December 2015 Newsletter

  • decorative imageGood food, great prizes and even better company at the annual Faculty and Staff Holiday Party
    Schulich Medicine & Dentistry faculty and staff kicked back at the annual Holiday Party, celebrating the season with spirit and merrymaking...

  • decorative imageCelebrating our achievements
    Congratulations to Melanie Katsivo, PhD, Dr. Darren Cargill, Dr. Fabiana Crowley, Dr. Ekta Khemani, Dr. Danielle MacNeil, Dr. Josee Paradis, Dr. Nicole Campbell, Dr. Candace Gibson, Dr. Christina McCord, Dr. Angela Nissen, Tom Stavraky, Dr. Anita Woods, Dr. Mark Darling, Dr. Esperenza Bohorquez, Dr. Tarek Ek-Sayegh, Dr. Karl Cuddy, Jennifer Boogaards, Ziana Esmail, Jessica Gold, Po Cheng Lin, Amirsalar Mofidi, Kimberly Ngai, Nicole Ostro, Martin Reiss, Jaskaran Takhar, Fuad Tanha, Jennifer Archibald, Oies Hussein, Peter Kim, Vida Lam, Elizabeth Waknine, Sameen Abrar, David Feere, Carolyn Karr, David Omole, Sadia Tasleem, Dr. Richard McLachlan and Martin Duennwald, PhD...

  • decorative imageAnnual Bootcamp – attracts international participation
    The annual Emergencies in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Bootcamp is quickly becoming an international affair. The 2015 event attracted nearly 30 residents and 20 faculty from across Canada and the United States...

  • decorative imageYour favourite web stories from 2015
    2015 marked an exciting year at the School. With countless advances, improvements and discoveries, we have a lot to celebrate. View our top 5 most read web stories...

  • decorative image2015's most read articles from The Pulse
    In case you missed them, we're recapping our top 5 most read articles from The Pulse over the course of 2015...

  • decorative imageOur top 15 tweets from 2015
    We've had a lot to talk about during the past year on our @SchulichMedDent Twitter account. Our top 15 tweets showcase some of our most popular events, including the annual See the Line symposium. We've highlighted many of our research accomplishments, as well as our news-making members of the School, like Dr. William Wall and Greta Bauer, PhD...

  • decorative imageThe 15 most "liked" moments on Facebook in 2015
    Our Facebook page is an outlet for our faculty, staff, student and alumni profiles. We've featured groundbreaking research and advancements, and kept you in the loop with our exciting events. We gathered the top 15 most "liked" Facebook posts of 2015. We hope you enjoy the look back as much as we do...

  • decorative imageTop YouTube video of 2015:
    Celebrating 50 years of dental education and research...

  • decorative image2015 most read Resident Spotlight:
    Dr. Rebecca Zener - Training for the thrill of adventure...

  • decorative imageRobarts Research Institute top story from 2015:
    Cutting-edge science at your fingertips...

  • decorative imageMost read Distributed Education Profile:
    Robin Krug, Medicine Class of 2018...

  • decorative image2015 top read Student Profile:
    Eric and Dora Habib - Two Classes. One Family...

  • decorative image2015 top read Department Profile:
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics...

  • Dean’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program 2016 applications now open
    Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs is now accepting applications for the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program 2016, which will take place in summer 2016. The deadline for interested supervisors to submit a project description is January 10, 2016...

  • Upcoming Operations Town Hall: Wednesday, January 27
    Mark your calendars for an Operations Town Hall meeting, featuring Betty Holme and Kevin Inchley, that will take place for faculty, staff and students at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry on January 27, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in Dental Sciences Building, Room 1002. More details to come in the New Year...

  • Challenge accepted
    Gordon Thompson meets the NHLPA Concussion Project challenge head on with an extraordinary donation of $100,000...

  • Dr. Lawrence Jacobs has been appointed as Assistant Dean, Windsor Faculty Affairs
    Dr. Lawrence Jacobs has been appointed as Assistant Dean, Windsor Faculty Affairs, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University effective January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017...

  • Commitment to the Community - Altitude: Healthcare Mentoring
    Erfun Hatam and Alex McDougall, Medicine Class of 2018 are giving back to the local university community as co-leads for the Altitude: Healthcare Mentoring program in Windsor. Surpassing all expectations they have matched 33 University of Windsor first-year undergraduate students with 33 undergraduate medical students...

  • In case you missed it, here's what made headlines this month...
    Drs. Michael Strong and Lisa Fischer weigh in on the "New mindset needed for athletes to stop playing hurt: Experts"; "Only 36 per cent of Canadian primary-care docs think health system works well" Dr. Stephen Wetmore comments; "Syrian refugees touching down in London will need more than winter clothes to wear and places to live" featuring Dr. Lloy Wylie...

  • decorative imageTweets 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 during the month of December...

  • decorative imageTips and tricks
    Apple has released a minor update to its mobile operating system, IOS. Information Services recommends updating to this latest release...

  • decorative imageEvents
    A reminder that the University will be closing for the holidays on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. through to 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2015...