Recent graduate Luca Delfinis, who undertook his doctorate under the supervision of Professor Christopher Perry, was the first to show this new understanding of cancer-related muscle weakness.
WELCOME TO THE FALL 2024 ISSUE of the Healthy World Report (formerly Impact Report). Our vision as a Faculty is to be leaders and partners for a healthy and just 21st Century world and our mission is to positively influence health, wellness, and their determinants through leading-edge education, research, and practice. To that end, we are guided by the five strategic directions […]
Indigenous Youth (Non)Participation in Euro-Canadian Sport: Applying Theories of Refusal in Sociology of Sport Journal
Late menopause associated with greater asthma riskYork University researchers from the School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Michael Rotondi, Associate Professor, Heather Edgell, Associate Professor, and Professor Hala Tamim, along with Durmalouk Kesibi were mentioned in Managed Healthcare Executive Nov. 7
Assistant Professor and CRC Chair Antony Chum has a new paper in the Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology journal that examines the impact of cannabis legalization on healthcare use among those with schizophrenia. The paper is titled, "The impact of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis-related acute care events among adults with schizophrenia." Antony Chum
York University’s Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) has secured the fourth position worldwide for skeletal muscle research in the ScholarGPS Institutional Rankings. This achievement, based on the centre’s impact over the past five years, places York among the leading institutions in this field of study. Assessing citation metrics, the ScholarGPS rankings reflect the influence of published research […]
Six Indigenous scholars at York University have been awarded a combined $204,298 in new funding from the latest round of Indigenous Research Seed Fund Grants to explore language revitalization, Indigenous-led land restoration, decolonizing physical education curriculum and more. The York Indigenous Seed Fund was established in 2021 by the Office of the Vice-President Research & […]
Four aspiring researchers have completed York University’s Commercialization Fellowship program, advancing their potential to bring to market innovations driven by the latest in emerging technologies. The Commercialization Fellowship program is aimed at preparing and supporting postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows in understanding the process of transforming academic research into a product or service. […]
Eighteen York University researchers have received more than $3 million in combined funding from the government of Ontario in support of their innovative research projects designed to bring new products, ideas and technologies to the market. The funding for York, totaling $3,166,842, comes from the Ontario Research Fund and the Early Researcher Awards. The funds […]