The Ice Storm, Health, and Academic Success: Scientists call on the collective memory of residents in Montérégie

Source: Douglas Mental Health University Institute Do you remember where you were living in January 1998? How many days were you without electricity...
July 25, 2018

McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Centech create first joint medical technology (MedTech) cohort

Collaboration will propel Montreal Medtech entrepreneurial ecosystem forward   By Diane Weidner The McGill University Faculty of Medicine and the École de Technologie...
July 25, 2018

New leadership for the McGill International TB Centre

  After leading the McGill International TB Centre since its inception, Dr. Marcel Behr, Professor in the Department of Medicine and Associate Member...
July 25, 2018

Engaging the Public Where They Live: Lessons for Better Science Communication from Media Personalities and Strategists

A student-run non-profit that works to foster the student voice in science policy and evidence-informed policy-making in Canada, last year the "Science &...
July 25, 2018

Small group brings out big ideas in international med-ed meet-up

By Philip Fine Dr. Ellinor Kenne talks of the “struggling learner” in front a small group of international medical educators and researchers gathered...
July 24, 2018

Canada’s First Cannabis-Specialized Contract Research Organization

Recruitment for Health-Canada approved clinical trials underway Source: Santé Cannabis Santé Cannabis, Quebec's first specialized medical cannabis clinic and resource centre today announced its expansion to...
July 19, 2018

Happy Birthday Brenda!

Scientist Brenda Milner, born in 1918, pioneered memory research   McGill Newsroom Pioneering neuropsychologist Brenda Milner turns 100 today. Milner made groundbreaking discoveries...
July 16, 2018

Offering a Helping Hand to those who are in need

McGill Medical Students collaborate with MUHC staff to support marginalized women Source: MUHC Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, depression, and stigma are all heavy...
July 12, 2018

Explore! Careers in Health program allows high school students to see themselves as future healthcare practitioners

  By Joanne Hui From June 26 to 28, a group of 50 students – 42 from local high schools and eight from...
July 11, 2018

Samy Suissa pens editorial questioning new treatment regimen for COPD

By Tod Hoffman, Lady Davis Institute Dr. Samy Suissa co-authored an editorial with the editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine questioning...
July 5, 2018

An understudied killer: New network tackles lung cancer

By Brenda Branswell, McGill News For all the havoc it wreaks, lung cancer gets short shrift. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer...
July 5, 2018

Montreal research partners join Terry Fox Research Institute to bring cancer research to the next level

Multi-institutional consortium will provide improved personalized treatments for patients with melanoma and leukemia across Québec   Leading researchers, cancer centres and hospitals in...
June 28, 2018