Since Neuroscientist Dr. Salvatore Carbonetto discovered it in 1988, more than 1,000 scientific papers have been published on dystroglycan, a molecule responsible for cell recognition and adhesion. Genetic mutations in dystroglycan lead to muscular dystrophy, intellectual disabilities, autism and cancer. Read more

Professor Stéphane Laporte's career as a pharmacologist has been, to say the least, extremely successful. He trained as a PhD student at the Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, and then as a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University, USA... 
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Although a relative late-comer to the field of research, general internist Dr. Suzanne Morin has more than made up for the lost time. Since obtaining her Master's degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University in 2007, after 10 years of established clinical practice, she has been involved many exciting projects. Read more

Genetics has exploded in the last few decades and I've been part of that evolution. When I first trained, it was all about biochemistry and metabolites. Then we moved on to chromosomes, cellular studies and the cloning of genes. Now we're able to look at the entire genome. Read more 

At McGill University and at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), we have the potential to be a leader in global health and translational research. Read more