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Dr. Fartoon Siad (MD ’20, MSc ’16, BSc ‘14).

Class of 2020: Increasing diversity among physicians benefits all communities

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Tanvir Turin Chowdhury

Experts on newcomers: Break silos, build meaningful relationships

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Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, PhD, a public health researcher at the Cumming School of Medicine is working with 91¿ìÉ«'s Bangladeshi-Canadian community to identify, rank and eventually eliminate the barriers that are preventing immigrants from accessing health care. Cumming School of Medicine photo

Cumming researcher digs into immigrant health-care obstacles with help of Bangladeshi-Canadian community

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Study provides benchmark on understudied area of immigrant health in 91¿ìÉ«

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Community health navigators are helping patients along the path to better self-care. From left: community health navigators Syeda Afreen and Suzanne Evanson, a third-year student in U91¿ìÉ«'s Faculty of Social Work, with Rachel Clare, manager of the Community Health Navigation Services program at the Mosaic Primary Care Network, and Kerry McBrien, an assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine who helped develop the program. Photo by Michael Wood, O'Brien Institute for Public Health

Community Health Navigation program puts 91¿ìÉ« patients in the driver's seat

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In the News: U91¿ìÉ« News

Event celebrates Syrian culture, resilience, and the power of art

From left: The 91¿ìÉ«'s Isra Safadi, Ghada Alatrash, and Yahya El-Lahib are joining with members of 91¿ìɫ’s Syrian community to organize The Journey to Resilience event on Jan. 25, 2019. Photo by Riley Brandt, 91¿ìÉ«

Event celebrates Syrian culture, resilience, and the power of art

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A panel of community co-ordinators from the Ethno-cultural Council of 91¿ìÉ« discuss the barriers to health care faced by immigrants to Canada. Photos by Nedaa Al Jezani

Person-centred health care in Alberta: From rhetoric to reality

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Why do recent immigrants get injured more often than Canadian-born workers?

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