Queen’s professors Dr. Karen Yeates and Gary Kibbins stand at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. (Supplied)

Feature

Moving mountains for health

Whether it’s scaling the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro or conducting research on global health from her office at Queen’s, Dr. Karen Yeates, a nephrologist at Kingston General Hospital and a Queen’s professor, is working to improve women’s health.

Previously in Features

February 11, 2009

Farm chores, finance and faculty relations

Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane loves his job and, after spending the day in his office, I do too.

February 9, 2009

Arousing questions about female sexuality

If you met Meredith Chivers outside a professional function, chances are you’d have a skewed idea of what she does.

February 5, 2009

Riding with Kingston’s finest

It’s 9 p.m. and we’ve just met up with two other police cruisers in the Loblaw’s parking lot when the radio crackles and a frightened voice calls for help.

February 2, 2009

Telling stories in different voices

Friday’s event also included a panel discussion about Canadian Indigenous writing featuring Boyden, Anishnabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Delaware poet and playwright Daniel David Moses.

January 29, 2009

The best laid plans of mice and men

From her ninth-floor office in Botterell Hall, Ann Croy has a bird’s-eye view of Queen’s campus.