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UNB essential service staff keep university running during COVID-19
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 29, 2020 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
It’s been far from business as usual at the University of New Brunswick since a state of emergency was declared by the Province of New Brunswick on March 19 to limit the spread of COVID-19. UNB’s campuses quickly closed to most of the university community and, with the exception of a few students who were unable to travel home, the only staff who have remained are those...
Read the full postUNB’s Promise Partnership continues to support local schoolchildren
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 23, 2020 2:20:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
UNB Saint John’s Promise Partnership initiative has continued to support local youth in the community throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. The Promise Partnership runs an ongoing program that pairs children from Hazen White-St. Francis School with UNB volunteers to provide educational support through structured literacy activities. Although now unable to meet in person, the mentors continue...
Read the full postUNB provides PPE for healthcare and emergency workers
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 23, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick has gathered crucial supplies to provide the Province of New Brunswick with personal protective equipment needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. PPE and other essential materials were gathered from the UNB Fredericton campus, including gloves, goggles, masks, face shields, gowns, alcohols and more. Additional materials from UNB’s Saint John campus and...
Read the full postUNB nursing grads join the COVID-19 fight
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 22, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Fourth-year nursing students from the University of New Brunswick graduated earlier than usual this year to allow them to join the fight against COVID-19. The Nursing Association of New Brunswick has provided UNB graduates with a temporary license, which means they can be hired to work in healthcare immediately. While the application process remained the same, the license approvals were...
Read the full postDr. Carol Nemeroff named dean of UNB’s Renaissance College
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 22, 2020 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Dr. Carol J. Nemeroff has been named dean of Renaissance College at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Dr. Nemeroff is currently a professor of social and behavioral sciences at the University of Southern Maine (USM), as well as a co-founder and principal at the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC) at USM. She is a licensed psychologist in Arizona, former director...
Read the full postCOVID-19 projected outcomes to April 24
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 21, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
This rapid response report provides updated projections estimating the trajectory COVID-19 could follow in New Brunswick (NB) if the province has outcomes similar to those of countries and provinces that have to date contained infections relatively successfully. Studying the experiences of the different locations further along in the infection outbreak helps inform how the disease could...
Read the full postCOVID-19 rapid response report on healthcare resources
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 21, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
Does having dedicated resources – spaces and services – for COVID-19 effectively control the spread, decrease the severity, and mitigate the cost of the disease in terms of costs to health care, societal disruption, health outcomes and lives lost? The NB-IRDT Team examined evidence for the separation of healthcare resources during pandemic medical management to prevent overlap and...
Read the full postOur hearts and thoughts are with Nova Scotia
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 20, 2020 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick acknowledges the tragic events which occurred over the weekend in Nova Scotia. As a community, we send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of all of those who lost their lives in this terrible incident, including RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson. Our heartfelt thoughts are also with another RCMP officer and the other people who were affected by these...
Read the full postUNB’s Dr. Kenneth Kent named NBIF’s 2020 Star Mentor
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 17, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) has named UNB’s Dr. Kenneth Kent their 2020 Star Mentor, recognizing him as the province’s top research mentor at a New Brunswick university. In recognition of this award, he has received a $70,000 grant to support the training and development of student researchers. He was one of three researchers recognized as star mentors this...
Read the full postLuminUltra to supply COVID-19 test chemicals across Canada
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 16, 2020 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Fredericton-based LuminUltra Technologies, headed by UNB alumnus Patrick Whalen (BScChE’03), is increasing its production to supply chemicals for essential COVID-19 testing across the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on April 15 that LuminUltra is one of the companies that has signed a contract with the federal government to provide supplies needed in all provinces. Many...
Read the full postUNB researchers release short-term COVID-19 infection predictions
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 9, 2020 10:50:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
UNB’s New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data, and Training’s 10-day COVID-19 outcome model shows New Brunswick is currently tracking towards a best-case scenario outcome, according to data as of April 7. NB-IRDT researchers, led by Dr. Ted McDonald, developed their prediction models by looking at outcome data as of March 31, 2020, from other countries with a range of COVID-19...
Read the full postUNB student part of national effort to track COVID-19 spread
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 8, 2020 11:45:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
As the global outbreak of COVID-19 restricts travel around the world, UNB engineering student Xavier Hébert-Couturier is looking back on a 2017 trip that is now allowing him to help Canadians during the pandemic. “In 2017 I went to Shad Saskatchewan, where I met many extremely talented and driven students from across Canada,” said Mr. Hébert-Couturier. “Recently, the...
Read the full postNB-IRDT COVID-19 projections show good news for NB
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 8, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
UNB’s New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data, and Training’s 10-day COVID-19 outcome model shows New Brunswick is currently tracking towards a best-case scenario outcome, according to data as of April 7. NB-IRDT researchers, led by Dr. Ted McDonald, developed their prediction models by looking at outcome data as of March 31, 2020 from other countries with a range of COVID-19...
Read the full postUNBers develop app to help track and trace COVID-19 outbreak
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 7, 2020 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Students and alumni from the University of New Brunswick have created an application that will assist healthcare authorities in their fight against COVID-19. Alongside project lead, co-founder and CEO Dr. Dhirendra Shukla, professor and chair of the Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre at UNB, UNB students Drake Luce, Jacob Smith and Matthew Sampson and UNB alumni Ashlee Donaher (D-TME’14,...
Read the full postCANUE webinar highlights new environmental data
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
La version française suit On March 27, 2020, the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) hosted a webinar about the connections between CANUE and three provincial data centres, including the New Brunswick Institute of Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT). Dr. Ted McDonald, NB-IRDT Director, joined colleagues from the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, and...
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