FMHS faculty and learners shine at AFMC event

  Seven Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences members were honoured at the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)’s International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) last month in Ottawa. ...
May 29, 2026

FMHS awarded seven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

From fundamental physics to child well-being, McGill researchers advance discovery across disciplines McGill has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support...
May 27, 2026

$1.25 million for McGill interdisciplinary research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at McGill Five McGill research teams are recipients...
May 27, 2026

Provost honours 13 FMHS professors for exceptional research achievements

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’...
May 27, 2026

Icing injuries may slow recovery and prolong pain, study finds

New research challenges long-held views about how to treat injuries Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and...
May 27, 2026

Discovery of fat-burning ‘switch’ could lead to advances in bone disease treatments

In the longer run, obesity research also stands to benefit from this breakthrough Scientists’ discovery of a molecular “switch” that activates an energy‑burning...
May 27, 2026

A promising new way to transplant cells could lead to a better treatment for Type 1 diabetes

The technology could eventually serve as platform to engineer a variety of artificial organs, researchers said Researchers at McGill University and the Research...
May 27, 2026

‘Jumping gene’ helps explain elevated pancreatic cancer risk in French-Canadians

Researchers’ identification of centuries‑old mutation could lead to better-targeted genetic screening Researchers at McGill University have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps...
May 27, 2026

Public education will be critical as provinces roll out new cervical cancer screening method, researchers say

National survey highlights need for effective communication as HPV testing replaces the long-used Pap smear As Canada moves to modernize cervical cancer screening,...
May 7, 2026

COVID antiviral drug Paxlovid speeds recovery but doesn’t reduce hospitalization in vaccinated patients, trials find

Major UK and Canadian studies provide crucial evidence for targeting use of Paxlovid in today's highly vaccinated populations Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) does not reduce...
May 6, 2026

Unleashing natural killer cells against cancer

New approach could lead to safer, more accessible immunotherapies for hard-to-treat tumour types Scientists have developed a strategy to boost the cancer-fighting power...
May 6, 2026

McGill researchers engineer faster, more effective blood clots

Using a patient’s own blood or donor blood, the technique could help control severe bleeding and improve treatment for people with clotting disorders...
May 6, 2026