, Nicole Barra, PhD, Dr. Daniel Pepe, Frank Beier, PhD, Dr. Robert Hegele, Terry Peters, PhD, Dr. J. Geoffrey Pickering, the 19 recipients of the CIHR Open Operating Grants, the recipients of the Internal Graduate Awards, Dr. John Kelton, Dr. Danielle Martin, Ian Cunningham, PhD, and Dr. Shannon Venance...
August Operations Update
The Operations Report includes monthly updates from each of our operational teams and departments as well as an update from the School’s Chief Operating Officer...
Lina Dagnino, PhD, Profiles of Excellence - Research Feature
Lina Dagnino, PhD, researches skin biology and stem cells. Her expertise includes cellular and molecular biology, as well as developmental genetics. In this edition of the Profiles of Excellence series, Dagnino discusses her research into the mechanisms behind blistering diseases, skin cancer and wound healing...
Terry Peters, PhD, Robarts Feature - The heart of the matter
Peters is one of three recipients at Robarts to receive a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Foundation Grant, totaling more than $6.6 million over seven years. Cardiac surgery is just one of four research themes Peters will be working on with his specific funding of more than $2.2 million...
Celina Dharamshi, Master of Public Health - Student Spotlight
When Celina Dharamshi, Master of Public Health Class of 2015, was deciding on where to complete her 12-week practicum placement, she was looking for an experience that would give her the opportunity to apply the public health skillset she acquired in the classroom in a real-world setting...
Stephen Sims, PhD, Celebrating our Commitment to the Community
Stephen Sims, PhD, a cellular physiologist in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, is a longstanding member of the Water Life Initiative: an organization that aims at ensuring the continued health and vitality of the water system within the District of Muskoka...
Dr. Roisin Dooley, Resident Spotlight
Growing up in a small town in Northwestern Ontario, Dr. Roisin Dooley was fortunate to have Aboriginal role models in medicine — a factor that made her goal of becoming a physician more achievable. Now, as a first-year resident in obstetrics and gynaecology, Dr. Dooley hopes to serve not only as a role model herself, but also as an educational resource on Aboriginal issues in her field of work...
Dr. Philip Squires, Distributed Education Network - Feature
A career spanning the globe, a passion for life-long learning and a health scare inspired Dr. Philip Squires to value the important things in life and work. He is retiring as a Stratford paediatrician and Distributed Education faculty member this month, confident his next journey is on the horizon...- From the desk of George Kim: Meet Dr. Susan Munro, co-regional director of Kent-Lambton
Dr. Susan Munro will join Dr. Michel Haddad in providing leadership in all educational programs and processes across the medical education spectrum in the Kent-Lambton... - Strategic Planning Steering Committee Announcement
Fourteen members of the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry community will form the School’s Strategic Planning Steering Committee. In their role they will work closely with Dr. Margaret Steele, who is leading the strategic planning process, and Anne Becker of Pathways Consulting... - Important notice: UpToDate no longer available
Based on financial considerations, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Western Libraries have mutually agreed to no longer support the UpToDate Point of Care Tool. This is effective August 31, 2015... - Schulich Dentistry’s 50th anniversary celebration weekend is less than two weeks away
Throughout the year, we have celebrated 50 extraordinary years of dentistry with numerous events and activities, and profiles of our faculty, staff, students and alumni. And now the peak of the celebration is quickly approaching... - Schulich Medicine & Dentistry unveils first free public health casebook
The new Western Public Health Casebook compiles 13 of the best cases from the practicum experiences of the inaugural class, covering topics from prenatal genetic screening in Ontario and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh, to examining the economic burden of the mosquito-transmitted disease chikungunya in the Americas... - Phase Three of the website redevelopment project on track
All Phase Three departments, divisions and programs have completed Cascade training and have begun migrating content onto their new websites. The final website launch is anticipated for late October... 
Tweets of the Month
Our community has some important things to say on Twitter, but you may not have noticed. Catch up on the best 140-character thoughts from faculty, staff and students...
Tips and tricks - Writing for the web
Writing content for the web is different than writing for any type of print publication. Learn about our 10 quick guidelines to keep in mind when writing content for the web...
Upcoming events
The Dentistry 50th anniversary celebration is right around the corner on September 11 and 12. Homecoming 2015 offers the chance to relive your story from September 24 to 27...
