UCalgary does research that changes the world.
Our scholars are making a positive impact in your community.
UCalgary is on a mission to discover new knowledge and translate our discoveries into applications that provide benefits to our communities.
Driving innovation
We're building new pathways to knowledge translation and commercialization.
Our impact
UCalgary faculty, postdocs, and students do remarkable work to benefit our communities.
Podcast: Public Health Always Wins
March 23, 2020
Hear from UCalgary Vice-President (Research) Dr. William Ghali, MD to learn about the impact of COVID-19 on research activity, how COVID-19 affects treatment for other illnesses and how public health professionals are coordinating and responding to COVID-19.
- Impact of COVID-19 on research activity (1:48)
- How COVID-19 affects treatment for other illnesses (5:19)
- How public health professionals are coordinating and responding to COVID-19 (6:52)
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Impact: COVID-19 Research & Innovation
Participate in Research
We conduct research that changes the world.
UCalgary believes in thinking creatively and courageously, and in doing research that has a positive impact on our communities at home and around the world. Our scholars conduct research studies and clinical trials in a vast range of disciplines, from MRIs to understand childhood brain development, to online surveys that help us understand how people interact on social media.
And we need your help to do it.
Research at UCalgary
The University of Calgary is one of Canada’s top comprehensive research universities, with a mission to discover new knowledge and translate our discoveries into applications that provide benefits to our local, national and international communities.
UCalgary is is driven by our Eyes High strategy to sharpen focus on research and scholarship, enrich the quality and breadth of learning, and integrate with the community.
To achieve this goal, we designed our Research Plan to focus on three major priorities: Matching Strengths with Opportunities, Increasing Research Capacity, and Driving Innovation.
Explore UCalgary
Read stories of groundbreaking discovery taking place in all disciplines at the University of Calgary.
Research News
Dr. Dylan Pillai appointed academic head of Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Medical Director, South Sector, Alberta Precision Laboratories
The appointment takes effect May 1, 2021...
In the News: Jonathan N. Stea, Department of Psychology, in Sudbury.com (original story in The Conversation)
How you can use social media to help debunk COVID-19 misinformation
In the News: Malinda Smith, Department of Political Science, in The Conversation
In the military and beyond, more women doesn't mean more equity
