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‘We’re not going to silently suffer through these symptoms’: Breaking the silence and stigma around menopause

Tara Anstey is the Director, Business Development, at Client Value at Medavie Blue Cross.

We need to talk about public and private health care in Canada

Episode 69 - Hypertension and Heart Failure

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back today with our Classic Rapid Fire Podcast! This week, Drs. Emily Hughes and Justin Boyle discuss two recent papers exploring a novel agent, Zilebesiran, in the management of hypertension and the use of Semaglutide in patients that have obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Two …

All contributions by Kathleen Ross

Dr. Kathleen Ross is a family physician in Coquitlam and New Westminster, B.C., and the new president of the Canadian Medical Association.

Navigating the digital sea of beauty: Empowering Canadians through media literacy for positive body image and public health

All contributions by Teagan Gahler

Teagan Gahler is a Marketing Instructor at NAIT in the JR Shaw School of Business.

Why not educate the person experiencing pain? Improving opioid prescribing for youth in hospital settings

All contributions by Isabel Jordan

Isabel Jordan is SKIP’s Patient Partnership Advisor and Strategic Lead in Patient Partnerships in the Chambers Lab at Dalhousie University. She has drawn on her lived experiences with disability as both a patient and parent to become a strong advocate for patient partnership in research.

All contributions by Abi Hodson

Abi Hodson is a communications specialist with Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), and currently a textile artist pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Concordia University.

All contributions by Katie Birnie

Dr. Katie Birnie is a Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, and Associate Scientific Director of Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP).

All contributions by Raad Fadaak

Dr. Raad Fadaak is a Knowledge Broker with Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), with a background in medical anthropology and social studies of medicine.

Why Canada must amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

All contributions by Kaden Venugopal

Kaden Venugopal is a 4th-year health sciences student at the University of Ottawa who has been actively involved in researching and publishing on psilocybin therapy for mental illness.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaden-venugopal/

Access denied: Pandemic highlighted issues in accessing sexual and reproductive health for persons with disabilities

Flashback Friday - Rapid Fire Metabolic Syndrome!

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! In this throwback episode, Mike and John discuss recent papers exploring interventions for metabolic syndrome. Check it out below: Does semaglutide help patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)? (0:00 – 8:53) Can semaglutide achieve weight loss in people who are overweight or obese? (8:53 – 18:02) And for the Good Stuff: An Ottawa …

All contributions by The Disability and Reproductive Health during COVID-19 Study Team

The Disability and Reproductive Health during COVID-19 Study Team is researching how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the sexual and reproductive health care of women, trans and non-binary people with disabilities in Canada.

Team members:

Alexandra Rego is a Peer Researcher at the University of Toronto Scarborough, disabled woman and educator with a background in child development and educational assistance.

Meredith Evans is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Hilary K. Brown is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Sidrah Zafar is a Research Coordinator at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Kyara Liu is an MPH student at the University of Toronto.

Nkem Ogbonna is a Peer Researcher at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Manager of Programs and Strategic Partnerships, ASE Community Foundation for Black Canadians with Disabilities.

All contributions by Alexandra Rego