Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University

06/04/2026

06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate Pride 2026 at Western by joining events that honour and support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Pride is a time to celebrate, reflect, uplift and act — and it's for everyone.

Throughout June and July, University College Tower, Brescia Tower, and Alumni Hall will glow in rainbow lights. ✨🌈 The Progress Pride Flag — which honours the full spectrum of the community, including the feathered chevron that recognizes Two-Spirit people — is raised at Concrete Beach. Flying it during National Indigenous History Month highlights the unique presence and significance of Indigenous identities within this celebration.

See resources and get updates on what's happening at Western: https://www.uwo.ca/faculty_staff/pride.html

05/29/2026

05/25/2026

Discovery Week in action! All the best to first-year medical students as you explore communities and health-care settings across Southwestern Ontario.

More than 190 students are completing one week, immersive placements in rural and regional communities – from Leamington to Wiarton.

📷: Includes videos captured by medical students in 2025.

05/13/2026

When it comes to predicting your health, the answers may be hidden in your genes.

That’s according to Dr. Rob Hegele, whose life’s work has led to numerous breakthroughs for patients at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. In this episode of The Catalysts, we catch up with the 2026 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee to learn about reading DNA, treating high cholesterol, witnessing groundbreaking research, and the art of curiosity and discovery.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OWl4pe9qWJg
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

05/07/2026

05/05/2026

05/03/2026

“Cycling is a simple way to build physical activity into our day. If we can make it easier and more accessible, it becomes part of how we support people’s health.”

Fourth-year medical student Brandon Brower is making cycling a more practical choice at Western University, leading the recent installation of two bike repair stations on campus. He is also promoting low-carbon commuting through initiatives like a campus-wide cycling challenge.

Brandon Brower leads cycling initiatives on campus.

04/30/2026

Hundreds of trainees. New ideas. Research with real-world impact.

London Health Research Day 2026 showcased the full spectrum of research in action: from cancer biology and brain health, to innovations in imaging and health technology.

With participation from learners, trainees, scientists, clinicians, faculty and institutional leaders across Western University, St. Joseph's Health Care London and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute, the day highlighted ’s health research excellence.

A special thank you to the Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation (St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation) for supporting our keynote speaker, world-renowned gene and cell therapy expert Paula Cannon, PhD, and to all the organizations and volunteers who made the event possible.

The momentum is here – the next advances in health care are taking shape in .

04/15/2026

For Eric Arts, curing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not a question of how, but when.

One of Canada’s leading researchers in combatting HIV, he joins host Patrick Morley to discuss an equitable approach to treating the roughly 40 million people living with the virus around the world.

Arts also chats about his own in experience in treating HIV in Uganda, as well as the healthy future being promised by Western University’s upcoming Pathogen Research Centre.

Eric Arts, PhD, is the Canada Research Chair in HIV Pathogenesis and Viral Control and a Professor in Microbiology & Immunology at .

Listen to The Catalysts wherever you get your podcasts.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zq6MkZLAHk

The Catalysts is produced by Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in association with the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine — one of Canada's most prestigious medical research prizes.

For Eric Arts, curing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not a question of how, but when. One of Canada’s leading researchers in combatting HIV joins hos...