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New Canadian-led study shows why astronauts are anemic when returning from Space travel

Faculty of Medicine

World-first MARROW study collected breath and blood samples from astronauts to improve health outcomes of space travelers and patients here on Earth.

Does it pay for private firms to be socially responsible?

Telfer School of Management

Professor Harshit Rajaiya has received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant to study how investing in CSR initiatives affects the financial performance of private firms.

Made-in-Ottawa vaccine could help in global fight against COVID-19, including new variants

Faculty of Medicine

As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world, a vaccine developed and manufactured at The Ottawa Hospital could provide a unique approach to help control the pandemic.

Understanding resilience of entrepreneurs

Telfer School of Management

Ramzi Fathallah was hired last July as an assistant professor in entrepreneurship and family business at the Telfer School of Management.

Study takes unprecedented peek into life of 17,000-year-old mammoth

Faculty of Science

uOttawa Faculty of Science professor co-leads study, leads modeling effort on international project retracing lifetime of prehistoric animal

New research institute to explore the impact of music on health

Faculty of Arts

If popular wisdom holds that music is good for the soul, science is increasingly seeking to better understand how music can affect the body, brain, and mind, as evidenced by the 2020 publication of the first World Health Organization report on health and music.

Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper wins Diabetes Canada Lifetime Achievement Award

Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper began her work helping to unlock some of the myriad mysteries of diabetes when she became a tenure-stream assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine in 1995.