Highlights from Med//E-News: The McGILL FACULTY OF MEDICINE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER

• Recovering from sleep deprivation: What is the role of astrocytes? October 22, 2020
  While neurons in the brain are known to control sleep directly, another specific type of brain cell, the astrocyte, is also important for sleep regulation. So far, it has been unclear whether astrocytes are involved in regulating the need for recovery sleep after a sleep-deprived night, also known as rebound sleep. In a paper published […]
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• Students Make a Pledge to the Nursing Profession… Online October 22, 2020
  Over 700 people including nursing students, their family members and friends, faculty members and distinguished guests logged on to YouTube for the sixth annual and first-ever virtual edition of the Nursing Professionalism Ceremony on October 15, 2020. Read more ►  
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• Dr. Patricia Silveira on her participation on the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child October 22, 2020
  In fall 2019, Dr. Patricia Silveira, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and interim Scientific Director at the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health, was invited to join the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child as a core member. The Council, which translates scientific concepts on child development to […]
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• Study underway in Montreal to estimate how many children and teens have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 October 22, 2020
  Today, Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force announces its support for a research project that will estimate how many children and teens in Montreal have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This $720,000 investment will allow us to better understand how much virus transmission has occurred to children and teens, and will help […]
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• Mandatory vaccinations required in only half of all countries October 22, 2020
  As countries struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination uptake is a public health priority now more than ever. Efforts to increase vaccinations vary greatly around the globe. A new McGill-led study comparing policies around the world finds broad implementation of mandatory vaccination mandates. However, the penalties for failing to vaccinate differ significantly by country, […]
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• Dr. Gustavo Turecki honoured by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation October 22, 2020
  Dr. Gustavo Turecki, Scientific Director of the Douglas Research Centre and founding Director of the McGill Group for Suicide Studies, is one of seven recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Achievement Prizes in Mental Health as awarded by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. “The Outstanding Achievement Prizes acknowledge and celebrate the power and importance of […]
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• Research project to integrate peer support and counselling into the Opal Patient Portal wins award at Oncopole’s Priorité patient Competition October 21, 2020
  The project OncoBuddy et OncoConseil, led by Dr. John Kildea, Medical Physicist and Assistant Professor in the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology at McGill University, and Dr. Tarek Hijal, Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology at the McGill University Health Centre, is one of the four winners of Oncopole’s Priorité patient Competition – Research to serve the […]
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