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The University of Ottawa has secured highly competitive funding from Global Affairs Canada that underscores our deep commitment to international health partnerships and la Francophonie and is testament to the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s North Star mission: "Leading Innovation for a Healthier World."

A positive patient-doctor relationship is an ingredient to a healthy life, and new research has zeroed in on the impact common language in the relationship can have by decreasing cardiovascular disease for the benefit of a longer life.

Researchers at the CHEO Research Institute and University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine are developing a first-of-its-kind immunization to protect against neuroblastoma, the most commonly diagnosed cancer for children under the age of one.

Dr. Deborah Siegal is this year’s national winner of a young investigator award from the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI), an organization that represents early career healthcare researchers across the country.

The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) is proud to announce a significant new chapter in its partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ottawa, formalizing over three decades of collaboration with a new strategic agreement.

The proportion of new cases of schizophrenia associated with a cannabis use disorder has risen from 4% pre-legalization to 10% after cannabis legalization in Ontario, according to new research.

A uOttawa Faculty of Medicine neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation dynamics of neural stem cells (NSCs). These are the stem cells that build our central nervous systems and the self-renewing source of primary cells in the adult human brain.

The University Research Chairs return this year with a bold focus on tackling pressing challenges both locally and globally. Among this year’s recipients, two outstanding researchers from the Faculty of Medicine are driving innovation in health and biomedical sciences.

The Faculty of Medicine is excited to announce the latest funding allocations from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), receiving a total of 24 grants between the faculty and its affiliated institutes for a total of $14.1M.

The Faculty of Medicine is pleased to announce the successful applicants of the 2024 Path to Patenting & Pre-commercialization (3P) Grant competition. The Path to Patenting & Pre-commercialization grant program helps move early-stage biomedical research from the lab toward real-world applications by supporting proof-of-concept studies and comme...