External /medhealthsci-gradstudies/taxonomy/term/42/all en Sunsetting of the Vanier and Banting programs /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/sunsetting-vanier-and-banting-programs-363532 <p>In alignment with the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/research-coordinating-committee/priorities/research-talent-for-a-knowledge-based-society/tri-agency-research-training-strategy.html">Tri-Agency Research Training Strategy</a> and as announced in <a href="https://www.budget.canada.ca/2024/home-accueil-en.html">Budget 2024</a>, the three federal granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering and Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are working to offer a harmonized and streaml</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:22:45 +0000 yang.chen6@mcgill.ca 4432 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Banting Application 2024 Internal Review Deadline _FMHS /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/banting-application-2024-internal-review-deadline-fmhs-356717 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:47:05 +0000 yang.chen6@mcgill.ca 4003 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies New tool helps seniors reduce unnecessary medications /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/new-tool-helps-seniors-reduce-unnecessary-medications-366216 <p>Â鶹ɫÇ鯬 researchers have developed and are licensing a digital tool to help safely reduce patients’ use of medications that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them.</p> <p>When clinicians review a patient’s file, <a href="https://www.medsafer.org/">MedSafer</a> flags potentially inappropriate medications. In a <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40445620/">new clinical trial</a>, the software helped deprescribe such medications in 36 per cent of long-term care residents, nearly triple as many as when reviews were done without the tool.</p> Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:09:12 +0000 admin 6390 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Â鶹ɫÇ鯬 Healthcare-Management Case Competition (MHCC) - Date TBD /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/mcgill-healthcare-management-case-competition-mhcc-date-tbd-364578 <p><strong>GCHM and IMHL students and alumni - apply your knowledge in a real-world healthcare challenge. </strong></p> <p>Register now and put your expertise to work in a fun and engaging competition.</p> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:14:22 +0000 admin 6385 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Save the Date: Department of Medicine Annual Awards Soirée /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/save-date-department-medicine-annual-awards-soiree-364475 <p>Join us on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 6 PM to 10 PM, at the Passerelle-Perspective in Montreal’s Old Port for a memorable evening honouring the achievements of our <strong>faculty and residents.</strong></p> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:18:45 +0000 admin 6386 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Memory Disorders Research Society: Annual Meeting 2025 /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/memory-disorders-research-society-annual-meeting-2025-358809 <p>Memory Disorders Research Society (MDRS) is a professional society dedicated to the study of memory. Members engage in basic and clinical research into how memory works and why it fails.</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:01:33 +0000 admin 6387 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Amazing Brain Science Talks 2025 /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/amazing-brain-science-talks-2025-365984 Join us for a day dedicated to YOUR amazing brain! Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:23:33 +0000 admin 6388 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Exhibit | ouch ouch ouch /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/exhibit-ouch-ouch-ouch-364192 <p><em>La version française suit.</em></p> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:49:12 +0000 admin 6384 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies iPSC Seminars: Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU) /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/ipsc-seminars-early-drug-discovery-unit-eddu-366214 <p><strong>THE NEURO'S EDDU iPSC SEMINAR SERIES </strong></p> <p><b>Modeling α-Synuclein Pathology Spreading in a 3D Human Midbrain-Striatal Assembloid</b></p> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:32:34 +0000 admin 6376 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies 8th National Neuromuscular Review Course /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/8th-national-neuromuscular-review-course-363609 <p>Dr. Nicolas Dupré of Laval University, Dr. Karine Garneau of Université de Montréal, and the members of the organizing committee are pleased to announce the 8th National Neuromuscular Review Course.</p> Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:08:29 +0000 admin 6377 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies 6th National Course on Sleep Medicine /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/6th-national-course-sleep-medicine-362067 <p>This two-day training course is designed to provide and enhance a basic working knowledge of sleep medicine.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:27 +0000 admin 6379 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Hughlings Jackson Lecture 2025: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/event/hughlings-jackson-lecture-2025-basal-ganglia-and-motivation-act-362529 <p>Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000 admin 6378 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Mentorship Lunch: Exploring the next steps /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/mentorship-lunch-exploring-next-steps-364228 <p>What if career steering and planning did not have to wait until graduation?</p> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 02:56:55 +0000 admin 6373 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Montreal researchers use AI and wearable sensors to detect inflammation before symptoms appear /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/montreal-researchers-use-ai-and-wearable-sensors-detect-inflammation-symptoms-appear-366162 <p>Modern medicine is largely reactive—treating illness only after symptoms emerge. But a new study from the Research Institute of the Â鶹ɫÇ鯬 Health Centre (The Institute) and Â鶹ɫÇ鯬 points to a more proactive future: one where silent signs of infection are detected before we even feel sick.</p> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:47:07 +0000 admin 6371 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies Six principal investigators from The Neuro receive CIHR grants /medhealthsci-gradstudies/channels/news/six-principal-investigators-neuro-receive-cihr-grants-363535 Projects include important research on Parkinson’s, glioblastoma and dementia <p> </p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:44:57 +0000 admin 6351 at /medhealthsci-gradstudies