News in Research

2012

• Imagining Canada's Future Colloquium a success

  Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 21, 2012 — On Friday, September 7^th, 2012, the University of Ottawa’s Office of the Vice-President of Research hosted the Imagining Canada’s Future Colloquium.

• New study reveals teenage patients’ attitude towards social media and privacy

  Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 20, 2012 — A study of how chronically ill teenagers manage their privacy found that teen patients spend a great deal of time online and guard their privacy very consciously.

• Study confirms students aggress against professors in reaction to poor grades

  Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 18, 2012 — University and college professors have long suspected that the grades they give their students affect the way their students in turn evaluate their teaching performance. Now, Tracy Vaillancourt, professor and Canada Research Chair in Children’s Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University of Ottawa, has the numbers to prove it.

• 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.

• Top international scientists tie research to student experience at uOttawa

  Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

  OTTAWA, September 18, 2012 — International research at the University of Ottawa is in full swing as top scientists and researchers from around the world will visit the campus throughout the year  as part of the Distinguished Visiting Researcher Program (DVRP).

• 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.