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September 27, 2019

Pollutants and Diabetes: Carleton Lab Makes New Discoveries

Jenny Bruin wants to better understand what environmental factors contribute to the onset and development of diabetes. Her lab has completed a number of studies with a particular pollutant called dioxin, and in almost every... More

March 25, 2019

Reducing Stigma During the Opioid Crisis

On average, about 11 people die every day in Canada because of opioids, mostly the result of accidental overdoses. It is a devastating health crisis and a complex social issue where the entwined challenges are... More

October 23, 2018

Madness in Modern Times

The history of mental illness is a dark and fragmented one. "You can go to asylums in the United States and they've got graveyards" made up of "rows and rows of . . . these... More

October 1, 2018

Building Healthy Futures with Health Sciences

Wearing a white lab coat and blue nitrile gloves, Carleton student Elia Palladino sits at a bench in a large open-concept laboratory on the third floor of the university's new Health Sciences Building, painstakingly using... More

August 20, 2018

Beating a Brain Injury

On Sept. 6, Etienne Coon-Come Masiringi officially begins his second day as a third-year Social Work student at Carleton University. A year ago to the date, he was in dramatically different circumstances. On Sept. 6,... More

July 16, 2018

Solving the Parkinson’s Puzzle

Anybody who visits Chemistry Prof. Maria DeRosa's laboratory on the third floor of Carleton University's Steacie Building will see a landscape of labelled bottles, Styrofoam coolers, refrigerators and long black counters covered with beakers, computers... More

July 9, 2018

The Hurt Blocker

Mike Hildebrand fell asleep on the job once, in the parking lot of The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus. It’s understandable, considering the demands of his research. Hildebrand, a Neuroscience professor at Carleton, is trying to... More

July 6, 2018

Helping Seniors Connect

"Everything inspires me." Octogenarian Lily Tobin is holding a talking stick and sharing a piece of her life story with a group of fellow residents at Ottawa's Oakpark Retirement Community. The half dozen women seated... More

November 10, 2017

Carleton Receives Three Canada Awards for Excellence

Carleton’s focus on Healthy Workplace, Mental Health and Excellence, Innovation and Wellness earned it three awards from Excellence Canada in November 2017.

July 24, 2017

Promoting Responsible Gambling

Carleton psychology professors Michael Wohl and Chris Davis have received a $650,000 grant from Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to conduct research into problem gambling prevention. Their project, conducted with the cooperation of... More

July 19, 2017

Preventing Concussions

Eric and Brett Lindros. Junior Seau. Sidney Crosby. Bob Probert. What do these athletes have in common? They all suffered concussions that either ended their careers or temporarily sidelined them from their sports, or were... More

May 24, 2017

Lifting LVD Fitness

Weaving their way through the labyrinth of supplement booths and fitness celebrity photo ops at the Toronto Pro Supershow fitness expo, Mallory Rowan and Josh Reyes spotted a curious trend. One of their favourite brands... More