Apr 30, 2026

As Researchers Under the Scope marks its 100th episode, we hand the microphone to Dr. Linda Chelico, who recently accepted a five-year term as Vice-Dean Research, Biomedical Sciences, at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine.

Originally from Melfort, Saskatchewan, the virologist and biochemist...

Mar 30, 2026

Dr. Holly Graham never planned on nursing. She wanted a police badge, then a law degree and a judge’s bench.

Instead, she followed her mother’s wish and walked into nursing school as the only student from a reserve in a class of more than 200. The isolation was real. So were the health gaps she saw every shift.

In...

Feb 28, 2026

Most childhoods don’t involve sitting at the hospital for an infusion of medication, transfusions on weekends, or worrying that classmates will comment on the colour of your skin.

For one Saskatoon teen with an ultra-rare blood disease, that’s everyday life. She was diagnosed with a form of anemia so uncommon only a...

Feb 15, 2026

Peter Hedlin (PhD, MD) recalls being a ‘young, naïve medical student’ when he asked a mentor a question that’s stuck with him for years.

“I remember asking how anaesthetics work on the brain,” said Hedlin. “And he said, ‘we actually don’t really know’. And I thought that was crazy.”

Today,

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...