Dr. Baljit Singh: U of S Master Teacher
May 29th, 2008
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Dr. Baljit Singh is the Spring 2008 recipient of the University of Saskatchewan’s Master Teacher Award — the fourth professor in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s history to receive this prestigious honour. Singh, a professor in WCVM’s Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, received the award during the U of S Spring Convocation ceremony on May 28. Established in 1984, …
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$1.2 million for CWD and BSE studies at U of S
Two U of S-based research studies targeting chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) were among 19 national projects that received a total of $8 million in new funding from PrioNet Canada on May 7. • A collaborative research team led by Dr. Trent Bollinger of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Pathology will receive …
May 27th, 2008 Full story »
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Funding pours in for THREATS development
The Canadian Water Network has awarded a $1.6-million grant to Dr. Monique Dubé, the University of Saskatchewan’s Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Health Diagnosis and a professor in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences. Over the next four years, the funding will support Dubé’s development of The Healthy River Ecosystem Assessment System (THREATS). Once …
May 26th, 2008 Full story »
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Reproductive health group receives support
Dr. Janet Hill of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is part of a multi-disciplinary team of Canadian researchers that received $35,000 through the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research in April 2008. The Collaborative Research Group for the Study of Human Vaginal Microbiota in Health and Disease received one of the foundation’s 2008 Health Research Team Planning Awards. …
May 25th, 2008 Full story »
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Gordon joins international allergy group
The Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA), an exclusive collegium of the world’s leading allergy clinicians and researchers, elected U of S immunologist Dr. John Gordon to become one of its members on May 5 during its annual symposium at Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Gordon, director of the U of S Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, is a former long-time …
May 25th, 2008 Full story »
