University of Alberta

A new University of Alberta study exploring the risk factors that make farmers vulnerable to suicide could help them build better resilience. The comprehensive review is the first to combine and analyze interview data gathered from…

University of Alberta researchers have developed a new statistical tool to evaluate the results of clinical trials, with the aim of allowing smaller trials to ask more complex research questions and get effective treatments to patients…

University of Alberta researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and the treatment of long COVID. In research published today in Cell Reports Medicine, the team says it…

Two respected global rankings released last week highlight the University of Alberta’s strength in teaching and research across an array of disciplines including health, science, engineering and education. The U of A saw five subjects…

New strains of clubroot, a disease that can kill canola crops, continue to emerge in Western Canadian fields, according to a recent study by University of Alberta researchers.  A sampling of more than 250 fields in Alberta,…

Sending more firefighters to the front lines in the crucial first hours of moderately difficult wildfires is the best use of resources that are often already stretched, according to a University of Alberta data analytics model aimed at…

The University of Alberta has improved its standings in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), placing 91st in the world and fourth in Canada — its best showing in the 20-year history of the prominent global…

University of Alberta researchers are repurposing handheld lactic acid testing devices that were originally developed for endurance athletes in North America as a tool to save the lives of critically ill children in sub-Saharan Africa.…

Alberta students aren’t required to learn about the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War until Grade 11 social studies. And apart from that, there is very little in the curriculum that exposes them to a community…

As a clinician scientist and nurse practitioner, Edith Pituskin runs a busy clinic, caring for cancer patients while learning how to relieve the symptoms people face that can lead to poor quality of life after treatment. “People are…