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The 2016-2017 RI-MUHC Annual Report is online!

We invite you to view the online version of the 2016-2017 Annual Report of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre...

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Does Chagas disease present a health risk to Canadians?

Believe it or not, a tropical blood parasite native to Latin America could be harmful to Canadians. Infectious diseases like malaria or Zika may...

Pediatric Research Seminar (January 22, 2018)

Improving the participation of youth with physical disabilities: The effectiveness of the PREP intervention
Invited Speaker: DANA ANABY, PHD, BOT

Is there life after academia? The RI-MUHC Trainee Career Half-Day explored the options!

Research trainees looking to explore career options outside of academia expressed appreciation for the perspectives they gained...

Cannabis in Canada: What do we know? What can we expect?

On Nov. 30, some 200 people attended McGill’s academic conference on the imminent legalization of cannabis for recreational...

Dr. Nada Jabado appointed to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Earlier this week, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced the appointment of six leading researchers to the...

Scientists with bold ideas making big impact

An estimated 1 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) disease occur in children in any given year, killing as many as 210,000 – a staggering...

Pediatric Research Seminar (January 15, 2018)

Beyond de-repression: post-mitotic regulation of corticol specification
Invited Speaker: ANGELO IULIANELLA, PHD

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Injury, Repair & Recovery Workshop (December 14, 2017)

How to exceed expectations in your short talks
Advisor: Kashif Khan, 3MT awardee

Bridging research programs: The Centre of Excellence in Translational Immunology

An interview with Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo

Dr. Donald Sheppard is the Royal College’s Mentor of the Year for Region 4

Earlier this fall, Dr. Donald Sheppard, Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University’s Faculty...

Pediatric Research Seminar (January 8, 2018)

Improving Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants: What Matters?
Invited Speaker: MARC BELTEMPO, MD, MHA

Unprecedented Canada-wide movement to improve pediatric cancer treatment

In Canada, cancer remains the leading cause of illness-related death in children. In an effort to accelerate research breakthroughs...

Breastfed babies are less likely to have eczema

Babies whose mothers had received support to breastfeed exclusively for a sustained period from birth have a 54% lower risk of eczema at...

Director of McGill Global Health Programs appointed Adjunct Professor at the Indian Council of Medical Research

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Director of McGill Global Health Programs (GHP) and a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, has been appointed...

“Neuromyths I: Don't Believe Everything You Hear”: A public lecture in context of the Convergence, Perceptions of Neuroscience project (November 24, 2017)

Chloe Soutar is a PhD candidate working in Dr. Hans Dringenberg’s lab at the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University...

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