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CRaNHR Celebrates 25 Years Northern Health Research
The Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR) at Laurentian University celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year. Originally known as the Northern Health Human Resources Research Unit (NHHRRU), CRaNHR is an academic and applied research centre that conducts interdisciplinary research on rural health, with a focus on improving health services, access to health care in rural and Northern communities, as well as enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge of the health-care system. Though it predates the founding of the Northern Ontario Medical School, CRaNHR and NOSM have developed a strong partnership because of their s...
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NOSM alumnus leads research study
In a study presented Wednesday at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Boston, researchers from Western University showed that the STOP Narcotics protocol halved the amount of opioids prescribed after two types of outpatient surgery, while still adequately treating most patients' post-operative pain. The lead author of the study was Dr. Luke Hartford, a graduate of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine's MD program who is currently a general surgery resident at Western University. "By significantly reducing the amount of opioids prescribed, this decreases the exposure risk and potential for misuse of narcotic me...
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Working better together
A group of researchers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine is studying the dynamics of concussion management in interprofessional team settings. The team is lead by co-investigators Dr. Tara Baldisera, a family physician and associate professor of clinical sciences at NOSM; Dr. Jairus Quesnele, a clinical chiropractic specialist and associate professor at NOSM; and, Shannon Kenrick-Rochon, a nurse practitioner, professor of nursing at Cambrian College and Laurentian University and a lecturer at NOSM. It also includes Dr. Sylvain Grenier, Professor of Human Kinetics and Michelle Laurence, Laboratory Technologist and Registered K...
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