Surgery Not A Magic Cure For Obesity

Published: 8 April 2014

It is alarming, but obesity has reached epidemic proportions in Kuwait. Oil has not only brought great wealth to the Gulf, but a huge change in lifestyle and food habits. Fast food, fast cars and...

Women at Business School – Joanne Liu, MiM student

Published: 21 January 2014

Joanne Liu is president of Médecins Sans Frontières, an international medical humanitarian organisation that has 30,000 medical professionals delivering emergency aid in more than 60 countries. She...

Prescription for Professional Success

Published: 8 November 2013

As the NHS faces a perceived crisis of management, and clinicians are forced to shoulder more non-clinical responsibilities, postgraduate degrees in business and management are becoming...

Montreal Doctor is President of Médecins sans frontières

Published: 25 July 2013

"I've never managed to get used to seeing people die." - Dr. Bernard Rieux, from The Plague by Albert Camus (and one of Joanne Liu's favourite books)...

Point chaud - «Les vrais héros, ce ne sont pas des gens comme moi»

Published: 2 August 2013

On a tort de considérer comme des héros les médecins qui travaillent en zones de conflits, estime la nouvelle dirigeante de Médecins sans frontières (MSF), la Québécoise Joanne Liu, de l’hôpital...

The Status of mHealth in the Hospital Setting

Published: 2 August 2013

So we’re all going to have mHealth, it seems. A major March 2012 report by consultancy PwC and representatives of the global mobile operator industry predicted the worldwide mhealth market is...

A Management Approach to Healthcare

Published: 2 August 2013

The demands in today’s healthcare environment require those clinically prepared to have managerial and leadership skills that are not learned in traditional training. The delivery of healthcare...

Class Collaboration Aiming to Save Lives

Published: 5 July 2013

A group of students from Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal recently won a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada to field test an ingenious and low-cost water...

Simple Copper Device Could Save Millions of Lives

Published: 12 July 2013

A simple copper device based on an ancient method for storing water may save the lives of millions of children around the world, experts say....

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