Let's talk TB!
McGill Global Health Programs Director Madhu Pai is editor of a unique collection of papers printed as a supplement to GP Clinics. This supplement is an effort to engage and educate GPs and private practitioners and to share with them the current best practices on TB diagnosis and treatment.
McGill GHP Newsletter: Winter 2016 Preview
The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about global health-related courses you can take this semester and what we are planning for 2016 and more!
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Read our last newsletter for 2015!
The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about Arnold Steinberg, what we are planning for 2016 and more upcoming opportunities and events!
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Read our latest newsletter!
The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about World AIDS Day, the 2016 Summer Institute and more upcoming opportunities and events!
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The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter has just been released! Inside, find a preview of our upcoming funding opportunities, events and more!
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Recent Publications from McGill Faculty
In the past few weeks, McGill researchers have published several papers on a variety of global health topics.
Here are a few of them:
Winners of the Global Health Travel Awards for Postgraduate Medical Residents Announced!
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 PopielCongratulations to the awardees and to all applicants!
Spring 2015 Travel Awards Winners Announced!
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
Drinkable Book - Educates as it Purifies
Dr. Theresa Dankovich discovered pAge during her PhD in Chemistry at McGill University. She is now on a mission to help create a drinkable book, which "educates as it purifies". Dr. Dankovich has currently teamed up with a non-profit organization to help make these books available for use in the real world. For more information and to help fund this excellent initiative click here!
Who is working on Global Health at McGill?
You can now find research teams and individual faculty members more easily in our NEW Research and Training section. In addition McGill-based Global Health team can apply for funding!
WORLD TB DAY: Why it still matters
In this video, McGill Global Health Programs Director Dr. Madhukar Pai explains why is TB a relevant issue in 2015.
Learn more here.
Opinion: It is the global community's responsibility to help eradicate tuberculosis
WORLD TB DAY: McGill International TB Centre Director Marcel A. Behr reminds us that tuberculosis affects and kills millions, and that Canada is affected. Read the op-ed here. Learn more about World TB day here.
Grant Opportunity: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges
Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions, is now accepting grant proposals for its latest application round.
Proposals are being accepted on the following topics:
• Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
WHO releases its third report on Neglected Tropical Diseases
The World Health Organization has released its third report on neglected tropical diseases. Its main recommendation: for governments to increase domestic investments to address social and health inequities. To learn more: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/Third_report_2015/en/
