Faculty of Health Sciences

Queen’s-KHSC team develop in-house COVID-19 test

kvd1 — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 03:02:00 +0000

Testing is key to containment and management of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Yet, the costs, availability, and current timelines for testing have challenged health-care systems worldwide.

Confronting COVID-19

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COVID-19

Coronavirus

Test

Hospital

KHSC

Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Delivering a baby during COVID-19

kvd1 — Tue, 05 May 2020 02:58:00 +0000

What is your message to parents who are concerned as they prepare for childbirth?

Confronting COVID-19

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Is it allergies?

kvd1 — Tue, 05 May 2020 02:57:00 +0000

How is COVID-19 making this year more challenging for allergy sufferers?

Dr. Anne Ellis: Reduced access to primary care will be an issue for patients who suffer from seasonal allergies. Fortunately, most if not all allergy practices have converted to telemedicine and/or virtual care so people can still get in touch with their treating allergist at this time, and pharmacies remain open.

How are seasonal allergy symptoms similar and different to COVID-19?

Confronting COVID-19

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COVID-19: Developing nations face different risks

kvd1 — Tue, 05 May 2020 02:56:00 +0000

COVID-19 is being called a “global crisis.” In what ways do you think it impacts developing nations differently than developed nations?

Confronting COVID-19

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Lisa M. Butler

kvd1 — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:25:57 +0000

Advancing Global Health Equity

In a world where health disparities remain widespread, Dr. Lisa M. Butler is leading a research program dedicated to advancing transdisciplinary research and developing sustainable solutions that promote health and wellbeing in underserved communities globally.

Lynne-Marie Postovit

kvd1 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:06:43 +0000

The Impacts of Plasticity

Maria Ospina

kvd1 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:02:18 +0000

Nature and Nurture

Fernanda De Felice

kvd1 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:30:32 +0000

Pioneering Brain Resilience in Alzheimer’s Disease

Chantelle Capicciotti

kvd1 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:10:58 +0000

Uncovering the Mystery of Glycans

Eva Kaufmann

kvd1 — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:53:43 +0000

Innate Immune Memory in Asthma and the Quest for Targeted Immunotherapies

Dr. Eva Kaufmann’s research explores a new concept in innate immunity, termed "innate immune memory", or "trained immunity". Her lab studies whether allergen exposure induces long-lasting epigenetic changes in hematopoietic stem cells and innate immune cells, such as monocytes. Such epigenetic reprogramming can be a reason why asthmatic individuals experience exacerbations and are more susceptible to severe clinical trajectories of respiratory infections.

Paul Kubes

kvd1 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:09:57 +0000

Deciphering complex immune pathways

Immune cells allow the human body to exist in a stable chemical and physical state (homeostasis) and have the ability to adapt as we develop and age. But changes to immune cell biology, for example, from chronic perturbations, alter homeostasis, leading to disease. To understand how and why these changes occur to our stable state, we must apply an interdisciplinary approach that combines physiology and immunology and need to decipher the complex immune pathways involved in cancer and chronic disease.

Corneal Fingerprint

kvd1 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:13:45 +0000

Cassandra Brand

The cornea is one of the most densely innervated tissues in the human body. The high presence of sensory nerve endings makes the cornea extremely sensitive to pain and changes at the eye’s surface. This is particularly important in regulating tear production, a function which is impaired in dry eye disease. By analyzing changes in nerve patterns and ion channel expression, we aim to further clarify the role of corneal nerves in spontaneous pain and tear production in dry eye disease. This image shows the structural βIII-tubulin component of mouse corneal nerves at their unique convergence point.

Location of photograph:

Botterell Hall, Queen's University

Submission Year:

2023

Advancing Canada’s research infrastructure

kvd1 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:37:36 +0000

On Friday, at SNOLAB, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, recognized the key role of research infrastructure by announcing more than $628 million to support 19 research infrastructure projects at institutions across the country, including two research facilities affiliated with Queen’s University.

Research Funding

Centre for Health Innovation

accd1 — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:23:02 +0000

Capturing the Art of Research – photo essay

kvd1 — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 19:23:25 +0000

With a reimagined focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the annual Queen's Art of Research photo contest reveals seven winning images.

With a reimagined focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the annual Queen's Art of Research photo contest reveals seven winning images | #QueensuResearch