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...
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...
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...
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...
Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan receives the 2017 F. Estelle R. Simons Award for Research
Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Pediatrics, associate member, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatics and...
Research trainees, enter the CFI’s #IAmInnovation Twitter contest to win!
Calling all students and post-docs — between October 2 and December 1, 2017, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) wants to hear how working in state-of-the-art facilities and with cutting-edge equipment has helped you and...
RI-MUHC scientist takes HIV self-testing global with HIVSmart!™
It is estimated that 30-40 per cent of people living with HIV do not know their HIV status, which can have a serious effect on the...
Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy’s team receives new CIHR funding for innovative HIV/AIDS research
Congratulations to Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy and his team from the Research Institute of the MUHC and McGill University on being awarded a...
Mobile apps offer creative strategies to prevent and treat Hepatitis C virus at scale
Dr. Nitika Pant Pai, a clinician-scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Associate Professor...