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January 25, 2022

Improving care for cardiometabolic diseases is one of the main health challenges of our time: this research will elucidate how dysfunction(s) in mitochondria (the "powerhouse" of the cell) can lead to, or worsen obesity, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, creating knowledge that will lead to new prevention and treatment strategies.

January 25, 2022

While sexually and gender-diverse people represent 13 per cent of Canada’s population, they are often neglected in sexual health research: this program will address the knowledge gaps in understanding and treating genitopelvic pain in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients.

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November 17, 2021
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February 2, 2021
August 25, 2020

Leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning technologies for biomedical data integration and exploration: this research will help to transform how clinicians treat patients with cancer using a data-driven, precision medicine approach.

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August 12, 2020

Queen’s researcher David Maslove is leading the Canadian arm of an international project aiming to sequence the genomes of 100,000 COVID-19 patients to better understand their genes and the disease.

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August 12, 2020

"Privacy regulation can't keep pace with the supersystems collecting, analyzing, and using personal data," writes Queen's researcher David Lyon for The Conversation Canada.

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August 12, 2020

Queen's researcher Allyson G. Harrison discusses what parents and loved ones can do to help high school seniors cope with missed developmental milestones due to COVID-19 for The Conversation Canada.

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August 12, 2020

Itchy skin? More aches and pains? Unusual rash? Headaches? Pimples? If you've been experiencing unusual physical symptoms recently, Queen's researcher Kate Harkness explains it may be due to living with chronic stress for The Conversation Canada.

July 29, 2020

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