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Professor Antony Chum’s new paper in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

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 U’s Muscle Health Research Centre ranks fourth globally

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 […]

Researchers receive grants to advance Indigenous scholarship

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 & […]

Innovators look to commercialize research with York fellowship

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.   […]

York research projects receive over $3.1M in provincial funding

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 […]

New CIHR Chair to advance Indigenous health research

Professor Michael Rotondi of the School of Kinesiology & Health Science at York University was named an Applied Public Health Research Chair by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada to further advance a career dedicated to supporting the priorities of local Indigenous communities. Rotondi’s appointment on March 26 to […]

Five York-led research projects receive over $3M in new CIHR funding

York University researchers are leading five projects awarded a combined total of more than $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Mark Bayfield in the Faculty of Science and Elham Dolatabadi, Skye Fitzpatrick, Anthony Scimè and Jeffrey Wardell in the Faculty of Health are among the latest recipients of CIHR’s Project Grants, which support a variety […]

Faculty of Health study explores pros and cons of preschoolers in sports

Researchers at York University are leading work to understand the impacts of youth sports on child development, investigating the benefits and risks of organized sports programming for children aged six and under. In a paper published in Sport in Society earlier this year, Faculty of Health researchers studied five different types of sports programs for preschoolers, observing […]

York immunologist’s work recognized as standout achievement in arthritis research

A York University researcher’s work on blocking inflammation in gout has been named one of the most significant advancements in arthritis research in 2023 by Arthritis Society Canada.  Ali Abdul-Sater, an associate professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science in the Faculty of Health, alongside his research team, discovered that a protein called […]

International project promotes healthy cities, transportation

York University School of Kinesiology & Health Science Professor Alison Macpherson, and postdoctoral visitor Emily McCullogh, travelled to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, to collaborate on CapaCITY/É, a joint project focusing on sustainable transportation interventions. The CapaCITY/É project, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Australia’s National Health & Medical Research Council, is comprised of […]