PALLIATIVE CARE in Action – December 2020

The Council on Palliative Care has recently introduced its new digital newsletter entitled  PALLIATIVE CARE in Action highlighting articles of interest to the public and events put...
December 28, 2020

Celebrating the 2020 VP-Dean of Medicine and Health Sciences Awards of Excellence winners

  The annual Ovation Awards event to honour the year’s winners of the VP-Dean of Medicine and Health Sciences Awards of Excellence, was...
December 18, 2020

Three recognized with 2020 McGill PGME Program Director Awards

By Wendy Helfenbaum Program Directors (PD) at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences play an essential role in making sure medical residents...
December 18, 2020

Dr. Caroline Reinhold appointed Interim Chair, Department of Diagnostic Radiology

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Caroline Reinhold to the position of Interim Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology,...
December 18, 2020

Nurse practitioners bring big savings to long-term care facilities in Quebec

Study finds nurse practitioners helped reduce costs by up to $3.2 million in six long-term care facilities   Source: McGill Newsroom Countries worldwide...
December 17, 2020

Discovery Day 2020 attracts record numbers, virtually

  On December 2, some 250 students from Quebec, as well as Ontario, came together virtually for the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame...
December 17, 2020

Getting Canadians moving, with the help of AI!

App developed by Dr. Abhinav Sharma selected for Healthy Futures Accelerator Source: LEAP and the McGill University Health Centre Foundation LEAP | Pecaut...
December 16, 2020

Haply wins the CODE LiFE Ventilator Challenge

The Montreal General Hospital Foundation and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (IR-MUHC), in partnership with the McGill Faculty of...
December 16, 2020

Retirement of Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz, veteran Psychiatry researcher

Source: Lady Davis Institute Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz is retiring after more than 30 years of research into maternal and reproductive mental health, as...
December 16, 2020

Class of Medicine 1974 Faculty Scholar for Teaching Excellence & Innovation in Medical Education

Source: Institute of Health Sciences Education The goal of this opportunity is to strengthen medical education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences by...
December 16, 2020

Celebrating 35 years of achievement at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging

  Established in 1985 to develop specialized services for the elderly, who were poorly served, over the past three-plus decades the McGill University...
December 11, 2020

New name, new mission for the McGill AIDS Centre

The McGill Centre for Viral Diseases builds on legacy of the McGill AIDS Centre, expanding its mission to include all viral diseases that...
December 11, 2020