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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.

A community of support deeply attuned to the experiences of Black medical students, the uOttawa Black Medical Students Association is an empowering space for mentorship, peer support, and dismantling barriers.

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...

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. David Ponka as the Interim Assistant Dean of Global Health for the International and Global Health Office (IGHO).

Smoking stubbornly remains a leading cause of disease, disability and death in Canada, even as prevalence rates have fallen significantly over the last 50 years. So what new smoking cessation initiative can save lives and billions of dollars in health-care costs?

The inaugural Destination: Family Medicine allowed local youth to experience the rewards of serving the community as a family physician.

2024 was a year full of exciting firsts for the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. From groundbreaking research and innovative new education programs, to the literal groundbreaking of our new Advanced Medical Research Centre, 2024 showcased how the Faculty has become a global leader among its peers and one of the top medical schools in Canada.