2016

  • Creative Collaboration

    December 05, 2016
    A unique school granting program is funding out-of-the-box research projects for interdisciplinary teams from across basic and clinical sciences. What would happen if physicians helped critically ill patients exercise while they were still receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital?

  • Doing it better

    October 20, 2016
    How can we do this better? It’s a question that Dr. Mark Goldszmidt has been asking about medical education and the delivery of patient care for the past 20 years.

  • Lorelei Lingard, PhD, is one of the newest recipients of the Dean's Research Initiative Grant

    October 12, 2016
    Lorelei Lingard is founding director and senior scientist at the Centre for Education Research & Innovation, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Faculty of Education, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She will receive $100,000 for her project entitled, “Advancing Assessment Science Through Competency-Based Medicine Education.”

  • Connecting the dots throughout his career

    July 20, 2016
    Dr. Anthony Jevnikar talks about his career, transplantation research and his Schulich Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • 2016 Alumni of Distinction and Dean's Distinguished Lecture Award recipients

    July 20, 2016
    Congratulations to the 2016 Alumni of Distinction Award recipients - Dr. Geoffrey Pickering, Recipient of the Excellence in Basic Science Research Award.

  • CANet researchers publish breakthrough results

    May 06, 2016
    Researchers with the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada (CANet) hosted at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry published results today that may change the way clinicians treat Canadians with heart disease.

  • Update – Conditions of Appointment for Physicians and Town Hall meetings

    April 11, 2016
    As you may know, a process to update the Conditions of Appointment for Physicians Document began a few years ago. Under the leadership of Dr. Margaret Steele, Vice Dean, Hospital and Interfaculty Relations, the process was undertaken to do a complete and thorough review and update of the Document. The completed Document was recently endorsed by the Clinical Teachers Association.

  • Western Email System Change Coming - How will it impact you?

    March 30, 2016
    Earlier this month, Western University announced that it is beginning the next phase of the project to replace its campus-wide email platform (known as Convergence) to a new cloud-based system called Microsoft Office 365....

  • 2015 recipient of President’s Award for Physician Leadership displays tremendous compassion and empathy for patients and colleagues

    January 28, 2016
    Dr. Andrew House has many talents: skilled and compassionate physician, engaging leader, mentor, trusted colleague—all factors in his successful nomination for the 2015 President’s Award for Physician Leadership.

  • 2016 Awards of Excellence

    January 08, 2016
    Celebration of Excellence 2016. Every year, the Celebration of Excellence honours the outstanding contributions of faculty and staff at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and provides an opportunity to recognize and encourage the ongoing development of outstanding talent found here.