Faculty Council Meeting, Sept. 26, online

Project Renaissance, campus space planning and more Project Renaissance, the Faculty of Medicine’s current strategic planning exercise, was among the many topics discussed...
November 3, 2017

Lung cancer: the numbers don’t lie

  Fact: according to statistics from the Canadian Cancer Society, lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer for both men and women...
November 3, 2017

Discussing simulation success strategies with Professor Mancini

By Diane Weidner, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning On September 13 and 14, 2017, the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive...
November 2, 2017

The healing power of story

By Sophia Blankenhorn for Medicine Focus In 2012, Ottawa-based nurse practitioner Patricia McCarthy, BScN’85, MSc’91, served on a planning committee for a national...
November 2, 2017

Third annual A Brilliant Night raises largest amount yet

A total of $2,998,000 million has gone to brain cancer research since 2015   By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro More than 800 people...
October 30, 2017

Occupational Therapy carves its place at McGill

October is Occupational Therapy Month so we take this opportunity to look at the history of Occupational Therapy at McGill University in this...
October 27, 2017

Goodman Cancer Research Centre receives $20,000 donation for breast cancer research from La Vie en Rose

By Stephanie Malley, Goodman Cancer Research Centre For the fourth consecutive year, La Vie en Rose has generously donated much needed funds to...
October 26, 2017

Creating a greater culture of skill sharing between surgeons

By Diane Weidner, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning Dr. Carmen Mueller, Assistant Professor of Surgery at McGill University, is among the...
October 26, 2017

Transformative donation of $16 million establishes new autism research centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute

The Azrieli Centre for Autism Research will foster innovations in therapy and a better understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder A new research centre...
October 24, 2017

Trottier Symposium speaker Dr. Amir Raz on hypnosis, magic and placebos in medicine

From the McGill Reporter Before he was a psychiatry professor and researcher, Amir Raz was a magician — and the two occupations aren’t...
October 20, 2017

On shawarmas, soiled diapers and Inuktitut folk songs

  By Harry Kim [Editor’s note: This piece first appeared in the Perspectives on Global Health Blog] Through the McGill Global Health Scholars program, I embarked...
October 20, 2017

The McGill Osler Society: Melding the Humanities and Social Sciences with Medicine

  In the spirit of Sir William Osler, McGill’s Osler Society aims to enrich the education of McGill students in medicine and other...
October 20, 2017