Helping Hands for Women’s Heart Health

Helping Hands for Women’s Heart Health

On behalf of Bell MTS Volunteers, Paulette McIntyre and Jo-Anne Pelzer presented a $10,000 cheque in August 2021 to Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Karen Fowler, President and CEO of St. Boniface Hospital Foundation.  Aug....
A Nourishing Career

A Nourishing Career

Dr. Miyoung Suh and her team. July 19, 2022  Dr. Miyoung Suh is studying the role of maternal nutrition in reducing the impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a preventable developmental disability resulting from fetal exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. ...
Mapping a framework for environmental stewardship

Mapping a framework for environmental stewardship

April 12, 2022 There’s vast potential for the health care industry to reduce environmental waste.  For Katie North, a Registered Nurse at St. Boniface Hospital, this is both a practical matter and an academic pursuit.  North earned her Master of Nursing (Athabasca...
“Retro” research for a brighter future

“Retro” research for a brighter future

David Lipnowski Photography, courtesy of UWinnipeg January 27, 2022 Within human DNA are thousands of viruses – each with potential to express itself in a helpful or harmful way. Dr. Renée Douville holds an abiding interest in these human endogenous retroviruses...