Event

2025 Lucian Award Lecture

Thursday, May 21, 2026

McGill University is proud to present the 2025 Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases to Ziad Mallat, MD, PhD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Cambridge and member of the Victor Philip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Join us for the Lucian Award Lecture during the Maurice McGregor Cardiovascular Research Day:

Cholesterol meets inflammation: a dangerous alliance driving atherosclerosis
Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
In person: Glen Site, RI Auditorium (Block E)
On Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83958752357
Register here

Dr. Mallat will also speak at partner institutions throughout the week, including the Lady Davis Institute, RI-MUHC, McIntyre Medical Building and the Montreal Heart Institute.

Basic science lectures at four separate venues:

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
RI-MUHC: MRM Symposium Seminar (registered participants only)
“Adaptive T cell immunity in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease”
Location: Amphitheater of the RI-MUHC

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
McGill University Health Centre Medical Grand Rounds
“From inflammation to immune precision in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease”
Location: Glen site RVH D02.1312 (capacity: 50)
On Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84664656650?pwd=b1NGVHkyZ1h5bXh6dEhFdk56UFRDQT09

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 9 a.m.
McIntyre Bldg.: Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Day
“Low-dose IL-2 therapy for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease”
Location: Palmer Amphitheatre, Room 522
On Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88046277697?pwd=Haa6F09aLkeR5PbxEx3zjMMBI0y1yt.1

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
Lady David Institute Research Seminar
“Two arms of immunity, one disease: rethinking atherosclerosis therapy”
Location: LDI Bloomfield Lecture Hall, F-4

Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
Montreal Heart Institute Seminar
“Reprogramming immunity to treat atherosclerosis: choosing the right target”
Location: MHI Auditorium, room N-1105