The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) has granted a total of $3M to 12 researchers from the University of Ottawa and its affiliated hospital research institutes to support their innovative, high-risk high-reward research projects.
Professor Mark Hannington leads an international research and training collaboration to gain a better understanding of the Earth’s crust and the resources it contains.
Professor Jude Mary Cénat, director of the Vulnerability, Trauma, Resilience and Culture Research (V-TRaC) Lab at the University of Ottawa’s School of Psychology publishes an online turn-key guide to equip mental health professionals in Canada and worldwide with a tool to help communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
School closures during the pandemic will not affect children’s education as much as you might think. Instead, they present a unique learning opportunity, says Joel Westheimer of the Faculty of Education.
With the novel coronavirus spreading at such alarming rates, it’s no wonder that companies around the world are racing to develop a quick and easy way to test for COVID-19.
The emergence of a new global contagious disease like COVID-19 is not historically surprising. In fact, the study of previous pandemics sheds light on the current crisis and its possible aftermath.