Research
Life-Threatening Illness National Group (LifTING) Research Training Platform funded
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Fontela! Last month, Dr. Patricia Fontela’s collaboration with Drs. Dominique Piquette (Sunnybrook, Toronto) and Denise Jaworsky (UBC) was awarded...
April 8, 2022
Benefits of fluvoxamine confirmed in new study
The effectiveness of fluvoxamine in preventing hospitalization following COVID-19 infection is further confirmed by the results of a systematic review conducted at the...
April 7, 2022
One in four women experience domestic violence before age 50
Governments are not on track to meet global targets to eliminate violence against women and girls Over one in four women (or 27...
April 6, 2022
Tiny machines in bacteria could help make new medicines
Scientists work to unlock the full potential of biological machines that can have a huge impact on human health With the help of...
March 31, 2022
Michael S. Kramer awarded the Prix du chercheur émérite 2020-2021 by the RRSPQ
The RI-MUHC senior scientist will present a seminar on “Maternal and child population health: Will research have an impact?” At its Scientific Day...
March 31, 2022
McGill University joins Moderna in battle against global health threats
McGill is the first university in Canada to join the global platform that will accelerate the development of and expand the impact of...
March 25, 2022
RI-MUHC trainee honoured by the American Association for Cancer Research
Yasmine Benslimane is investigating how the female hormone estrogen influences the spread of colon cancer to the liver Yasmine Benslimane, M.Sc. trainee at...
March 24, 2022
Three McGill-led teams receive international grants to advance research on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
Together with the Alzheimer’s Association, Brain Canada is funding five research teams to develop preliminary data and apply knowledge to the fields of...
March 24, 2022
McGill researcher finds a happy trend in the 2022 World Happiness Report
Christopher Barrington-Leigh contributed chapter three to the United Nations publication. This year marks the tenth year the World Happiness Reporthas captured how people...
March 24, 2022
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
