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Dick Menzies receives Distinguished Lecturer Award in Respiratory Sciences
The CIHR-ICRH/CTS lectureship honours Dr. Menzies’s significant contributions in tuberculosis research, both in Canada and internationally
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RI-MUHC research team to study the health impact of inactivity
A CIHR-funded project led by Dr. José Morais will investigate inactivity-induced muscle loss and the protective effects of exercise
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Bartha Knoppers awarded 2019 Friesen Prize
Bartha Knoppers has been awarded the 2019 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research by the Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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RI-MUHC researcher to receive new funding from GlycoNet
Dr. Don Sheppard`s project in collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children aims to improve the health of Canadians while generating positive economic outcomes
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Four Burning Questions for Madhukar Pai and Dick Menzies on World TB Day
Leading researchers at the McGill International TB Centre and RI-MUHC discuss the conditions that allow TB to flourish and the important role McGill and the RI-MUHC are playing to combat it.
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Interdisciplinary research team led by RI-MUHC scientists receives Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation funding
Project aims to improve quality of life after cardiac surgery
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Rising to the 3-Minute Thesis challenge
Zeinab Sharifi, doctoral student at the RI-MUHC, advances to the regional level with her first-prize placement at McGill
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Three RI-MUHC teams receive funding from the CFI and Government of Quebec
Funding will “provide our researchers with the foundational infrastructure needed to become leading-edge contributors in diverse research fields,” says Martha Crago
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RI-MUHC researcher honoured by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Alan Barkun, MD, received a prestigious Visiting Clinical Professorship Award from the CAG and was named Gene and Lyn Overhold Lecturer by the ASGE
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From Patient to Pipette: Unlocking the Insights of Rare Diseases
No diseases are irrelevant, clinician-scientist Donald Vinh explains