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2 weeks ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
June 10, 2025 — Students and residents presented their findings at the annual Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry research poster competition. The event, held in conjunction with the Manitoba Dental Association’s (MDA) annual convention in April, featured 16 participants who proudly showed off their research posters at the RBC Convention Centre.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
June 9, 2025 — A car accident in 2013 damaged Kindra Finley’s jaw, leaving her in unbearable pain. For more than 10 years, she could only eat soft food and often woke up in the middle of the night in distress. Talking caused a sharp pain, and she avoided conversations that lasted more than a minute. The mother of four couldn’t do daily tasks around the house since she couldn’t lift or reach anything because the muscles in her head and neck were tight, and it was painful to move.
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2 weeks ago | 
dental.einnews.com | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
June 9, 2025 — A car accident in 2013 damaged Kindra Finley’s jaw, leaving her in unbearable pain. For more than 10 years, she could only eat soft food and often woke up in the middle of the night in distress. Talking caused a sharp pain, and she avoided conversations that lasted more than a minute. The mother of four couldn’t do daily tasks around the house since she couldn’t lift or reach anything because the muscles in her head and neck were tight, and it was painful to move.
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1 month ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
May 16, 2025 — The accomplishments of Manitoba’s newest dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists were celebrated on the afternoon of May 15 at the Spring Convocation ceremony on the Bannatyne campus. The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry Class of 2025 is made up of 30 doctor of dental medicine graduates.
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2 months ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
April 28, 2025 — When Bryan Kwak was a UM undergraduate student, he sat in on a dental school info session that left a lasting impression. Giving the presentation was Dr. Noriko Boorberg, associate professor of restorative dentistry at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry. She told the group about the worldwide dental mission trips she took fourth-year students on. The chance to see the world and treat patients at the same time piqued Kwak’s interest.
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2 months ago | 
dental.einnews.com | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
April 28, 2025 — When Bryan Kwak was a UM undergraduate student, he sat in on a dental school info session that left a lasting impression. Giving the presentation was Dr. Noriko Boorberg, associate professor of restorative dentistry at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry. She told the group about the worldwide dental mission trips she took fourth-year students on. The chance to see the world and treat patients at the same time piqued Kwak’s interest.
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2 months ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
April 15, 2025 — A University of Manitoba-led study successfully eliminated breast-cancer derived brain tumours in mice, using a drug to penetrate the brain and eliminate metastatic brain tumours. After testing 8,500 drugs, the research team discovered that poziotinib – a drug that already exists and is approved for other cancers – reduced breast cancer brain metastasis tumours in mice after two weeks of treatment.
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2 months ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
April 11, 2025 — On March 28, a wide smile crossed Ifeyinwa’s face as Dr. Dieter Schonwetter handed her the keys to her new home. She was officially a homeowner. Schonwetter, a Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry professor, and 57 volunteers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences helped construct Ifeyinwa’s four-bedroom townhouse in June 2024.
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2 months ago | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
April 9, 2025 — When Alexandra Moya learned there would be an oral cancer screening pop-up clinic on the Fort Garry campus, she signed up right away. Moya, a lab assistant in the department of microbiology at the Faculty of Science, was grateful for the opportunity to be screened for oral cancer. “The dentist and assistant were really great. They were kind and explained everything before and after the checkup,” Moya said.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
news.umanitoba.ca | Rady Faculty |Matthew Kruchak
March 6, 2025 — This year’s Doctors Manitoba Award winners all have strong connections to the Max Rady College of Medicine. Eight of the nine award recipients are UM alumni and seven earned their medical degrees at UM, including Physicians of the Year Dr. Michel Bruneau and Dr. Selena Papetti. And all nine physicians hold positions within the Max Rady College of Medicine.
