McGill researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

Jérôme Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research...
October 8, 2025

Maria Vera Ugalde wins inaugural Moderna-RNA Canada award

Moderna, in partnership with RNA Canada, has awarded three prizes this year to RNA researchers in Canada for their outstanding contribution to the...
October 3, 2025

McGill researcher awarded Blood Quality of Life Grant to improve post-transplant care for blood cancer patients and caregivers

McGill Ingram School of Nursing Professor and full scientist at St. Mary's Research Centre, Sylvie Lambert, has received a Blood Quality of Life...
September 24, 2025

New funding boosts international and pan-Canadian data science collaborations

Dr. David Buckeridge is strengthening The Institute's role in health data science and its impact on patient care David Buckeridge, MD, PhD, Senior...
September 22, 2025

An organ chip that predicts the response to chemotherapy

With the development of a patient-specific organ-on-a-chip, Dr. Lorenzo Ferri at The Institute and collaborators at Harvard are advancing personalized cancer medicine Patients...
September 22, 2025

New hope for prostate cancer patients through the testing of specific genes in their blood

Research team at The Institute identifies gene expression signature to help guide treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients A team led by Simone...
September 22, 2025

Scientists reveal how the brain uses objects to find direction

Study shows how visual landmarks tune the brain’s internal compass We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose...
September 19, 2025

Indigenous women lead new HIV research and community wellness initiatives

New funding supports Indigenous-led engagement to advance HIV and STBBI wellness In May, a group of Indigenous women gathered at The Institute's Centre...
September 19, 2025

New study highlights factors that support home deaths for patients receiving at-home palliative and end-of-life care

Access to respite services for caregivers increases the probability of dying at home by 2.7 times, according to an evaluative study by McGill...
September 11, 2025

Biases hinder access to sexual assault evidence kits, study finds

Credibility judgments tied to race, intoxication and police involvement shown to influence health-care staff’s decisions, raising concerns about systemic inequities Survivors of sexual...
September 9, 2025

Study raises red flags about BPA replacements

McGill researchers studying printed stickers on packaged food find some chemicals now used instead of bisphenol A can disrupt human ovarian cell function,...
August 27, 2025

Arsenic exposure in the womb may harm kidney development

New findings show that exposure to arsenic in drinking water may impact the formation of nephrons during embryonic growth and increase the risk...
August 20, 2025