Education
Remembering Dr. Chawki Benkelfat: clinician, mentor, and catalyst for creativity
McGill, MUHC and RI-MUHC communities celebrate the life of an exceptional scientist Source: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Chawki Benkelfat, MD, CSPQ, a...
January 17, 2020
New faculty spotlight: Blake Richards
"We want to use what we learn from the brain to inform new AI systems that have capabilities that machines lack." Source: The...
January 14, 2020
Four Burning Questions about Eating Disorders with Dr. Howard Steiger
By Lisa Dutton Dr. Howard Steiger is Director of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute’s Eating Disorders Program (EDP), the only large-scale, specialized...
January 10, 2020
Educational blitz on coaching, assessment, role modelling, and nursing
Registration is now open for the McGill University Institute of Health Sciences Education’s next public event co-hosted with the Faculty Development Office. Dr....
January 9, 2020
Remembering Osler’s death 100 years ago
On December 29, 1919, Sir William Osler died in his home in Oxford from complications of a pleural infection. A McGill University icon...
January 9, 2020
Reaching beyond the hallowed halls of academe
The whats, hows and whys of working with media. Some thoughts and tips from Prof. Madhukar Pai By Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair...
January 8, 2020
New faculty spotlight: Jean-Francois Poulin
"As soon as we identify the neurons that are involved in dysfunctional circuits that cause disease, we can determine the molecular signature." Source:...
January 7, 2020
New ‘education capsule’ series launches in partnership with CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
By Matthew Brett Clinical and academic life can be incredibly busy, making opportunities for education challenging. A new partnership between the McGill...
January 6, 2020
Passion for science leads Rhalena Tomas to The Neuro to find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Rhalena Thomas is an HBHL Postdoctoral Fellow who uses computational biology to study genes implicated in Parkinson’s Disease. Source: The Neuro...
December 23, 2019
A resident in Rwanda: Observations from 1st Dr. Benjamin awardee
By Philip Fine As the first recipient of the Dr. Alice Benjamin Global Maternal and Child Health Award, Dr. Céline Giordano, a...
December 18, 2019
Medical student initiative aims to improve students’ ultrasound abilities
Launched by third-year McGill medical students Kacper Niburski and Laura Ran Yan, Sonoist uses real patients and ultrasound machines to provide medical students...
December 16, 2019
Focus on Campus Outaouais
By Marie-Claude Béland Construction of the McGill Faculty of Medicine’s new Campus Outaouais is in full swing. Crews are working hard to be...
December 13, 2019
