Research
$4 M for MUHC Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Fund
Prominent Montreal families come together to fight the pandemic Source: MUHC As cases of COVID-19 climb steeply and Quebec society grounds to a...
April 3, 2020
AIDS, TB And Malaria: Coronavirus Threatens The Endgame
In his most recent article for Forbes magazine, Dr. Madhukar Pai, Director of McGill’s International Tuberculosis Centre and the McGill Global Health Programs,...
April 2, 2020
Touchscreens for mice: A path to understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers from McGill and Western University are using innovative animal models to investigate links between stress and Alzheimer's Disease Source: Healthy Brains...
April 2, 2020
Montreal researchers enter the race against COVID-19 with an innovative clinical trial
Researchers at the RI-MUHC will start assessing the efficiency of the drug hydroxychloroquine in the fight against COVID with health-care workers Source:...
March 31, 2020
FRQ to create a province-wide COVID-19 Biobank
McGill researchers to lead new task force designed to facilitate and coordinate collection of samples and data from COVID-19 patients across Quebec ...
March 30, 2020
The placebo effect and psychedelic drugs: tripping on nothing?
The placebo effect in psychedelic drug studies may be stronger than previously believed Source: The Newsroom There has been a lot of...
March 30, 2020
Funding basic science research is crucial to our coronavirus pandemic responses
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information...
March 26, 2020
Dr. Alba Guarné appointed Associate Dean, Biomedical Sciences
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Alba Guarné to the position of Associate Dean, Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, McGill...
March 26, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis: At war with a virus
An overview of research activities underway at McGill and in partnership with other institutions to find vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tools for COVID-19...
March 25, 2020
Health Canada’s COVID-19 response grants funding to three projects at the Lady Davis Institute
Efforts to develop more rapid testing, to determine the potential of existing drugs, and to understand key genetic markers of the immune respond...
March 25, 2020
COVID-19 coronavirus and tuberculosis: We need a damage control plan
In a recent article for Forbes magazine, Dr. Madhukar Pai, Director of McGill’s International Tuberculosis Centre and the McGill Global Health Programs, shares...
March 23, 2020
New Program Launch: MI4 funding for COVID-19 research
The McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) is pleased to announce the launch of an emergency coronavirus research fund to...
March 22, 2020