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

• Dr. Judith Soicher on the McGill-UQAC physical therapy collaboration February 21, 2019
  In November 2018, Dr. Judith Soicher and Dr. Sabrina Figueiredo from McGill University’s School of Physical and Occupational Therapy attended the inauguration of the Clinique universitaire de physiothérapie de l’UQAC,  an important milestone for McGill’s physiotherapy program offered by extension at l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). Dr. Soicher, invited speaker at the event, and […]
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• ON THE AGENDA – Next Faculty Council Meeting is Tuesday, February 26 February 20, 2019
  The next Faculty Council meeting takes place Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building (Martin Amphitheatre, Room 504), 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler at 4:30 p.m. The Faculty Council meeting is open to all members of the faculty, including students and residents, and will be recorded. Read more ►  
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• Call for nominations: Maude Abbott & Haile T. Debas Prizes February 20, 2019
  It is once again time to submit nominations for the Maude Abbott and Haile T. Debas prizes. The Maude Abbott Prize was established in 2010 by the Faculty of Medicine in order to recognise outstanding female faculty members who excel in Education, Research or Administration with a focus at the early career stage. The Haile […]
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• RI-MUHC Team Wins Québec Science’s 2018 People’s Choice Award for Discovery of the Year February 20, 2019
  For the past 26 years, Québec Science magazine has  continued a tradition: each fall, a jury of researchers and journalists selects the 10 most impressive discoveries made in Quebec over the previous year  and invites the public to vote for their top choice. This year, a new test for endometrial and ovarian cancers has been […]
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• Dr. Louise Pilote to coordinate a new personalized medicine project, GOING-FWD February 20, 2019
  A new research challenge aimed at improving the health and well-being of men and women worldwide will be based at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, the coordinating site of an international consortium for the next three years. GOING-FWD is a data science, personalized medicine project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health and Research […]
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• Focus on McGill Nursing Faculty: Hugo Marchand February 20, 2019
  Our dedicated faculty members are the heartbeat of the Ingram School of Nursing. Learn more about McGill Nursing educators via Focus on McGill Nursing Faculty. In this edition, Hugo Marchand shares his passion for critical care and cardiology nursing, and much more. Hugo Marchand, RN, BNI, CCNE is the Academic director of the Learning Laboratories […]
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• A pioneer in MRI February 20, 2019
  The invention of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the 20th century gave neuroscientists a powerful window into the inner workings of the brain. Researchers at The Neuro quickly realized the potential MRI held for neuroscientific discovery. The installation of a full-body 7-Tesla Siemens scanner at The Neuro in February, 2019, the first of its kind […]
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