Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health getting wider

Global trends in health inequalities related to income inequality   Health inequalities in young people have grown alongside socioeconomic disparities between the rich...
February 4, 2015

Speak up for Mental Health

In order to promote mental health awareness, medical and dental students from McGill University launched a photo campaign and shared their thoughts and...
January 20, 2015

Apply Now! Rossy Cancer Network Research Grants

The Rossy Cancer Network Research Grants support research initiatives in improving cancer care quality for patients in the network. What’s this? The annual...
January 16, 2015

First-year McGill medical student publishes novel

Jean-Baptiste Roberge was raised in Québec city and then in Montréal. He studied natural sciences at Cégep du Vieux Montréal prior to being...
January 15, 2015

Genetic discovery about childhood blindness

Dr. Robert Koenekoop, director of the McGill Ocular Genetics Laboratory at The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the MUHC, co-led this research. Finding genes...
January 14, 2015

It’s all in a good night’s sleep: How quality of sleep impacts academic performance in children

Study finds link between sleep quality and grades of schoolchildren in math and languages Making sure school-aged kids get to sleep at a...
January 8, 2015

Having a hard time focusing?

Research identifies complex of neurons crucial to controlling attention Our ability to pay attention to certain things while ignoring distractions determines how good...
January 8, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS to members of the Faculty of Medicine community named to the Order of Canada!

Together with Chancellor Michael Meighen, Chancellor Emeritus Dick Pound and several other McGillians, seven members of the McGill Faculty of Medicine community were...
January 6, 2015

Discovering the Health Sciences

What do human anatomy, tele-health, family medicine, the evolution of HIV and medical imaging have in common? All were among the workshop topics...
December 28, 2014

Making a difference for Montreal’s homeless

“We wanted to do something on foot care because foot injuries, infections and ailments seem to be the number one reason for ER...
December 18, 2014

A face-to-face with our research leaders: Interview with Dr. Madhukar Pai

Courtesy of MUHC Interview with Dr. Madhukar Pai,Director of the McGill Global Health Programs                    ...
December 18, 2014

An important study for Parkinson’s disease

IRCM researchers uncover a mechanism regulating dopamine levels in the brain Researchers in Montréal led by Jacques Drouin, D.Sc., associate member of the Department...
December 11, 2014