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• Forever Connected | The Class of 2020

  Schulich Medicine & Dentistry’s Class of 2020 will forever be connected because of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. As the world searched for answers and families found new ways to deal with loss, change and adapt day in and day out, students at the School tapped into their personal resources and resiliency to complete their programs. Schulich Medicine & Dentistry couldn’t be more proud of all of their accomplishments and have chosen to celebrate their graduation by sharing five stories of the Class of 2020.



• Honours: Six Western researchers named Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellows
• Funding: Researchers receive a multi-million dollar injection of funding through CIHR
• Award: PhD candidates receive CIHR recognition at the Canadian Student Health Research Forum
• Announcement: Nicole Campbell, PhD, appointed as Director of Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences
• Pandemic-era course shift fuels students’ academic and personal growth
• Research News: Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19
• Funding: Research to understand working memory receives new funding
• Experiential Learning grants brew innovative courses
• Four new Canada Research Chairs for Western, two renewed