Initial results of study show that an estimated 250 independent events following spring break travel in March led to 60,000 people being infected
Published on: 21 Sep 2020
A group of scientists at University of Montreal, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), and McGill University has been awarded a major research grant of over $12.5 million from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative over the next three years to study Parkinson’s disease. ASAP’s implementation partner The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research issued the grant.
Published on: 18 Sep 2020
Congratulations to Timothy Wideman, PT, PhD, recently named to 2020-2021 Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence. This Honour List is to recognize outstanding contributions to education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in the areas of teaching, educational leadership and innovation, faculty development, and research and scholarly activity. Please consider attending the symposium to recognize the honorees which will take place Thursday October 1, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Published on: 10 Aug 2020
Findings could lead to development of pre-clinical stage therapeutics
By Jason Clement
For decades researchers have known that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) causes the atrophy of a system of neurons and synapses highly involved in memory, learning and attention, which is highly dependent on a molecule known as nerve growth factor (NGF). The disease causes dysregulation of NGF’s metabolism, leading to the loss of the synapses and neurons that depend on it, akin to plants being deprived of light.
Published on: 6 Aug 2020
As COVID-19 restrictions loosen this summer, Canadians will spend more time outdoors and make the most of the sunshine. A new study from McGill University suggests why men may be more genetically prone to develop skin cancer.
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Published on: 22 Jun 2020
Smoking is the best-known risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a debilitating lung condition that can severely limit a person’s day-to-day activities. But curiously, only a minority of lifelong smokers develops the disease, while non-smokers represent more than 25% of all COPD cases. A new study published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a developmental mismatch between airway and lung size—a condition called dysanapsis—could answer why.
Published on: 9 Jun 2020
Never before have we experienced social isolation on a massive scale as we have during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. A new paper published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences explores the wide-ranging, negative consequences that social isolation has on our psychological well-being and physical health, including decreased life span.
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Published on: 8 Jun 2020
McGill-Gothenburg collaboration yields affordable test that could revolutionize the way AD is diagnosed, studied and treated
By Gillian Woodford
A simple blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been discovered and validated in a joint effort by a McGill team and researchers in Sweden. Their results are published in the May issue of The Lancet Neurology. An accompanying commentary calls the discovery “transformative.”
Published on: 8 May 2020
These return of service bursaries are coordinated locally by the English-speaking community networks serving the Montreal Metropolitan Communities. The bursaries are designed to respond to specific priorities for access to health and social services in the English language in the Greater Montreal Region. These needs are identified by community networks and health and social service institutions in their catchment area.
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Published on: 8 May 2020
Nancy Ross, McGill’s Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, recently announced the appointment, effective April 1, 2020, of Dr. Carmen Loiselle as Dialogue McGill’s new Principal Investigator.
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Published on: 22 Apr 2020
Under the leadership of the English-speaking community networks from the selected Quebec regions these return of service bursaries are designed to respond to regional and local needs for access to services in English. Bursaries will be awarded to community-oriented students whose field of study will lead them to a career in health and social services that will help address the priority areas for English-language services identified by the community network and the CISSS or CIUSSS serving the region.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2020
To all members of the Faculty of Medicine, including learners and staff,
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Published on: 5 Apr 2020
There has been a lot of recent interest in the use of psychedelic drugs to treat depression. A new study from McGill suggests that, in the right context, some people may experience psychedelic-like effects from placebos alone. The researchers reported some of the strongest placebo effects (these are effects from “fake” medication) on consciousness in the literature relating to psychedelic drugs. Indeed, 61% of the participants in the experiment reported some effect after consuming the placebo.
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Published on: 30 Mar 2020
Dear colleagues,
In keeping with McGill University’s directives to cancel all in-person events, please note that the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning will be closed until June 5, 2020 inclusively and that all workshops and activities scheduled up to that date will be cancelled.
It is crucial that we respect the government’s ban on in-person gatherings and continue to take key hygiene precautions. These measures are the only ways we can “flatten the curve” — and the sooner we do that, the sooner we can get back together.
Published on: 24 Mar 2020
To all members of the Faculty of Medicine, including learners and staff,
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Published on: 23 Mar 2020
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