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Michelle Letarte: Building Community with Art and Science

Jennifer AhnOctober 2, 2025October 3, 2025

Dr. Michelle Letarte is a Professor Emerita of the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto. Her laboratory at The Hospital for Sick Children focused on understanding Hereditary Hemorrhagic...

Alumni interview

Shaping Identity with Science & Art: Mahmoud El-Maklizi

Jennifer AhnOctober 2, 2025October 2, 2025

Mahmoud El-Maklizi has been a long-standing member of the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto. After completing his PhD in Dr. Cynthia Guidos’ lab, he has continued his...

Infographic

Traditional Medicine Around the World (Infographic)

Jennifer AhnMay 13, 2025May 15, 2025

Let’s explore global health, history, and culture through the lens of traditional medicine. From botanical concoctions to energy-restoring massages, these culturally significant practices are designed to nurture the mind, body,...

Featured Article

Healing Beyond Borders: Re-conceptualizing Mental Health from a Cultural Perspective

Jennifer AhnMay 13, 2025May 15, 2025

Ukuhlanya means “madness” in IsiZulu, an indigenous South African language. Individuals with ukuhlanya may experience extreme mood swings, display heightened anxiety, withdraw from their communities, or even perceive things unseen...

Featured Article

Canada’s Palliative Care – let’s talk about it.

Jennifer AhnJanuary 20, 2025May 15, 2025

But First, Why Palliative Care? In 1974, Canadian surgical oncologist Dr. Balfour Mount introduced the term “palliative care” to describe the specialized practice he established at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital...

Article

The Canada Gairdner Award: its conception, prestige, and legacy

Jennifer AhnOctober 4, 2024May 15, 2025

James Arthur Gairdner was not a scientist – rather, he was a World War I veteran who had served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, a track-and-field athlete, landscape painter, and...

Featured Article

Vaccinating children: evidently not a walk in the park

Jennifer AhnJune 5, 2024May 15, 2025

Four years ago in March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic. Nations scrambled to develop and secure vaccines against severe acute...

Featured Article

Who’s WHO? World Health Organization – its inception, successes, and pitfalls

Jennifer AhnJanuary 30, 2024May 15, 2025

Facing the destructive aftermath of World War II, nations around the globe convened to form the United Nation in 1945. At one of its first conferences, representatives from Brazil and...

Featured Article

Mitochondria-induced inflammation: The dark side of a cell’s “powerhouse”

Jennifer AhnOctober 30, 2023May 15, 2025

The word “immunity” conjures up an image of our body fighting against infections. We picture our immune cells heroically battling against foreign, unwanted substances – viruses and bacteria – that...

Article

A Disgraced Scientist and his Retracted Papers

Jennifer AhnMay 31, 2023May 15, 2025

Dr. Piero Anversa had built a dazzling reputation as a revolutionary scientist. As a professor at Harvard Medical School, he directed the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Brigham and Women’s...