MARVIN: the first AI-powered HIV care chatbot 

When life's everyday challenges get in the way, it can be hard to stay on track with antiretroviral therapy. A new chatbot could...
December 18, 2024

Celebrating 50 Years of Family Medicine at McGill during the 2024 Annual Retreat

On October 24 and 25, the Department of Family Medicine hosted the 2024 Annual Retreat with the theme Celebrating 50 Years of Family Medicine...
December 4, 2024

Hike for a Cause: McGill medical students unite for neuro-palliative care 

McGill medical students recently organized Hike for a Cause, raising over $1,000 in just two weeks to support the Susan Cameron Cook Neuro-Palliative...
November 28, 2024

A source of hope for brain tumour patients  

The Neuro's leading physicians and access to clinical trials are changing the lives of Quebecers suffering from glioblastoma     In June 2021, Guylaine...
November 21, 2024

The essence of family medicine 

  Justin Ross, MD, has been practising family medicine in Mistissini, Eeyou Istchee, for 10 years. Thanks to the Cree community's hospitality and...
November 14, 2024

Made to measure – Wellbeing panel’s advice to life satisfaction policy makers

Of the 50 members of the McGill University hosted World Wellbeing Panel (WWP), the vast majority have agreed that governments should place greater...
October 18, 2024

Alexis Ricard wins Nadine St-Pierre 2024 Award from the Collège québécois des médecins de famille

  Alexis Ricard, MD, a resident from the Department of Family Medicine who graduated this summer from our Val d'Or University Family Medicine...
October 10, 2024

The artist in the family

Reclaiming a Montreal painter (and ancestor) from historical neglect. This is the goal that Dr. Ross de Belle (BSc'63, MDCM'67) has embraced in...
October 10, 2024

A uniquely human subspecialty

As the McGill International Palliative Care Congress prepares to reconvene in Montreal this October, FMHS Focus meets up with Dr. Justin Sanders, who...
October 10, 2024

The Neuro at 90: Still at the top of its game, delivering years of groundbreaking research and quality patient care

‘Working with people who are excited about what they do is energizing. We spark each other’s creativity.’  Dr. Guy Rouleau, Director of The...
October 10, 2024

RI-MUHC expands recycling to new heights

Impressive cooperation from research programs brings new success to the RI-MUHC waste recycling and sustainability efforts The 2030 Vision for the Research Institute...
October 9, 2024

When wildfires threatened dialysis patients in Eeyou Istchee, these McGill docs sprang into action

  In the summer of 2023, as forest fires ravaged northern Quebec, a team of McGill nephrologists and healthcare workers faced an unprecedented...
October 7, 2024