Researchers at McGill have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification.
It takes a surprisingly small cluster of brain cells deep within the cerebellum to learn how to serve a tennis ball, or line up a hockey shot.
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Published on: 3 Aug 2015
July 2015 | Congratulations to our recent PhD, Christine Proulx. Her paper, co-authored with her doctoral thesis supervisor Céline Le Bourdais, “Impact of Providing Care on the Risk of Leaving Employment in Canada”, published in the Dec. 2014 issue of the Canadian Journal on Aging, was selected to be among 16 finalists for the 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. The paper was selected from over 2500 articles in 77 academic journals, and is based on her doctoral dissertation.
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Published on: 24 Jul 2015
July 2015 | Amélie Quesnel-Vallée was interviewed on Ici Radio-Canada’s Les années lumière concerning international and historical trends in morbidity and mortality. The interview aired on June 28th, 2015.
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Published on: 24 Jul 2015
Amm Quamruzzamam won the 2015 best Graduate Student Paper in the Canadian Sociological Association’s “Sociology of Development Research Cluster” for his paper, “Economic Growth or Good Governance: What is More Important to Reduce Poverty and Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa?”
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Published on: 12 Jul 2015
Office work will become much less of a pain in the neck if Julie Côté has her way.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2015
May 2015 | Leslie L. Cheung was interviewed on CBC's C'est la Vie concerning her dissertation work. The interview was aired on May 10th, 2015.
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Published on: 5 Jul 2015
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Published on: 15 Jun 2015
In the past few weeks, McGill researchers have published several papers on a variety of global health topics.
Here are a few of them:
The Development of a Humanitarian Health Ethics Analysis Tool. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, June 11 2015: School of Physical and Occupational Therapy,and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation Professor Matthew Hunt has collaborated in the development and validation of an ethical analysis tool for humanitarian health workers.
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Published on: 11 Jun 2015
For the first time, the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) program and McGill Global Health Programs are distributing travel awards to medical residents! Without further due, here are our first cohort of winners.
- Ipshita Prakash
- Michael Fein
- Elise Vuille-Lessard
- Evan Wong
- Fadi Hamdani
- Han Yao
- Jessica Keen
- Kristin Popiel
Congratulations to the awardees and to all applicants!
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Published on: 11 Jun 2015
Congratulations to our Spring Travel Awards winners!
Medical Class of '84 Student Bursary: Tina Madzima
Medical Class of '65 Student Bursary: Alexandre Dostaler
Ashworth Student Travel Award: Esther Vaugon and Jonathan Morasse
Osler Medical Aid Foundation Scholarships: Annie Lalande and Collins Oghor
Ambassador Paul Frazer Travel Award for Global Health: Vanessa Brombosz and Danielle Cazabon
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Published on: 3 Jun 2015
May 2015 | Research on wage differences and sexual orientation by Sean Waite and Nicole Denier has gotten a lot of attention in the press.
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Published on: 26 May 2015
Everyone likes to look at young babies. But who wants to listen? Well…it turns out that other babies do.
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Published on: 12 May 2015
April 2015 | Anahi Morales Hudon, one of our recent PHDs, was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from FQRSC. Congratulations!
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Published on: 11 May 2015
April 2015 | Stephanie Nairn was awarded a FQRSC doctoral fellowship. Congratulations!
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Published on: 11 May 2015
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