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by Dr. Lucy Osborne Dear IMS Community, The spring season is often associated with new beginnings, renewal, and transitions as we welcome in the warmer weather. Along with these new transitions, it is important to place focus on understanding how well our bodies establish equilibrium. Hence, this issue of the IMS Magazine places a key focus on metabolic health—exploring the work IMS faculty and students are doing in understanding and developing therapeutics for patients living with metabolic disorders. This issue of the IMS Magazine features five faculty that are providing interdisciplinary lenses on metabolic health. Dr. Dan Drucker, pioneer in … Continue reading Director’s Message

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by Dr. Lucy Osborne Dear IMS Community, I hope you were all able to have a restful holiday. On behalf of all the core staff at IMS, I would like to warmly welcome you to 2026! This IMS Magazine issue on Emergency Medicine pays tribute to the physicians and scientists who are working tirelessly to improve front-line access to care across various patient populations and research areas.   This issue features three faculty examining various facets of emergency care delivery to enhance patient-centred care. Dr. Jacques Lee is moving beyond the stigma to enhance care within the field of geriatric emergency … Continue reading Director’s Message

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by Dr. Lucy Osborne Dear IMS Community, Welcome to a new school year! I am delighted to welcome you to the Fall 2025 issue of the IMS Magazine, themed Health in the Margins.  This is an issue of particular importance, as it explores some of the most persistent health inequities affecting underserved groups in our society, including barriers to care, disproportionate burden of illness, and gaps in health policy and representation. At the same time, this issue highlights the exceptional efforts of members of our IMS community who are working tirelessly to address these challenges through innovative and inclusive research. … Continue reading Director’s Message

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by Dr. Mingyao Liu Congratulations to our IMS community on another successful academic year. With the warm summer months comes a time for reflection on the accomplishments of our students, staff, and faculty, and on behalf of IMS, I would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to everyone for their hard work and achievements. It brings me great excitement to think about what the upcoming year holds for our community—and the prospect of reproducing this year’s success aligns nicely with the Summer 2025 theme of the IMS Magazine on Reproductive Health.  This edition features two IMS faculty members whose research … Continue reading Director’s Message