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.
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The Faculty of Medicine is a place where Traditional Indigenous medicine has taken root.
The Faculty of Medicine’s sweetgrass garden was planted in the spring of 2024 with the help of the Office of the Dean, Facilities Management and the Botanical Gardens. The garden flourished this summer, and we are pleased that students, staff and members from the community were able to harvest sweetgrass earlier this month.
Four new PhD graduates from the Faculty of Medicine’s neuroscience program are proving the brain still has plenty of secrets left to uncover.
From decoding the mysteries of memory and movement to uncovering the molecular roots of disease, Jess Barron, Tamunotonye Omoluabi, Mona Frey and Tayebeh Sepahvand have all been pursuing groundbreaking research at Memorial University.
Core sciences, clinical skills and medical career exposure were all available for more than 100 N.L. high school students to explore at Memorial University this summer.
The three-day event is part of the Faculty of Medicine’s annual MedQuest program and was delivered as a hybrid model this year.
