Medicine Focus

Mark Wainberg wins Killam Prize 2012

The Lady Davis Institute and McGill University are delighted to announce that Dr. Mark A. Wainberg has been awarded the 2012 Killam Prize in Health Sciences by the Canada Council for the Arts. Read more.

Dr. David Boyd: World Leader in Emergency Services

“Trauma care is an amazingly complex and demanding field,” says Dr. David Boyd, MDCM’63. “Every case is different. People get shot differently, they are critically injured, you have to think fast and have a rapid, accurate response to their situation.” Read more

The Next Frontier in Mental Health

This symposium is the follow up to a symposium held in Montreal last May with the Gairdner Foundation: “Frontiers in Mental Health”, where distinguished researchers from around the world gathered to advance our understanding of a range of mental illnesses in light of recent discoveries. Read more

Time to Have a Ball at the Goodman Gala

Two years after the most successful fundraising event in McGill history, the organizers of the 2^nd Goodman Cancer Research Gala 2012 are hoping to repeat the magic of that fabled night and raise $2.5 million to support cancer research. Read more

Charles Philippe Leblond was born in Lille, France, in 1910 and received his MD from the University of Paris in 1934. He came to McGill after fleeing the Second World War and stayed for the rest of his career. Read more

How Does Social Inequality Affect Mental Health?

In a provocative and engaging new book, Richard U’Ren, MDCM’64, makes a convincing case that mental health professionals should include social and economic factors when considering the origins of psychological distress and how best to help clients. Read more