Innovative wearable technology to detect early warning signs and improve COPD care
Using digital health insights advances understanding of COPD exacerbations Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease characterized by debilitating symptoms and acute “lung attacks” (exacerbations) that often lead to hospitalization. A team of researchers led by Bryan A. Ross, MD, M.Sc. (Epidemiology, Physiology) at the Research Institute of…
McGill in Quebec: Together for better health
NeuroSphere-Funded Trainees Shine at natHACKS 2024!
With NeuroSphere's support, eight McGill trainees travelled to Edmonton for Canada's largest neurotechnology hackathon Eight McGill trainees travelled to Edmonton, Alberta, last month...
January 15, 2025
The 100th Osler Banquet: Celebrating history, humanities and medicine
On November 6, 2024, over 130 guests gathered at the Faculty Club to celebrate the 100th Osler Banquet. A longstanding tradition of the...
January 15, 2025
Human Cell Atlas’s Data Governance Resource project gets funding boost from Helmsley Charitable Trust
Award totalling $558K USD will support development of tools, study of emerging legal and ethical issues, and help remedy international inequities A McGill-led project...
January 15, 2025
Reverse engineering the brain
Yasser Iturria-Medina, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and a Principal Investigator at the...
January 15, 2025
Study links alcohol consumption to more severe nut allergy reaction
Researchers find patterns in anaphylaxis symptoms that could help people manage their health risks Findings of a new study into severe allergic reactions...
January 15, 2025
McGill researchers reveal how life-saving molecules are created
Discovery, which had long eluded scientists, could help unlock next-generation therapeutics McGill University researchers have discovered how certain microbes create potent drugs like...
January 15, 2025