The Conversation: In future health emergencies and possibly further waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, caution needs to be taken when extending cancer waiting times for reasons unrelated to patients’ health-care needs.
On World Health Day, we profile a virtual platform created by Queen’s researcher Karen Yeates that allows for remote, in-home diagnosis for women around the world.
$30 million in funding from the Canadian Cancer Society ensures that the research conducted by the Canadian Cancer Trials Group continues to have meaningful impact on the lives of people with cancer.
Queen’s receives $3 million from the New Frontiers in Research Fund programs for projects pushing the frontiers of knowledge and pioneering solutions to overcome challenges brought on by the pandemic.
The Conversation: We can emerge from the pandemic a culturally stronger and more forward-looking and resilient country than before if we support the culture sector and digitalization.
New Deloitte report highlights how Queen’s University generates over $1.6 billion annually in local economic and social benefits, including one in 10 jobs in Kingston and 11 per cent of regional GDP.
Queen’s global health researcher Susan Bartels (Medicine) and Sandra Wisner, senior staff attorney with the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, raise awareness of the cholera epidemic in Haiti caused by United Nations peacekeepers.
