Research
RI-MUHC team receives Discovery of the Year Award from Québec Science magazine
Jean-Jacques Lebrun’s team has won the 2021 Québec Science Discovery of the Year Award for uncovering the genetic mechanisms at work in triple-negative...
March 24, 2022
Patient-participants: a driving force in clinical research
People living with neurological diseases come to The Neuro’s Clinical Research Unit to find hope for themselves and to move science forward Every...
March 24, 2022
The impact of metacognitive training on psychosis
Commonly considered the most severe mental illness, approximately 370,000 Canadians live with schizophrenia. Debilitating symptoms of the illness can include hallucinations such as...
March 23, 2022
Creating an arsenal of COVID-19 therapeutics
Using the CLS, McGill researchers have discovered a small molecule that may help combat COVID-19 and could contribute to a new arsenal of...
March 22, 2022
LSD, a future antianxiety pill?
A new study by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi reveals the neurobiological mechanisms by which LSD could relieve anxiety The craze for psychedelics used for...
March 18, 2022
What’s the signature of a healthy heart?
Dr. Matthias Friedrich and Dr. Nadia Giannetti, coleaders of the Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program Instead of treating the “average person,” the Courtois Cardiovascular...
March 17, 2022
The sky is not the limit
Mark Pathy training for his upcoming Axiom Space Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station. Researchers look to team of astronauts to help...
March 17, 2022
COVID-19: A close look at vaccine strategies used with older people in Quebec
Dr. Donald Vinh is a scientist in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program at the RI-MUHC A new study determines...
March 17, 2022
BCG vaccine provides protection against influenza virus but not SARS-CoV-2
(L-R) Maziar Divangahi, PhD, Eva Kaufmann, PhD, Kim Tran, Nargis Khan, PhD, Erwan Pernet, PhD (Photo by Alexandre Grant). A new study led...
March 17, 2022
Spotlight paper in World Journal of Hepatology: Alshaima Al Hinai
Alshaima Al Hinai conducted her M.Sc. project at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Recognition for former RI-MUHC trainee’s work...
March 17, 2022
Exciting discovery in understanding the basic mechanisms after stroke
Researchers at McGill University and University of Zurich have made an important discovery, identifying the cellular mechanisms that activate microglia-induced inflammation response in...
March 11, 2022
Margaret Lock, medical anthropology pioneer
It is almost impossible to sum up the accomplishments of a career that spans more than five decades and has contributed so much...
March 10, 2022