Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine
Advancing Medicine Through Agriculture
The Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) is dedicated to investigating and understanding the potential health-related benefits found in nutraceuticals, functional foods, and natural health products (health food).
Araujo and Manson named 2021 Vanier Scholars
Congratulations to Daniel Schwade Araujo and Anne Manson, PhD students here at St. Boniface Hospital Research, who were both named 2021 Vanier Scholars. Araujo, studying at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, will undertake a PhD in Applied Health...
St. Boniface Investigators attract over $300,000 in NSERC funding
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) recently awarded two significant grants to support the work of Dhingra and Moghadasian respectively. Dr. Mohammed Moghadasian, Principal Investigator of the Pathology Research Laboratory, Canadian Centre...
Smart vertical farming to expand in Northern Manitoba
Principal Investigator and UM professor Dr. Miyoung Suh will work with Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) to develop a smart vertical farming initiative for the community that will benefit many Manitobans. This is part of The Implementing Smart Cities Interventions to Build...
Research Without Borders Partnership Yields Publishing First
In a first for one of the partnerships created through the Research Without Borders initiative, a joint-research endeavour between investigators here at St. Boniface Hospital Research and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Dr. Hope Anderson and...
Aliani’s team shares findings on non-invasive early-stage lung cancer detection approach using the power of metabolomics.
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and women combined (Canadian Cancer Society, 2021). Detection of cancer-specific metabolites in the early stages of lung cancer is made difficult due to the small size of tumours and the absence of cellular...
In Memory of Susan Zettler
It is with a profound sense of loss that we share the news of Susan Zettler’s untimely passing on Friday, January 1, 2021. Sue was a valued member of our team here at St. Boniface Hospital Research and a highly regarded member of Winnipeg’s research community. ...