McGill International TB Centre supports innovative initiatives in high-burden regions

Group is providing technical support in research and knowledge translation to grassroots projects Based on its academic reputation and important contributions to tuberculosis...
November 28, 2017

Gay Men’s Unique Mental Health Issues Need Unique Solutions

In his most recent article for Huffington Post, Dr. Rob Whitley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, highlights research indicating they have...
November 27, 2017

Canadian Medical Schools Address the Opioid Crisis

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Canadian Medical Schools Address the Opioid Crisis   OTTAWA, November 24, 2017 - The Association of Faculties of Medicine of...
November 24, 2017

Unprecedented Canada-wide movement to improve pediatric cancer treatment

Researchers at Sainte-Justine and the Montreal Children’s Hospital join 20 other Canadian research partners as part of a $16-million initiative Source: MUHC Newsroom...
November 24, 2017

McGill Nursing students providing care for homeless and at-risk Montrealers

By Christina Kozakiewicz, Ingram School of Nursing According to a 2015 census, there are just over 3,000 homeless people living in Montreal. This...
November 24, 2017

First annual symposium honours the legacy of Mark Wainberg

  By Tod Hoffman, Lady Davis Institute The first annual Symposium on Emerging and Complex Infectious Diseases, co-hosted by the Lady Davis Institute,...
November 20, 2017

National Child Day: McGill Nursing research helping to improve quality of life of children with brittle bone disease

  By Christina Kozakiewicz, Ingram School of Nursing National Child Day falls on November 20 each year in Canada, to commemorate the United...
November 20, 2017

McGill medical students launch health-related incubator

Initiative will support student-led projects that benefit local populations The brainchild of a group of McGill medical students, the Community Health and Social...
November 16, 2017

Pregnancy-related conditions taken together leave moms – and dads – at risk

  Source: MUHC Newsroom Research has already shown that women who develop either diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at risk...
November 14, 2017

Celebrating our Fall graduates

Fall Convocation for Health Sciences graduates was held on the morning of October 31, 2017, with the ceremony taking place in Salle Wilfrid...
November 9, 2017

Jeanne-Mance High School Students Explore Health Sciences Career Options at the McGill Simulation Centre

By Diane Weidner, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning The Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning (SCSIL) welcomed 73 students from...
November 8, 2017

Global Child Health Program champions low-tech fixes in Rwanda

By Gillian Woodford Proud. That's how neonatologist Dr. Thérèse Perreault feels after her third trip to Kigali, Rwanda, in September. Dr. Perreault, Associate...
November 8, 2017