Announcements
New Canadian Money Smells Like Syrup, Melts in Heat
For some Canadians the sweet smell of money has an aroma exactly like its famed maple syrup. The introduction of new polymer based...
May 28, 2013
Last chance to sign up for the 11th season of JGH Mini-Med School
The Jewish General Hospital’s (JGH) Mini-Med School is open for registration and spots are filling up fast! If you think you’ve got what...
May 21, 2013
Laura Marie Drudi awarded Scholarship from QMA
The QMA had the great honour on April 20, 2013, of recognizing and awarding three physicians and four students who have distinguished themselves...
May 21, 2013
Jewish General Hospital’s accreditation status raised to the top grade of “Exemplary”
The Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has had its accreditation status upgraded to “Exemplary”, the highest level recognized by Accreditation Canada. When the results...
May 15, 2013
Brain@McGill Newsletter for May 2013
FOR A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BRAIN / 8 MAY 2013 DEAR FRIENDS OF B@M, Brain@McGill brings together the vast amount...
May 14, 2013
Still Charting Memory’s Depths
In many ways, the Obama administration’s new plan to map the human brain has its origins in the work of Brenda Milner, the...
May 14, 2013
Entre Nous with Colleen Cook, Trenholme Dean of Libraries
Because of the way library use is changing in an increasingly digitized world some of McGill’s library spaces are slated to undergo changes...
May 9, 2013
Ethics and social utility of early-phase drug testing
Ethics experts call for a more thoughtful optimization of the drug development process McGill University post-doctoral fellow Spencer Phillips Hey and Prof. Jonathan...
May 8, 2013
New Canadian guidelines for treating fibromyalgia
Physicians from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), McGill University and the University of Calgary have published a review article in the CMAJ...
May 8, 2013
Drs. Raquel Del-Carpio and Dominique Shum-Tim co-recipients of “The Teaching-Clinician Award” from the Québec Medical Association
Every year, the Québec Medical Association (QMA) honours physicians for their outstanding achievements in different fields of activity or who have demonstrated an...
May 8, 2013
Desautels students’ concept of solving urban hunger with diet of crickets scores big points in social entrepreneurship contest
A world without hunger could mean a world with a lot more crickets, according to a team of MBA students at McGill University’s...
May 8, 2013
New Staff in Cardiology: Dr. Annabel Chen-Tournoux
The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the recruitment of Dr. Annabel Chen-Tournoux to the Jewish General Hospital Division of Cardiology. Dr....
May 8, 2013