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

• Passionate about medicine and research? September 17, 2020
  The MDCM-PhD program will hold its annual open house on Thursday, September 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. This year, the event will be fully online via Zoom. Dr. Eisenberg will speak about the program and introduce the guest speaker, Dr. Lysanne Campeau, an accomplished physician-scientist who is a urologist at the Jewish General Hospital, […]
  Jason Clement
• $12.5 million awarded to Montreal team to study Parkinson’s Disease September 17, 2020
  A group of scientists at University of Montreal, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), and McGill University has been awarded a major research grant of over $12.5 million from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative over the next three years to study Parkinson’s disease. ASAP’s implementation partner The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research […]
  Jason Clement
• Nip it in the bud: New study will attack SARS-Cov2 where it multiplies September 17, 2020
  Steroid drugs are anti-inflammatory medicines that are used to treat a wide range of conditions, and one of them – oral or intravenous dexamethasone – was found effective in improving the survival of patients with severe COVID-19. Could other drugs from the same family show potential to treat milder cases of COVID? A team of […]
  Jason Clement
• COVID-19 Immunity Task Force launches serological study using antenatal samples September 17, 2020
  Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) announced its support for a study of antenatal serum samples (using blood samples from standard tests from expectant women). This $3.1 million investment will help track trends in the level of SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst pregnant women in all provinces and territories of Canada. It will provide a pan-Canadian picture of population infections arising from the first […]
  Jason Clement
• Researchers develop online support for patients with prostate cancer and their caregivers September 17, 2020
  Psychological health and physical activity can take a backseat to more immediate health concerns following a cancer diagnosis. The shuttering of in-person support programs due to COVID-19 has made it even more difficult for patients and caregivers to get support. Researchers at McGill University and St. Mary’s Research Centre are finding that an online support […]
  Jason Clement
• Bartha Maria Knoppers awarded 2020 Till & McCulloch Award September 17, 2020
  Congratulations to Bartha Maria Knoppers, Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University, who has been named the 2020 Till & McCulloch Award recipient for her exceptional ethical, legal and social implications paper in Science entitled, Biotechnologies nibbling at the legal “human”. Read more ►  
  Jason Clement
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) update – September 16, 2020 September 16, 2020
  Message from Fabrice Labeau Yesterday, the Government of Quebec moved Montreal from Level 1 (green) to Level 2 (yellow) under the progressive regional alert and intervention system for COVID-19. Level 2 indicates a rise in cases and is an early warning to encourage stricter compliance with public health directives. The Direction régionale de la santé publique […]
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