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As a newly named Canada Research Chair, nursing researcher Shannon MacDonald aims to improve immunization rates among children by working with parents, communities, public health staff and policy-makers. (Photo: John Ulan)

Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

‘Build back trust,’ says Canada Research Chair in Applied Pediatric Immunization

Shannon MacDonald works with communities to figure out the best way to deliver information and vaccines.

June 28, 2024
By Gillian Rutherford

Timm Döbert (left) and Leanna Carriere with Carriere’s daughter Adalynn. Döbert and Carriere are cycling across Canada in just 30 days to raise environmental awareness — and helping U of A researchers study human resilience along the way. (Photo: CADS Photography)

Research, Society and Culture, Science and Technology

A study in resilience

An ecologist and an endurance athlete are cycling across Canada to raise awareness of a UN conservation goal — and helping U of A researchers explore the effects of extreme exertion.

June 27, 2024
By Adrianna MacPherson

Actor Bruce Willis’s diagnosis put a spotlight on a rare condition known as primary progressive aphasia, but the facts are getting muddled. A U of A expert helps clear up misunderstandings. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Six things to know about primary progressive aphasia

Bruce Willis’s diagnosis put a spotlight on a rare condition, but the facts are getting muddled.

June 26, 2024
By Helen Metella

It’s normal for children to experience variations in their mood, but persistent feelings of sadness, loneliness, grouchiness or anger could be a sign of childhood depression, says a U of A psychologist. (Photo: Getty Images)

Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Your child may be sadder than you think

U of A research lab unpacks early risk factors for childhood depression.

June 24, 2024
By Geoff McMaster

Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize

Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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Science and Technology, Research

U of A Nobel winner’s impact extends from personal to global

Michael Houghton’s colleagues and trainees describe the determination that led him to discover the hepatitis C virus and continue his quest for vaccines that will save millions of lives.

08 October 2020 By Gillian Rutherford

Research, Science and Technology

COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is essential—and thanks to scientific advances and global will, it will likely come faster than any previous vaccine, according to virologist Michael Houghton.

08 October 2020 By Michael Brown

Research, Health And Wellness

Michael Houghton reacts to receiving Nobel Prize

U of A virologist Michael Houghton explains the only thing that could best receiving a Nobel Prize.

07 October 2020