Congratulations to six trainees from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) who participated in the Cooperathon open innovation challenge...
Eva Kaufmann is the winner of the August 2018 Relève étoile Jacques-Genest award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé. She is the lead author on a study...
After completing a medical degree in Iran, Dr. Nafiseh Naderi joined Dr. Bourbeau’s team as a master’s student with a clinical project on long-term azithromycin therapy...
After completing a medical degree in Iran, Dr. Yousof Mostafavi earned a CIHR-Quebec Respiratory Health Training scholarship in 2016-2017 and a McGill Entrance...
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Nazhat Al Yafi and Noémie Joannette-Lafrance, whose interuniversity team placed first of six in the 2018 final presentations...
Congratulations to Surashri Shinde-Jadhav, whose presentation earned the People’s Choice award in the finals of the seventh annual McGill University...
Congratulations to two students in Dr. Behr’s lab who earned Cystic Fibrosis Canada studentships in the same competition! Nowrin Hoque previously worked in Dr. Dao Nguyen’s laboratory...
Studying immune privilege and persistence of HIV despite therapy, Dr. Rosalie Ponte has established two collaborations and published two articles as first author...
Trainees selected for “Focus on Our Trainees” (pp. 16-17): Students Renata Bahous (supervisor: Dr. Rima Rozen), Claire Gizowski (supervisor: Dr. Charles Bourque), Kashif Khan (supervisor: Dr....
During his residency in orthopedic surgery, Dr. Justin Drager completed his M.Sc. examining the use of hypoxia mimicking agents for bone tissue engineering...
Dr. Mohammadali Almasieh’s research focuses on the mechanisms behind axon degeneration. His work has uncovered some of the molecular mechanisms that...
After completing a medical degree in Mexico and PhD in pharmacology at McGill University, Dr. Raquel Farías started her postdoctoral fellowship on Dr. Bourbeau’s team. Her current projects focus on...
The FRQSC Étudiante-chercheure étoile award in the Fonds Société et culture category was awarded to Catherine-Lune Grayson-Courtemanche in December 2016, a tribute to the remarkable work that began...
Claire Gizowski is investigating how the brain generates circadian rhythms. With complex physiology and optogenetic experiments (sometimes performed at odd hours), she discovered that...
Erin Coyne studies the role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in obesity and diabetes. She has discovered that gene inactivation of USP19 leads to a...
Alessandra Ricciardi and Tina Boikos became friends as undergraduates at McGill University. Spurred by a love of all things microbial, both are completing doctoral degrees: Alessandra in...
Congratulations to Marie-Julie Allard, who was featured in a Radio Canada "30 under 30 de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec" (inspirational people under the age of 30)...