Education
Building new connections
By Sol Inés Peca In the 1980s, Dr. Albert Aguayo and his colleagues at McGill’s Centre for Research in Neuroscience were the first...
May 3, 2011
Publishing in the age of the digital doctor
VP-Dean Richard I. Levincontributes to the latest issue of Current Oncology, a Canadian based and Internationally distributed journal. "We are living in the...
April 29, 2011
Acquiring new words
By Marlene Busko To learn a new word, a child with autism might rely on strategies such as mapping it to a visually...
April 19, 2011
Filters that reduce ‘brain clutter’ identified
McGill researchers suggest malfunctions in neurons that filter visual information may be responsible for diseases such as ADHD and schizophrenia. Until now, it...
April 14, 2011
Breaking through prejudice
By Sol Inés Peca Loydie Jerome-Majewska’s days are filled with attempts to strike the perfect balance between writing grants and papers, running a...
April 10, 2011
Suicide isn’t painless: JGH tackles taboo subject
For generations, suicide and its symptoms were the health crisis no one wanted to talk about. Some of the top psychiatry researchers in...
April 5, 2011
Highlights of budget coverage
The last two weeks saw the tabling of two budgets, from both the Quebec and Federal governments. While a no-confidence vote has triggered...
March 29, 2011
The second century in modern medical education
VP-Dean Richard I. Levin contributes to the latest issue of Gravitas, official newsletter of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)....
March 29, 2011
Osler Library Newsletter
The source of health sciences history for McGill’s Faculty of Medicine In the latest issue of the Osler Library Newsletter, Dr. Peter Macklem,...
March 29, 2011
A world first in the fight against tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a major global health threat. Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacteria every second. Every...
March 29, 2011
Nominate someone for an Ovation
The nomination process for the 2011 Dean of Medicine Awards of Excellence has officially begun! The goal of this vital program is to...
March 29, 2011
Shedding light on late-winter blues
By Sol Inés Peca The days may be getting longer and spring may have started, but it still looks and feels like winter...
March 22, 2011