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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...

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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Improving food systems to meet the needs of Northern Ontarians

How can we improve our food and agricultural systems to better meet the needs of all people? Michaela Bohunicky, a graduate of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program (NODIP) at NOSM, will be exploring this question when she starts a Master of Health Sciences at Lakehead University this fall. Bohunicky will be working with Dr. Charles Levkoe, a Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems. Before coming to NOSM, Bohunicky attended the University of Manitoba, where she was part of a team of researchers exploring food sovereignty—the idea that all people have the right to healthy and culturally appropriate food produc...