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NOSM Holds Face-to-Face Board Meeting in Kenora
Members Tour Health Centres, Participate in Interactive Learning Sessions, and Interact with Community Members The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its annual Board of Directors face-to-face meeting in Kenora, Ontario on May 7 and May 8, 2015. On the first morning together, NOSM Board members enjoyed tours of Kenora's Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig Health Access Centre (WNHAC), led by physician and NOSM faculty member Dr. Laurel Snyder and Anita Cameron, Executive Director, and the Sunset Country Family Health Team (SCFHT), led by Randy Belair, Executive Director and Heidi Stepanik, Site Administrative Coordinato...
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NOSM Hosts Tenth Annual Health Sciences Summer Camp
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, Aboriginal, and Francophone youth about health careers. This year marks NOSM's tenth annual Health Sciences Summer Camp. The camps take place July 6 - 10, 2015 in the modern and technologically advanced settings of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. These week-long programs provide students with an opportunity to explore health-care careers, obtain hands-on experience, and find a mentor. Camp activities include: casting and x-rays, CSI, phys...
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NOSM Board Approves New Five-Year Strategic Plan
NOSM Board Approves New Five-Year Strategic Plan Official launch of plan in September 2015 Using a combination of web- and tele-conference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held a regular meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. At this meeting, the Board approved the NOSM Strategic Plan 2015-2020, the development of which was informed by strong staff, faculty, partner organization, and community participation. A Strategic Planning Project Team and a 28-member Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (representing diverse perspectives from across the regio...
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NOSM Seeks Members for Francophone Reference Group
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is seeking three (3) volunteer members to join its Francophone Reference Group (FRG): one (1) Francophone clinical-preceptor from a rural area in Northern Ontario; one (1) Francophone community member from northeastern Ontario; and, one (1) Francophone community member from northwestern Ontario. The Francophone Reference Group is an integral part of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. It is a multi-disciplinary committee that advises the Dean on all pertinent initiatives relating to Francophone health, research, education, and administration. The FRG provides an important mechanism t...
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NOSM Researchers Receive $100,000 for Immunization Study
New research aims to prevent severe infections among those suffering from chronic kidney disease A Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) faculty member is leading a team of researchers to find an optimal strategy to prevent severe pneumococcal infections in First Nations people suffering from chronic kidney disease-research that will be furthered by a $100,086 grant from Pfizer. Dr. Marina Ulanova, NOSM Professor of Immunology and principal investigator, is heading a team of researchers along with co-investigator Dr. William McCready, NOSM Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of Staff at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sci...
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Wow! It’s Ten Years for NOSM and Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament
Last week, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament both celebrated their tenth anniversaries during the week-long hockey tournament held in Sault Ste. Marie. Each year, employees, retirees, and volunteers of Essar Steel Algoma face off on the ice to raise money for NOSM students who hail from Sault Ste. Marie. During an appreciation event on January 22, 2015, Tournament Director Hal Mogg and NOSM's Advancement Manager Gail Brescia unveiled a hockey banner to recognize the more than $25,000 that the Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament raised last year in support of student bursarie...
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NOSM Board of Directors Seeks New Members
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is seeking five (5) individuals to join the Board of Directors in September 2015. Since its official opening in 2005, the School has developed and delivered a distinctive model of distributed, community-engaged, and socially accountable medical education and research. NOSM serves as the Faculty of Medicine of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and the Faculty of Medicine of Laurentian University in Sudbury, with teaching and research sites across Northern Ontario. NOSM is a made-in-the-North solution that is attracting attention from around the world for its innovative model. In just a...
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NOSM Associate Dean, Community Engagement Dr. David Marsh Reappointed for Second Five-Year Term
Dr. David Marsh to Assume Deputy Dean and Dr. Catherine Cervin to Assume Senior Associate Dean, Laurentian University Roles The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. David Marsh as NOSM's Associate Dean of Community Engagement for a second five-year term, effective July 1, 2015. In addition, Dr. Marsh will take up the new role of Deputy Dean, effective January 1, 2015. Community Engagement at NOSM is a mechanism to deliver on the School's social accountability mandate by ensuring all NOSM's activities are conducted in active partnership with the communities the School serves. Dr...
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