Investing in diabetes prevention could pay off in Canada

A new study highlights the value of investing in a publicly funded diabetes prevention strategy inspired from England’s successful program Adopting a diabetes...
October 7, 2026

Inside the Research Lab Teaching the World to Read a Newborn’s Heartbeat

How one Montreal neonatologist's side project to standardize his own lab's methods became a free teaching tool used in 216 countries A baby...
October 7, 2026

A New Chapter in Precision Oncology in Canada

MOHCCN Phase II Announcement McGill University, the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, the...
October 7, 2026

Focusing on the ‘obesity paradox’ to improve cancer treatment success

McGill study sheds light on relationship between diet, the gut microbiome and responses to immune checkpoint blockade, and points the way for further...
October 7, 2026

Famed dancer Nijinsky’s diary offers rare window into psychosis

Researchers conduct a ‘computational linguistic autopsy’ to explore language patterns that may one day help clinicians identify symptoms of mental illness More than...
October 7, 2026

New resource supports parents of preschoolers with suspected developmental delays

Clinical trial in four provinces paves the way for implementation of a virtual coaching program McGill researchers have created and validated a virtual...
October 7, 2026

Seeing what MRI can miss: How AI is advancing epilepsy surgery

BrainScores, a company emerging from research at The Neuro, is using AI-powered imaging to help identify subtle brain abnormalities and improve surgical planning...
October 7, 2026

Rare white matter disorders share a breakdown in protein production

A Nature Reviews Neurology review from Dr. Geneviève Bernard's lab points to one molecular process that keeps appearing in leukodystrophies. When Alexandra Chapleau...
October 7, 2026

Blake Richards wins Schmidt Sciences Polymaths Award

$2.5M prize will fuel groundbreaking project to build AI models that capture the uniqueness of individual minds, potentially advancing mental health care McGill...
September 23, 2026

Researchers create a beating “mini-heart” from a patient’s blood cells

  Developed at The Institute, the 3D heart-on-a-chip model reproduces key features of dilated cardiomyopathy and could help researchers identify more personalized treatments...
September 23, 2026

A Canadian first: Volunteers intentionally exposed to influenza to advance vaccine research

Conducted in specialized research units in Montreal and Halifax, the study aims to accelerate vaccine evaluation while building Canada's expertise to respond to...
September 23, 2026

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée and Guillaume Bourque named Royal Society of Canada fellows 

The two FMHS professors are among seven members of the McGill community, including President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini, elected to the RSC this...
September 9, 2026

Transition to cleaner heating can lower blood pressure

McGill study conducted in rural China was among the first to assess the health effects of a government household energy policy as it...
September 9, 2026

FMHS welcomes two leading researchers thanks to $1 billion federal program

New Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada in RNA biology, engineering, digital public policy, sustainable chemistry and climate resilience reinforce McGill’s position as...
September 9, 2026