Inside the Next Chapter of Biomedical Science, with Dr. Linda Chelico
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Dr. Linda Chelico discusses her priorities as the new Vice-Dean Research for Biomedical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine.
As Researchers Under the Scope marks its 100th episode, we hand the microphone to Dr. Linda Chelico, who recently accepted a five-year term as Vice-Dean Research, Biomedical Sciences, at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine. Originally from Melfort, Saskatchewan, the virologist and biochemist outlines her two main priorities: upgrading research infrastructure and raising the public profile of her colleagues' work. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Chelico said biomedical researchers are now expected to team up producing multiple lines of evidence supporting the same conclusion, before publications accept their findings. "Is it just specific to that cell? What about cells from other parts of the body, or other cancers?" she explained. "They might also want you to do the studies in an animal model." Alongside a second vice-dean who will oversee the College of Medicine's clinical trial unit, Chelico wants to strengthen collaboration, pushing more discoveries toward real-world treatments. She also says it's time to make biomedical research more visible to donors and the general public, through social media outreach and real-life tours of the Health Sciences complex. "A lot…
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