A team of UWindsor researchers has received a $750,000 grant to explore the role of a protein in developing liver cancer.
Chad Sutherland is the founder of the Adapted Physical Exercise Research Group (APEX), offering programming to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Rain Whited was just four when his father thought he was old enough to begin playing organized sports.
“He asked me, ‘Do you want to play hockey or lacrosse?’ I didn’t even know what lacrosse was but I said, ‘Lacrosse.’ I think it was the Creator guiding me.”
For Whited, a member of the Oneida Nation of the Thames, lacrosse went on to become an integral part of his life. He played for the Windsor Warlocks, Windsor Clippers, and Wallaceburg Red Devils until he aged out of competitive leagues locally at 21.
A virtual think tank on Feb. 10 will discuss three local health research projects.