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Cumming School of Medicine | Report to Community 2025-26
See how our research has impacted the health of people like Steven, Sean and Donna:
Dean’s Message
It is my pleasure to present to you the Cumming School of Medicine’s 2026 Report to Community, providing a closer look at some of the people and partners creating a brighter future at home and abroad, including collaborations with the University of Melbourne, our first cohort of UCalgary medical students in the Southern Alberta Medical Program, and the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame induction ceremony hosted right here in Calgary, including our own inductee, Dr. Michael Hill, MD.
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Dr. Todd Anderson
Dean, Cumming School of Medicine
Healing the body with your own cells, microbes and genes
Treatment-resistant cancers can leave patients and families feeling hopeless. Dr. Kevin Hay, MD and his colleagues are hoping to change that — by turning the immune system itself into a powerful, living medicine.
We’re moving living medicines from the research bench to the patient bedside. That means not just discovering new therapies, but actually getting them ready for real people.
Dr. Kevin Hay, MD
Clinician-scientist, co-director of the Living Medicines Initiative at UCalgary
Harnessing data research: AI in the emergency department
Busy emergency departments can be challenging for patients and physicians. Drs. Jessalyn Holodinsky and Steve Drew, both PhD, are addressing these pressures through an AI simulation of a real emergency department.
Almost all of us have been to an emergency department. Many of us have had difficult experiences. This is an opportunity to improve a system that touches everyone.
Dr. Jessalyn Holodinsky, PhD
UCalgary medical data science researcher
Prioritizing women’s health
At CSM, researchers are reshaping the future of women’s health, from studying strength training and menopause, diabetes in pregnancy and breast cancer in Black women.
We’re actually building strength. That’s a powerful shift in how we think about aging and women’s health.
Dr. Leigh Gabel, PhD
ICU physician and researcher
Shaping the future of health care
The future of health care is defined by innovation: a new tool allows researchers to rapidly sequence a patient’s microbiome to help fight off infection, while Helios University of Calgary Medical Group fellows access the world’s most advanced training, then bring that expertise home.
This is a new approach to infection prevention that has the potential to save lives.
Dr. Braedon McDonald, MD, PhD
ICU physician and researcher
Meet the donors
These CSM donors are advancing health, championing innovation, and accelerating breakthroughs that improve lives across our community and beyond.
Life doesn’t always unfold the way you think it will. It’s what you do with it next that matters.
Mavis Clark
CSM Donor
Celebrating the impact of the University of Calgary and the Cumming School of Medicine.
