Food for Thought

Food for Thought

If you believe poor health simply comes down to bad genetic luck, researchers at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) will give you food for thought. “Probably about 80 to 90 per cent of heart disease, for example, comes down to...
Marking new territory in autism research

Marking new territory in autism research

Family honours daughter and son with a $300,000 donation enabling the project A new line of research to better classify autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is off the ground thanks to a $300,000 donation from the Dyck family, through The Kali Dyck Foundation. The Dyck...
Nourishing lives, nourishing success

Nourishing lives, nourishing success

Success starts with good health, and good health starts with better food. This rings especially true in St. Boniface Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where our tiniest and most vulnerable patients start their lives with a lot of barriers to overcome....
Congratulations, Stephen Jones!

Congratulations, Stephen Jones!

Every year, 5,000 children and youth from all over Manitoba visit the RBC Youth BIOLab Jeunesse at St. Boniface Hospital’s Albrechtsen Research Centre. The program connects teachers and students to biomedical science by providing real-life experience in a world-class...
Congratulations, Dr. Pierce!

Congratulations, Dr. Pierce!

Executive Director of Research at St. Boniface Hospital to receive Order of Manitoba Dr. Grant Pierce, St. Boniface Hospital’s Executive Director of Research, has been awarded the Order of Manitoba, along with 11 other outstanding Manitobans. Dr. Pierce will be...