Recent media coverage
27.03.2024
New Global TB Dictionary aims to standardize terminology in tuberculosis research, McGill Health eNews
25.03.2024
New Global TB Dictionary aims to standardize terminology in tuberculosis research, MUHC Research Institute
03.01.2024
India TB: Can vaccines help India triumph over tuberculosis?, BBC
15.12.2023
A Big Misconception About the World’s Greatest Infectious Killer, The Atlantic [PDF]
12.04.2023
MI4, Montreal’s powerhouse of infectious disease research, celebrates 5th anniversary, The Montrealer
18.01.2023
MI4 announces redefined scope: How microbes shape human health and disease, from molecules to patients to populations, MUHC Research Institute
23.11.2022
Rio Tinto donates $500,000 to the MUHC Foundation to fight antimicrobial resistance, Canadian Business Journal
16.11.2022
RI-MUHC and McGill awarded $5.1 million for infectious disease research, MUHC Research Institute
16.11.2022
L’IR-CUSM et l’Université McGill reçoivent 5,1 millions de dollars pour la recherche sur les maladies infectieuses, L'institut de recherche du CUSM
16.11.2022
McGill reçoit 5,1 M$ pour la recherche sur les maladies pandémiques, Journal Metro
08.11.2022
‘Right Now, We Do Not Have An Effective TB Vaccine’, Kashmir Life
26.06.2022
Marcel Behr, new Director of MI4 Time: 22:04, Health Matters Our philanthropic community’s incredible impact
27.05.2022
Marcel Behr appointed Director, McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, Health eNews
15.12.2021
Where are we headed next with COVID-19?, McGill University Advancement
16.11.2020
308 000$ pour la COVID-19, La Press
06.11.2020
Paving the way for COVID-19 research: RI-MUHC and McGill Containment level 3 Labs receive $1M in funding to accelerate research with live SARS Cov-2, McGill University Health Centre News
23.09.2020
Containment Level 3 Facilities Advance COVID-19 Research at McGill, McGill Health E-News
10.06.2020
Made-in-Canada COVID-19 test nearly ready, Canadian Healthcare Technology
10.06.2020
Coexisting with COVID - the new normal with Dr. Don Sheppard and Dr. Marcel Behr, MUHC Foundation Health Matters Seminars
21.05.2020
In-Depth: Women more affected by COVID-19, CTV News
03.04.2020
Quatre millions contre la COVID-19, La Presse
27.03.2020
There will be no shortage of eggs amid COVID-19, Quebec producers say, CTV News
23.03.2020
Is COVID-19 airborne?, McGill Checks In: Alumni Webcast
20.03.2020
Worried about catching COVID-19 from your Groceries? Practice good Hygiene, experts say, CJAD IHeartRadio
31.03.2020
Tackling more COVID questions: a special webcast with McGill health experts, McGill Checks In: Alumni Webcast
19.03.2020
Confronting COVID-19: a special webcast with McGill health experts, McGill Checks In: Alumni Webcast
25.10.2019
Testing for TB is only skin deep, BMJ Talk Medicine
29.04.2019
Ending TB among Canada’s Indigenous peoples: treat the fundamental causes, not just the disease, The Hill Times
20.03.2019
Inuit research raises concerns about tuberculosis eradication, The Lancet [PDF]
19.02.2019
Dr. Marcel Behr elected to Fellowship in the AAM, McGill Med e-News
16.01.2019
Confronting a killer, McGill News
29.08.2018
Revisiting the timeline of TB, TB Online
23.08.2018
Study challenges 'walking timebomb' view of TB, The Telegraph
23.08.2018
Have we misunderstood TB's timeline?, BMJ talk Medicine
02.06.2018
Inuit leader sounds alarm about tuberculosis epidemic in the North, The Gazette
01.06.2018
Éliminer la tuberculose chez les Inuit d’ici 2030: un objectif ambitieux, Quebec Science
June 2018
Une réflexion mondiale, une action locale, Le Spécialiste - Fédération des medecins spécialistes du Québec [PDF]
26.04.2018
Extraordinary $15-million gift will create unique powerhouse initiative to fight infections and immune threats to human health, Immunology of Infectious Disease News
26.04.2018
Extraordinary $15-million gift will create unique powerhouse initiative to fight infections and immune threats to human health, McGill Med e-News
26.03.2018
Avis de recherche: chefs de file pour un monde exempt de tuberculose, Huffpost
07.09.2017
Six Faculty of Medicine-affiliated researchers named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, McGill Med e-News
2016
Tuberculose, Electron libre, Télé-Québec
17.11.2016
Faith & Fashion Gala for Crohn’s Research and Treatment, Breakfast Television
27.10.2016
McGill International TB Centre Contributes to first Primer on Tuberculosis in Nature Reviews Disease Primers, McGill Med e-News
26.10.2018
Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Interferon-Gamma Release Assays, Microbiology Spectrum [PDF]
19.10.2016
Faith and Fashion fundraiser to benefit MUHC Cure4Crohns Foundation, The Suburban
22.09.2016
McGill and Canada are doing their part to end AIDS, TB, and Malaria, McGill Med e-News
20.09.2016
Four Faculty of Medicine members among the 2016 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences New Fellows, McGill Med e-News
17.09.2016
Who is still suffering from tuberculosis in Canada?, ICI Radio-Canada
28.10.2015
Tuberculosis and the Canadian North: treatable and due to social conditions, Radio Canada International
25.10.2015
Tuberculosis in Nunavik linked to European, southern traders: research, NunatsiaqOnline
20.10.2015
Study Suggests High TB Rate in Inuit Populations Not Due to Enhanced Virulence, GenomeWeb [PDF]
19.10.2015
Trading posts brought tuberculosis to Quebec Arctic: genetic study, Toronto Sun
10.06.2015
The 100 Top-cited tuberculosis research studies, Int J Tuberc Lung Disese [PDF]
08.06.2015
Une maladie "digne du tiers-monde, La Presse [PDF]
08.04.2015
Ancient Hungarian crypt offers clues to tuberculosis origins, The Toronto Star
24.03.2015
Today is World Tuberculosis Day, Radio Canada International
24.03.2015
World TB Day 2015, MUHC Newsroom
24.03.2015
It is the global community's responsibility to help eradicate tuberculosis, The Gazette
19.01.2015
Tracking Tuberculosis Over Time, The Scientist
21.08.2014
Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis, CBC Radio; As it Happens
24.03.2014
Why is tuberculosis making a comeback? - March 24, 2014, CJAD Radio
22.02.2013
Doctors keeping a close eye on tuberculosis case in Quebec City, CBC Montreal
22.03.2011
McGill University launches new International TB Centre, MUHC Newsroom
20.09.2010
Dr. Marcel Behr elected as member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), McGill Med e-News
09.07.2009
Toward an explanation for Crohn’s disease?, MUHC Newsroom
Videos
Crohn’s: Autoimmune or infectious disease?
May 28, 2014
Public presentation on Crohn’s Disease by Dr Marcel Behr of McGill University, on May 28, 2014.
Café Scientifique: TB, Portrait of a Global Killer
April 22, 2013
As part of World TB Day 2013, the Research Institute of the MUHC held a public discussion in order to lift the veil on TB. It was also the opportunity to officially launch the McGill International TB Centre, led by Dr. Marcel Behr, which will bring over 20 world-renowned scientists with expertise ranging from economics to mouse models, with a number of collaborating international groups, all in an effort to fight TB.
Dr. Marcel Behr of McGill discusses MAP and Crohn’s at the Kingston CCFC Symposium
November 2008
Watch on YouTube: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7