Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Today at 11 a.m., please join the moment of silence to honour the University of Alberta community members we lost on Jan. 8, 2020. One year later, we remember them. #UAlberta

In remembrance of the 10 UAlberta community members who died Jan 8, 2020 on Flight PS752, this account will be silent on January 7 and 8, 2021. Our thoughts are with the friends, family, colleagues and loved ones of those who were lost.

UAlberta students and residents share their challenges during the coronavirus pandemic and how the CMA Foundation COVID-19 Support for Medical Learners Bursary helped navigate some of them.

Some of the earliest signs may be subtle but they are apparent quite early in lifefor many children even by the first birthday, says Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair in Autism Research and is a Stollery Science Lab Distinguished Researcher.

Radiation therapy educator Amanda Bolderston, Evan Taylor from the University of Fraser Valley and Meghan McInnis from Queen's University launched the Queering Cancer website to help close an information gap in resources and services tailored to LGBTQ2+ people.

To earn her third U of A degree, Émilie Robertson drew on interdisciplinary expertise to develop virtual tools to help surgeons correct skull defects in babiesand make the experience less scary for families.

Register today for Friday's Mark Marshall Memorial Lecture Series: Improving Eye Care Through Tele-ophthalmology. Speakers include: Dr. Mark Greve, Dr. Brad Hinz, Mr. Abshir Moalin, Dr. Chris Rudnisky & Dr. Matt Tennant. Register in advance: bit.ly/3lmaWGH #UAlberta

Fall 2020 Convocation Spotlight: Adriana Airo, ’20 PhD It was #UAlberta’s strong focus on virology that drew Adriana Airo, ’20 PhD, to Edmonton for her doctoral studies, but she never could have imagined she would be defending her thesis in the midst of a pandemic. #UAlberta20 UAlberta Alumni

Tomorrow is #NationalPhilanthropyDay! Here’s another of our outstanding nominees for the National Philanthropy Day Award: The MD Class of 2018. Going above and beyond the usual class gift to help reduce financial stress for students so they can focus on becoming the best.

In March 2020, the School of Dentistry wrapped up their most successful fundraising campaigns ever. Though the pandemic has prevented major celebrations, we wanted to highlight two outstanding donors who helped make it possible, Dr. Ivonne Hernandez and the Stollery Charitable Foundation. Both have been nominated for a National Philanthropy Day Award coming up on Nov 19! https://bit.ly/2HavCTb