Media Releases
NOSM Professor Hosts Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Research Network Meeting
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was recently pleased to support NOSM researcher, Dr. Kristen Jacklin, and Dr. Wayne Warry of McMaster University, in their efforts to draw attention to dementia in Aboriginal communities. On April 15 and 16, 2010, researchers, administrators, and Aboriginal community members from across the country attended the Aboriginal ADRD Research Network Meeting at NOSM’s East Campus in Sudbury where presentations, discussions, and community perspectives focused on the complexity of dementia among Aboriginal groups. The event was organized in response to a 2007 provincial forum on ADRD, which r...
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NOSM Receives Award from Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
Award Recognizes M.D. Graduates’ Commitment to Rural Health Care The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to be the recipient of the 2010 Rural Medical Education Award granted by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC). Each year, the SRPC confers the Rural Medical Education Award to an undergraduate medical education program which has excelled in graduating physicians heading toward a career in rural medicine. This year’s selection process involved choosing the medical school program that matched the most graduates to rural family medicine residency programs in the 2009 Canadian Resident Matching Se...
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Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) Present Summer Medical Student Research Awards
Last Friday, four Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) medical students received research awards valued at $6,000 each from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO). An additional five NOSM medical students received NOSM Dean’s Summer Medical Student Research Awards, also valued at $6,000 each. This is the fifth year the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario has sponsored Summer Medical Student Research Awards for NOSM medical students. This year brings to a successful conclusion a five-year commitment to NOSM from the Heart and Stroke Foundation valued at nearly $200,000. The HSFO student research projects provide m...
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