10th Annual MeDiC Research Day
Keynote Speaker: Mara McAdams DeMarco, PhD, Associate Professor, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
MeDiC | Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program
Events
The MeDiC Program organizes and supports numerous speakers, seminars, and symposia throughout the year.
MeDiC Program Seminar Series Fall 2025
MeDiC Program seminars are held on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English and held in person in room EM1.3509, Glen site.
Joint seminars with MeDiC Program and Endocrinology Rounds are held on Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. and with Nephrology Rounds, seminars are held on Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m.
For further information, please contact Kim Gardner at kim.gardner@affiliate.mcgill.ca.
Date
Speaker
Monday, September 15, 2025
1 p.m.- 2 p.m.
Room EM1.3509
1 p.m.- 2 p.m.
Room EM1.3509
Work in Progress (Joint with CHAL)
Cecilia Nieves Alvarez, PhD Graduate Student
Supervisor: Mariane Betagnolli
Topic: Redefining the Impact of Endothelial Cell Dysfunction on Placental Vascularization and Pregnancy Outcomes
Hung-Hsiang Ho, Phd Graduate Student
Supervisor: Simon Wing
Topic: Targeting USP19 Deubiquitinase Ameliorates Neurodegeneration by Improving Microglial Phagocytosis
Poster
Cecilia Nieves Alvarez, PhD Graduate Student
Supervisor: Mariane Betagnolli
Topic: Redefining the Impact of Endothelial Cell Dysfunction on Placental Vascularization and Pregnancy Outcomes
Hung-Hsiang Ho, Phd Graduate Student
Supervisor: Simon Wing
Topic: Targeting USP19 Deubiquitinase Ameliorates Neurodegeneration by Improving Microglial Phagocytosis
Poster
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Marie-Josée Hébert, MD, FRCPC, MACSS
Shire Chair in Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation and Regeneration
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Nephrologist Researcher, CHUM
Topic: The central role of caspase-3 -dependent microvascular rarefaction in progressive renal dysfunction
Poster
Shire Chair in Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation and Regeneration
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Nephrologist Researcher, CHUM
Topic: The central role of caspase-3 -dependent microvascular rarefaction in progressive renal dysfunction
Poster
Thursday, October 30, 2025
2 p.m.- 3 p.m.
2 p.m.- 3 p.m.
MeDiC Seminar Series (Joint with CHAL)
Andrew Kruse, PhD
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Topic: Activation of the angiotensin and relaxin receptors by chemically divergent drugs
Poster
Andrew Kruse, PhD
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Topic: Activation of the angiotensin and relaxin receptors by chemically divergent drugs
Poster
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
*Special Day and Time*
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Room DS1.1427 (RVH)
*Special Day and Time*
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Room DS1.1427 (RVH)
MeDiC Seminar Series (Joint with BRaIN)
Christina Wolfson, PhD
Professor, Dept. Of Medicine & Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University
Topic: A National Resource for Research on Adult Development and Aging: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Poster
Christina Wolfson, PhD
Professor, Dept. Of Medicine & Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University
Topic: A National Resource for Research on Adult Development and Aging: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Poster
Monday, December 1, 2025
1 p.m.- 2 p.m.
Room EM1.3509
1 p.m.- 2 p.m.
Room EM1.3509
MeDiC Seminar Series - Work in Progress (Joint with CHAL)
Rima Kaddourai, PhD Graduate Student
Supervisor: Dr. Michal Abrahamowicz
Topic: Bias due to interval censored outcomes in a study of flare risk after hydroxychloroquine taper or cessation in systemic lupus erythematosus
Florent Lemaire, Research Associate
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Paraskevas
Topic: Two windows of opportunity for RORy inverse agonists in Type 1 Diabetes: before onset and during islet transplantation
Poster
Rima Kaddourai, PhD Graduate Student
Supervisor: Dr. Michal Abrahamowicz
Topic: Bias due to interval censored outcomes in a study of flare risk after hydroxychloroquine taper or cessation in systemic lupus erythematosus
Florent Lemaire, Research Associate
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Paraskevas
Topic: Two windows of opportunity for RORy inverse agonists in Type 1 Diabetes: before onset and during islet transplantation
Poster