News in Research

2012

• National Environment-Economy Research Network Launched

  Posted on Wednesday, July 4, 2012

  OTTAWA, July 4, 2012 — A new national Economics and Environmental Policy Research Network, co-hosted by the University of Ottawa and the University of Calgary, is being launched with great excitement.

• Today’s uOttawa students are tomorrow’s brightest minds

  Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

  OTTAWA, July 3, 2012 — The University of Ottawa proudly announces five of its doctoral students—three from the Faculty of Health Sciences, one from the Faculty of Medicine and one from the Faculty of Law—have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Award to support leading-edge research in the areas of rehabilitation, drug testing, environmental law and hip degeneration.

• Research shows that vitamin D levels drop after pediatric heart surgery, increasing sickness

  Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 26, 2013 — Over the past few years, researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute and Cardiovascular Surgery Program have teamed with the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group to understand the impact of cardiac surgery on vitamin D levels in infants and children. T

• Professor Nancy Edwards receives honorary doctorate of science from McMaster University

  Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 20, 2012 — McMaster University presented an honorary doctorate of science degree to Nancy Edwards on June 15, 2012. A distinguished professor in the School of Nursing and the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Nancy Edwards was also the inaugural director of the Population Health (PhD) program at the University of Ottawa.

• uOttawa to host Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2015

  Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 14, 2012 — The University of Ottawa is proud to announce that the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) has selected the University to host the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2015. More than ten thousand delegates are expected to attend.

• Era of crises threatening global health calls for new frontiers in health politics

  Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 12, 2012 — The world economy is entering an era of interacting crises involving food security, finance and climate change, ultimately affecting population health within and across national borders.

• University of Ottawa researchers contribute to large-scale projects worth $18 million

  Posted on Friday, June 8, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 8, 2012 — University of Ottawa researchers will contribute their expertise to 15 major research initiatives that have just received more than $18 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

• Three new University Research Chairs to tackle emerging issues

  Posted on Thursday, June 7, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 7, 2012 — The University of Ottawa is proud to announce the appointment of three new University of Ottawa Research Chairs, who will enhance the University’s leadership in areas such as second language learning, legal pluralism and mental health.

• Two prominent uOttawa scientists honoured at 95th Canadian Chemistry Conference

  Posted on Thursday, June 7, 2012

  OTTAWA, June 7, 2012 — Two leaders in organic chemistry from the University of Ottawa were honoured by their peers during the 95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, the largest and most important conference for chemical scientists in Canada.  

• Top stem cell scientist and pediatrician recruited to Ottawa

  Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012

  OTTAWA, May 30, 2012 — World-renowned scientist and pediatrician Dr. Bernard Thébaud will soon be in Ottawa to pursue his goal of using stem cells to repair the lungs of premature babies.