JGH Medical Grand Rounds for the month of January
The Medical Grand Rounds take place on Mondays from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. via Zoom.
For the Zoom details, click here. **
January 11, 2021
McGill Cares webcast: Recognizing when Coping Mechanisms become Addictions
Join us on January 20, 2021 at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series, McGill Cares, designed to support informal caregivers.
Roy Parker, Ph.D. / Zoom Seminar Title: "RNP Granules in Health and Disease Contexts"
Hosted by the Dept. of BiochemistryMandatory for Biochemistry Graduate StudentsRoy Parker, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Cech-Leinwand Endowed Chair of Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences University of Colorado Boulder
"COVID and More" with Guest Dr. Don Sheppard
Taking the pulse of the COVID-19 pandemic with the OSS team and Dr. Don Sheppard, Director of the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity. Where are we today and what is the path to our "new normal"? How is the slow rollout of monoclonal antibodies having an effect on COVID-19 therapies? We'll discuss this and more. Be sure to tune in.
Providing Perinatal Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned
Join us on January 22, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. for a brand new seminar!
Disability, Justice and Care Symposium
The IHSP Disability Working Group Presents:
Disability, Justice and Care SymposiumSpeakers:
Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry Assistant Professor Faculty of Law & IHSP, McGill University “Disability and the Social Contract Tradition"
Eva Feder Kittay Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emerita Stony Brook University/SUNY “Getting to Justice from an Ethic of Care”
Remapping the social determinants of health and wellbeing: Childhood neurodisability, ecosocial theory, and the future of SDOH
February 9, 2021 - 12:30-13:30
IHSP Policy Talks Webinar
Remapping the social determinants of health and wellbeing: Childhood neurodisability, ecosocial theory, and the future of SDOHSpeakers:
Lucyna Lach Associate Professor, Social Work Member of the Centre for Research on Children and Families & IHSP McGill University
Dorothy J Killam Lecture: Cell type classification and circuit mapping in the mouse brain (Virtual)
The Neuro's DJK Lecture was established in 2004 to recognize women of influence in business, science, politics or the humanities.
The 2021 Dorothy J. Killam Lecture will be delivered by Hongkui Zeng, Executive Vice President and Director of Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, USA. Her lecture is titled "Cell type classification and circuit mapping in the mouse brain”. A reception will follow.
The Psychedelic Resurgence in Psychiatry: Ethics, Epistemology, and Enthusiasm
The IHSP is co-hosting the following Biomedical Ethics Unit online event:
February 25th, 2021 13:00-14:30 EDT
Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases online courses
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The McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases is now accepting applications for summer 2021. We are excited to offer 9 online courses this summer. Course topics include TB control, essential diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship, HIV management, humanitarian action and clinical updates in tropical medicine and COVID-19.
Neuro Sleep Symposium - In honour of Professor Barbara Jones
The Neuro will hold a symposium focused on sleep in honour of Professor Barbara Jones’ illustrious career and her official retirement. The Neuro Sleep Symposium will take place at the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital) on October 1, 2021. The one-day symposium will include two keynotes.