Safe and efficient tool to reduce seniors’ medication overload
The elderly are often prescribed multiple medications for different health conditions. While some medications are needed, polypharmacy and medication overload can be costly and even harmful.
Fifth annual IDIGH Symposium rallies global health communities
The 2019 event focused on translational research across the lifespan in parasitology, autoimmune diseases and HIV
Sepsis: testing before starting treatment is essential
Timely administration of appropriate antibiotics is essential to prevent death in patients with severe infections. Can healthcare teams “skip” drawing blood for bacterial cultures?
How Salmonella tackles cellular defense mechanisms
Researchers uncover new protein that plays key role in bacterial infections
RI-MUHC researcher receives funding from the CFI and Government of Quebec
Congratulations to Erwin Schurr for his new grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Move to single-patient rooms at MUHC’s Glen site resulted in immediate, dramatic and long-lasting decrease of infection rates
Rates of colonization of two health-associated infections tumbled soon after historic hospital move
All programs on board in 2019 for RI-MUHC Summer Student Research Day
Congratulations to students who contributed to the scientific life of our institute this summer!
Montréal sans HépC: a fight to eliminate HCV in Montreal
Marina Klein co-leads initiative to make Montreal the first city in North America to eliminate hepatitis C
Two awards for a Canadian postdoc at meeting that sets the gold standard of HIV science
RI-MUHC trainee Stéphane Isnard honoured for his research on gut permeability in HIV
Multiple honours for Dr. Évelyne Vinet
RI-MUHC researcher earns distinctions from the European League Against Rheumatism, Laurentian Conference of Rheumatology and McGill University