Birgit Frauscher – NeuroXXceptional

Dr. Birgit Frauscher is a neurologist and researcher specializing in epilepsy research and patient care at The Neuro. She is the winner of...
June 18, 2019

The Stroke Unit is expanding

Award-winning team is adding beds and speeding recovery Victor Swoboda, The Neuro June is Stroke Awareness Month, a good time to announce that...
June 14, 2019

Students building healthy diversity

By Vanessa Bonneau When Salima Ramdani was still in high school she came to McGill for a few days to get an idea...
June 13, 2019

The rise of junk science

A recent story in The Walrus explores the pervasiveness of junk publications and conferences that are muddying the waters of legitimate science and endangering the...
June 10, 2019

Taking a stand against gun violence

By Sheldon Gordon, McGill News On a Sunday night in July 2018, St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto declared a “code orange” in...
May 29, 2019

Helping patients manage brain cancer

The Neuro-Oncology Clinic works with clinical trials team to advance care and research By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro Brain cancer is a life-threatening...
May 29, 2019

Can self-testing end the HIV/AIDS epidemic?

In a recent opinion piece for Infectious Disease Hub, Dr. Nitika Pant Pai, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medical Scientist at...
December 1, 2017

McGill’s WWI doctors and nurses: a proud but bitter legacy

The 3rd Canadian General Hospital (McGill) was the first military hospital to be mounted and run by a university Faculty of Medicine during...
November 29, 2017

Treating trauma on a city-wide scale

From McGill News by Jonathan Montpetit, BA’03, MA’16 Memory operates like a strip of film. Bonded to one side of a film strip...
May 26, 2016

McGill medical students hold annual SHOUT event to recognize community involvement

Student engagement and community involvement are key aspects of the medical school experience at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine. McGill medical students are actively planning...
May 26, 2016

Antidepressants: rise in off-label prescriptions

McGill Newsroom Antidepressant use in North America has increased over the last 2 decades. A suspected reason for this trend is that primary...
May 25, 2016

Making a healthier work environment

McGill is currently developing a whole-campus health and wellness strategy. The goal is to have interconnected supports in place that will treat both...
March 30, 2016