UOIT Faculty of Health Sciences

ABOUT US

The Faculty of Health Sciences is a passionate, dynamic department, compiled of hardworking, enthusiastic people whose core priority is to assist our students in reaching their educational goals. Our faculty and staff come from diverse backgrounds and each is eager and excited to share their knowledge and life experiences with their students, using the innovative technologies that have shaped UOIT’s reputation. Our goal of serving students forms the foundation of what we stand for, and continues to influence the way in which we think, plan, teach, develop, and succeed.

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NEWS

UOIT Master of Health Sciences program receives approval

UOIT's Master of Health Sciences program has received approval from the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies. The program, scheduled to begin in September, contains fields in Health Informatics and Community Health.
For more information, please visit the Graduate Studies website below:
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Cate McDonald, a recent graduate from the Medical Laboratory Science Program, was the proud recipient of the Vector Laboratory Canada Scholarship Award, for her outstanding academic and practical achievement in Histology. Read the full story

Helene-Marie Goulding, a faculty member in the Medical Laboratory Science program, has won first prize in a poster contest for showcasing her innovative new way of bringing the lab to students through her Online Virtual Microbiology Laboratory. Read the full story

Dr. Sue Coffey has won an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing (COUPN). Read the full story

Dr. Ayush Kumar recently (Dec 2008) published this paper in the journal, ‘Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’ . This study, done in a collaboration with Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA and Menzies school of medicine, Darwin, NT, Australia, analyzed 50 different clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei, a select agent and a potential bioweapon, for the expression of seven different multidrug resistance pumps. Results of this study suggest a physiological role for these pumps in this bacterium.

Dr. John Samis, Assistant Professor in the Medical Laboratory Science program, publishes article in June 2009 issue of The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Please click here for a summary of the experimental findings.