CLIC competition helps McGill-backed health tech start-ups bring ideas to life
Winning innovations aim to help children regain motor function; reduce pain in women’s health care While training as a neuroscientist, Roberto Felipe Salamanca-Giron worked with Emma, a young girl with cerebral palsy whose fierce spirit left a lasting impression. “She used to tell me, ‘What I really crave is independence,’” he…
McGill in Quebec: Together for better health
A double dosage: Meet McGill’s med school twins
Two sets of twins, Shreya and Megha Udupa, and Mathew and Michael Petros, are currently studying medicine at McGill. The path to becoming...
July 14, 2025
Gender bias holds back female surgeons, study finds
From ill-fitting instruments to assumptions about competence, surgical culture sidelines women, first Canadian study of its kind suggests. Women now make up over...
July 10, 2025
Artificial intelligence shows promise as an educational tool for parents of children undergoing food allergy treatment
New study from The Institute evaluates reliability of ChatGPT as a resource to support families during oral immunotherapy. A new study led by...
July 10, 2025
England’s successful diabetes prevention program as blueprint for Canada
Canada can learn from England's diabetes prevention program to build its own initiatives to combat rising rates of diabetes, argue a team of...
July 2, 2025
Connecting science and innovation: Annual research days highlight health research excellence
Spring 2025 events brought together scientists, clinicians and trainees across multiple disciplines to share discoveries, foster collaboration and advance The Institute's vision for...
July 2, 2025
Simulating disease to accelerate drug discovery with AI
Dr. Jun Ding's UNAGI platform — and a suite of AI-powered tools — advance in-silico therapeutics, decode cellular dynamics, and streamline drug discovery...
July 2, 2025