Science

Lecture to focus on ‘evolutionary medicine’

Ignoring the legacy of how humans and their diseases have co-evolved could reduce our ability to effectively treat those illnesses, according to a visiting scientist who will lecture here today.

John Heath is a retired cardiologist, internist and respirologist who also runs Yellow Island Aquaculture Ltd., the salmon farm which recently won the NSERC Synergy award along with University of Windsor scientists Trevor Pitcher, Dennis Higgs and Daniel Heath.

Trevor Pitcher and David JohnstonTrevor Pitcher, left, shakes hands with Governor General David Johnston after receiving his team's Synergy Award in Ottawa Monday night.

Synergy award distinguishes university's environmental research

Winning a top national research award is an outstanding way for the University of Windsor to distinguish itself in the field of environmental research, according to two people who were in Ottawa Monday night to collect it.

photo by Edwin TamGuard Andrea Kiss of the Lancer women’s basketball team, a biochemistry major. photo by Edwin Tam

Getting to know Andrea Kiss

Get to know members of the Lancer women’s basketball team; today’s player: Andrea Kiss.