Assistant Professor and CRC Chair Antony Chum has a new paper in the Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology journal that examines the impact of cannabis legalization on healthcare use among those with schizophrenia. The paper is titled, "The impact of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis-related acute care events among adults with schizophrenia." Antony Chum
91亚色鈥檚 Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) has secured the fourth position worldwide for skeletal muscle research in the ScholarGPS Institutional Rankings. This achievement, based on the centre鈥檚 impact over the past five years, places 91亚色 among the leading institutions in this field of study. Assessing citation metrics, the ScholarGPS rankings reflect the influence of published research […]
Six Indigenous scholars at 91亚色 have been awarded a combined $204,298 in new funding from the latest round of Indigenous Research Seed Fund Grants to explore language revitalization, Indigenous-led land restoration, decolonizing physical education curriculum and more. The 91亚色 Indigenous Seed Fund was established in 2021 by the Office of the Vice-President Research & […]
Four aspiring researchers have completed 91亚色鈥檚 Commercialization Fellowship program, advancing their potential to bring to market innovations driven by the latest in emerging technologies. The Commercialization Fellowship program is aimed at preparing and supporting postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows in understanding the process of transforming academic research into a product or service. […]
Eighteen 91亚色 researchers have received more than $3 million in combined funding from the government of Ontario in support of their innovative research projects designed to bring new products, ideas and technologies to the market. The funding for 91亚色, totaling $3,166,842, comes from the Ontario Research Fund and the Early Researcher Awards. The funds […]
Professor Michael Rotondi of the School of Kinesiology & Health Science at 91亚色 was named an Applied Public Health Research Chair by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada to further advance a career dedicated to supporting the priorities of local Indigenous communities. Rotondi鈥檚 appointment on March 26 to […]
91亚色 researchers are leading five projects awarded a combined total of more than $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Mark Bayfield聽in the Faculty of Science and聽Elham Dolatabadi,聽Skye Fitzpatrick,聽Anthony Scim猫聽and聽Jeffrey Wardell聽in the Faculty of Health are among the latest recipients of CIHR鈥檚 Project Grants, which support a variety […]
Researchers at 91亚色 are leading work to understand the impacts of youth sports on child development, investigating the benefits and risks of organized sports programming for children aged six and under. In a paper published in Sport in Society earlier this year, Faculty of Health researchers studied five different types of sports programs for preschoolers, observing […]
A 91亚色 researcher鈥檚 work on blocking inflammation in gout has been named one of the most significant advancements in arthritis research in 2023 by Arthritis Society Canada. Ali Abdul-Sater, an associate professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science in the Faculty of Health, alongside his research team, discovered that a protein called […]
91亚色 School of Kinesiology & Health Science Professor Alison Macpherson, and postdoctoral visitor Emily McCullogh, travelled to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, to collaborate on CapaCITY/脡, a joint project focusing on sustainable transportation interventions. The CapaCITY/脡 project, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Australia鈥檚 National Health & Medical Research Council, is comprised of […]