News in Research

2012

• Seeding major international research initiatives at the University of Ottawa

  Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 18, 2012 — International research at the University of Ottawa is soaring thanks to the new International Research Acceleration Program (IRAP), bringing top local and international scientists and researchers together to develop outstanding collaborative initiatives.

• First Pediatric Study to Look at the Role of Vitamin D in Critical Illness

  Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 12, 2012 — Vitamin D is increasingly being recognized as important for good health. Until recently, there had been little consideration given to the role of vitamin D in more severe diseases, which is why Dr. Dayre McNally’s recent publication in the esteemed scientific journal Pediatrics is so compelling.

• Comparison of Immigrant Children in Four Nations Shows Strengths, Lags

  Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 11, 2012 — Young children whose families immigrate to Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States are as prepared and capable of starting school as their native-born counterparts, with one exception: vocabulary and language development.

• Single-cell parasites co-opt “ready-made” genes from host: uOttawa research

  Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

  OTTAWA, July 18, 2012 — Two species of single-cell parasites have co-opted “ready-made” genes from their hosts that in turn help them exploit their hosts, according to a new study by University of Ottawa and University of British Columbia researchers.

• AIDS 2012 conference—A global response to the challenge of aging HIV patients

  Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

  OTTAWA, July 17, 2012 — Many people living with HIV are aging and may also suffer from chronic diseases, creating complex treatment needs in these patients. Recognizing and dealing with aging-related diseases such as cardiovascular illnesses, cancers and dementia in the context of the AIDS pandemic will be a key theme at the 19th international AIDS conference, AIDS 2012, in Washington, D.C., from July 22 to 27, 2012.

• Researchers Develop Secure Protocol for Linking Data Registries for HPV Surveillance

  Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

  OTTAWA, July 10, 2012 — Monitoring the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in Canada requires that data from multiple registries and other data sources be combined. Linking registries can be problematic, however, since they are often managed by unrelated organizations. Privacy legislation may also restrict the sharing of data for such linkages. To address these challenges, Dr. Khaled El Emam and his team at the CHEO Research Institute have developed a secure protocol that allows the linking of individual patient records without revealing personal information, which has been published in PLoS ONE.

• 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.