Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine is committed to providing the highest standard of medical education and supporting health research with the goal of advancing the health of the people and communities we serve.
We are leaders in rural medical education and have received national and international awards and recognition. As the only medical school in Newfoundland and Labrador, research that focuses on the need of our communities is a priority. Ground-breaking research has provided important medical discoveries, which have led to improved medical interventions and patient care.
News
The Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT) has presented Dr. Qutuba Karwi with its 2026 Junior Investigator Award.
The award is presented to a CSPT member for significant contributions to the advancement and extension of knowledge in the field of basic and clinical pharmacology.
The recognition comes as new findings from Dr. Karwi’s laboratory suggest a critical cellular message disrupted in a common form of heart failure could be restored pharmacologically, leading to improving how those hearts work.
When clinical epidemiology PhD fall graduate Aswathy Geetha Manukumar arrived at Memorial University in 2022, she had no research experience to speak of.
That was just one more obstacle in a long line of obstacles she surmounted on her academic journey, which culminates this week during convocation ceremonies at the St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre.
I still have memories of the wind that touched my face when I first arrived in St. John’s, N.L.
It was sharp and unfamiliar. Nothing like home.
Because I was an international student, I quickly learned that being successful is not about the grades.
Success is all about learning how to take one’s rightful place in unfamiliar places.
