Published by: michadmin on November 25th, 2011
Dr. Zhikang Peng’s Research Our lab is located on the fifth floor of the John Buhler Research Centre. We are lucky to have a west facing lab with HUGE windows (and some beautiful sunsets if you stay a little later!). Our research focuses on three main areas: asthma, Crohn’s disease and mosquito Allergies. Thanks [...]
Published by: michadmin on November 25th, 2011
Dr.Keijzer was November’s Small Wonders feature story - “Laparoscopic appendectomy” Check out the full story at: http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080204/wpg_small_wonder_hub_082040/20080204/?hub=WinnipegHome#TopVideoAn
Published by: michadmin on November 25th, 2011
Recruiting the best trainees from an international pool, a key to success – welcoming Dr Sean Ojo By: Dr Andrew Halayko, November 24 2011 As a scientist there are many positives, mostly related to opportunity to “freelance” and follow your heart and instinct in research and teaching. An additional source of accomplishment comes from supervising [...]
Continue Reading: Recruiting the Best Trainees from an International Pool
Published by: michadmin on November 21st, 2011
Every morning the alarm clock wakes me up about 5:15am, a full one hour earlier than my colleague Dr. Keijzer! I am up this early for the same reason as Dr. Keijzer, that is to exercise. Instead of a walk with a golden-doodle however I get to walk with a pack of grey-babbles. The grey [...]
Continue Reading: A day in the life of a diabetes researcher Dr. McGavock!
Published by: michadmin on November 18th, 2011
Recent work by MICH researcher Grant Hatch presents current knowledge relating to lipid changes in inherited skeletal muscle disorders. Since lipids are essential for the maintenance of cell function, an alteration in lipid composition or metabolism may be one of the crucial changes occurring during inherited skeletal and cardiac disorders. Although the inheritance (autosomal dominant, [...]
Published by: michadmin on November 18th, 2011
It has been 1 year since I started at MICH…time sure flies when you are having fun! I am the Administrative Coordinator for MICH. You might ask what exactly do I coordinate? Well my role is very broad and that is what I like most about this job. I look after the Financial aspect [...]
Continue Reading: Day in the Life of Administrative Coordinator Christina Hrankowski!
Published by: michadmin on November 17th, 2011
A recent study by MICH investigator Allan Becker and his colleagues investigated how chronic illnesses increase the risk of depression. Chronic illnesses increase the risk of depression and anxiety in children and teens. Children and teens with asthma often suffer from hayfever, food allergies or eczema as well as asthma. These illnesses affect the [...]
Continue Reading: Depression is more common in girls with non-allergic asthma.
Published by: michadmin on November 1st, 2011
Welcome The Baby Teeth Talk Study! My name is Shauna McGregor. I am the Community Research Assistant for the new Baby Teeth Talk: Early Childhood caries project with the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Dentistry. Did you know that a child’s ability to eat, play and sleep can be influenced by his/her oral health? Did [...]
A MICH member is an individual who holds a faculty appointment at a Manitoba university, is involved in child health research, has successfully applied or has been invited to become a MICH member, and enjoys the benefits of affiliation with the Manitoba Institute of Child Health.
