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These two areas foster a Canadian healthcare system that's advancing technologically, while staying rooted in compassion and an understanding of our medical history. In each area, we support crucial activities in research education, leadership, and clinical practice.
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AMS Healthcare Funding in Compassion and Artifical Intelligence I am interested in a Fellowship I AM INTERESTED IN A GRANT 2021 Fellow announcement Fellowships Program Eligibility Key Dates Testimonials Resources Program Does your work help answer the question, “How can digital technology and artificial intelligence change the healthcare we provide?” If you are early to…
AMS Announces 2021 Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
AMS Healthcare is excited to announce the 2021 Research Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence. These 12 outstanding individuals, from across multiple disciplines, have been selected by an external expert review panel as leaders and innovators to address the challenges facing healthcare. The “AMS Compassion and AI” program focusses on promoting the integration of digital…
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Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in schools this fall? Ontario’s 1982 legislation spurred organized opposition
This blog was written by AMS Healthcare History of Medicine and Healthcare Program 2020 project grant recipient Catherine Carstairs and her colleagues from the University of Guelph. It very nicely supports the AMS Healthcare concept that History of Medicine research can and does act as a source of lessons that shape or inform the Canadian…
AMS Announces 2021 History of Medicine Awardees
AMS is very pleased to announce our ten 2021 research grant and fellowship award recipients. The AMS History of Medicine and Healthcare Awards Program promotes scholarship, teaching, and public interest in history of healthcare, disease, and medicine. The Program incorporates 3 types of awards: Post-Doctoral Fellowships of $45,000, Doctoral Completion Awards of $25,000, and Project…
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