Mental Health Impact Studentships spark collaborative work in First-Responder and ER settings
Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) are excited to announce two...
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- May 26, 2022
A recipe for success: USask researchers champion improved MS care with a ‘local flavour’
Contributed by the University of Saskatchewan (see original post) Multiple sclerosis (MS), which affects one in 3,000 Saskatchewan...
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- Apr 5, 2022
USask-led multi-disciplinary team helping to develop strategy for virtual care
Contributed by the University of Saskatchewan (see original post) “Virtual care has greatly improved patients’ access to their doctors...
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- Apr 4, 2022
Smile: Community-led research supports better oral health in Indigenous community
By Ashleigh Mattern for SHRF Former mayor of La Loche, Robert St. Pierre has had firsthand experiences with the challenges his community...
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- Mar 30, 2022
Supporting solutions to Saskatchewan's growing addictions problem
By Greg Basky for SHRF Addiction is a growing problem in many parts of Canada and around the world. On the prairies, stress, boredom, and...
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- Mar 16, 2022
New funding program supporting projects aimed at advancing reconciliation in Saskatchewan
By Greg Basky for SHRF Abdul Raouf was brought to tears several times while he was helping identify unmarked graves with ground...
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- Feb 1, 2022
Mood and the menopause transition
Research shows depression during perimenopause is more common than you might think. By Ashleigh Mattern for SHRF and University of...
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- Feb 1, 2022
CHCHD2: Novel gene to help target treatments for Parkinson’s
By Greg Basky for SHRF and University of Regina's Winter 2022 issue of Discourse Magazine. The world desperately needs better treatments...
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- Jan 19, 2022
Neurologist Ali Rajput has devoted his career to improving quality of life for people with Parkinson
By Greg Basky for SHRF Dr. Ali Rajput’s career-long drive to improve treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement...
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- Jan 19, 2022
U of R’s Mohan Babu advancing science on role of mitochondria in disease, nurturing next generation
By Greg Basky for SHRF Leading edge research being done by the University of Regina’s Dr. Mohan Babu is improving our understanding of...
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- Jan 19, 2022
A bright future: USask team breaking new ground in Parkinson’s research
By Ashleigh Mattern for SHRF Chris Phenix says a bit of luck is required whenever researchers are developing new chemical entities or...
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- Jan 19, 2022
Interdisciplinary research team examining how technology can help improve delivery of home care
By Greg Basky for SHRF A couple of years ago, leaders from Eden Care Communities came to Tim Maciag with a challenge: Could his software...
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- Jan 19, 2022
Homegrown digital platform aims to help remote Metis community protect citizens from Covid
Technology giving local leaders information they need to improve health outcomes among residents By Greg Basky for SHRF Population health...
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- Jan 19, 2022
SK researcher investigating virus that has evolved to cause polio-like disease in children
By Greg Basky for SHRF In 2012, hundreds of young children in the US started developing a mysterious condition that left them unable to...
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- Jan 19, 2022
Focusing on the positives: using narrative inquiry to understand leadership in Indigenous youth
By Ashleigh Mattern for SHRF Some of the most powerful moments researcher Michael Dubnewick has witnessed at the Growing Young Movers...
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- Jan 11, 2022
Bringing Together Healthcare Providers and Family Caregivers
Researchers create digital educational tools for healthcare providers aimed at increasing the quality of care in long-term and assisted...
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- Nov 9, 2021
Tapping experiences of SK speech-language pathologists, audiologists to identify gaps, opportunities
By Greg Basky for SHRF Saskatoon audiologist Charlotte Douglas says it isn’t the children whose hearing problems she identified early and...
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- Oct 21, 2021
Research projects exploring how tech can improve care and communication, during and after ICU stays
By Greg Basky for SHRF Through its Solutions Program, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) is funding a pair of projects...
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- Oct 19, 2021
SK-produced COVID comics communicate pandemic science through engaging medium
By Greg Basky for SHRF A team of scientists, clinicians, and students at the University of Saskatchewan has come up with a novel way to...
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- Jul 8, 2021
Paving the way for a more resident- and family-centred model for long-term care
SHRF-supported network of researchers, physicians, clinicians, students, and family members launched in response to pandemic lockdown By...
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