Dec 21, 2025
In this episode, medical student and researcher Vaidehee Lanke shares what large provincial datasets reveal about opioid use disorder, maternal mental health, and pregnancy.
Armed with data, she hopes better support —before, during, and after birth—can change outcomes for mothers and babies.
Lanke spent her summer...
Nov 16, 2025
Eve Simpson knows from experience scientific research doesn’t always follow a linear path.
In the first of three student research episodes, the fourth-year biochemistry, microbiology and immunology student looks back at a summer spent decoding Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV) in Dr. Anil Kumar’s lab.
Simpson...
Sep 28, 2025
Jessica Sheldon (PhD) is on a mission to starve out Acinetobacter baumannii —one of the world’s most virulent hospital-borne pathogens.
Notorious for its speedy evolution and multi-drug resistance, the hospital-borne bacteria lingers on dry surfaces and infects critically-ill patients, leading to sepsis, pneumonia...
Aug 29, 2025
Kirk Haan graduated from high school, thinking he’d study pharmacy
at the University of Saskatchewan, and walk out five years
later.
After one summer at a pharmacy, Haan realized he was after a more ‘hands-on’ career in medicine.
“I’ve kind of worked with my hands my whole life, just between rummaging around...