Health in the Community
FMHS Community Celebration 2024 : The day in pictures
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) administrative and support staff were fêted at the third annual FMHS Community Celebration on June...
June 19, 2024
Collective amnesia for a nasty virus
How worried should we be about the measles resurgence? Do you need an MMR booster? And what can be done to increase vaccine...
June 18, 2024
Mark Ware teaches about the Challenge of Pain at the Dr. Hirsh Rosenfeld Distinguished Public Lecture in Family Medicine
On May 7th, the Department of Family Medicine in collaboration with the St. James’ Literary Society hosted the Dr. Hirsh Rosenfeld Distinguished Public...
June 6, 2024
Designing and testing new app to help palliative care families access respite care
Project has trained 13 undergraduate and master’s students from nursing, oncology, computer science, and engineering in the skills of app design and development...
May 23, 2024
Hospital Elder Life Program contributes to reduction of patients’ hospital stays by over seven days
The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) at the Jewish General Hospital, supported by McGill learners, improves outcomes with basic physical exercises, mealtime support...
May 22, 2024
McGill team’s ‘train the trainer’ initiative in an Ethiopia medical school
Step into Ethiopia’s healthcare system, where Drs Jonathan Houle, Ning-Zi Sun, Louise Pilote, and two McGill alumni, Drs Mark Clarfield and Ora Paltiel,...
May 21, 2024
In Conversation with Jane Philpott
On May 16, the Honourable Jane Philpott, MD, former federal Minister of Health and current Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences and Director...
May 9, 2024
Heather Purdie: Forging a pathway to empowerment
Part of our series: FMHS community members from away – The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is made up of diverse communities, including people...
April 26, 2024
The FMHS community shares its memories of the total solar eclipse
Thank you to everyone who shared photos of the solar eclipse, as viewed in and around Montreal on April 8, with Health e-News!...
April 26, 2024
Canadian researchers mobilize the EDIT-CP toolkit, benefitting infants with cerebral palsy and their families
Researcher highlight: Dr. Darcy Fehlings, Dr. Annette Majnemer and Dr. Tatiana Ogourtsova lead this innovative project, funded by Kids Brain Health Network A...
April 25, 2024
Earth Day 2024 at the RI-MUHC: Towards greater sustainability
Organization-wide teamwork is reducing the environmental footprint of research April 22 marks Earth Day, an annual worldwide event dedicated to advocating environmental protection...
April 25, 2024
A healthcare network serving Quebecers
The réseau universitaire intégré de santé et services sociaux promotes collaboration between Quebec-based medical schools and the health care institutions to improve the...
April 25, 2024