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

• The government of Quebec grants $500,000 to McGill University and RI-MUHC to support two collaborative projects August 16, 2018
  The Government of Quebec has awarded a total of $500,000 in funding to McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). The funding will go to support the completion of two international research and innovation projects, which were selected at the end of the call for projects launched in April […]
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• Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics hands out its 2018 student awards August 15, 2018
  On Friday, August 10, McGill Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics presented the 2018 Charles E. Frosst Medical Prize and the 2018 Mark Nickerson Prize to medical students Jeffrey Wong and Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer respectively. Congratulations Jeff and Benjamin! Read more ►  
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• Med Ed Research: Community, culture and class make-up August 14, 2018
  With the goal of highlighting some of the research in medical education taking place at McGill, in this story, we look at Tim Dubé’s analysis of gender diversity in medical specialties and physician location outcomes of McGill graduates, Yvonne Steinert on what the academic literature says or leaves out about the role culture plays in […]
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• New technology can detect hundreds of proteins in a single sample August 14, 2018
  Proteins found in blood provide scientists and clinicians with key information on our health. These biological markers can determine if a chest pain is caused by a cardiac event or if a patient has cancer. Now, PhD candidate Milad Dagher, Professor David Juncker and colleagues in McGill’s Department of Biomedical Engineering have devised a technique […]
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• Nordic nations, North Americans and Antipodeans rank top in navigation skills August 14, 2018
  Researchers assessed data from over half a million people in 57 countries who played a specially-designed mobile game, which has been developed to aid understanding into spatial navigation, a key indicator in Alzheimer’s disease. The study was conducted by researchers across the world including, Véronique Bohbot, Researcher at the Douglas Institute and Associate Professor in […]
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• Update – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decree – Saudi residents, fellows and graduate students August 10, 2018
  We are writing to provide a brief update on the situation following last week’s announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to cease funding for students from Saudi Arabia studying in Canada and to oblige them to leave the country. We have met with the Faculty’s residents and fellows from Saudi Arabia and are collaborating […]
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• McIntyre fire damage: building closed August 10, 2018
  On the evening of July 13, a fire was reported on the outdoor terrace of the McIntyre Medical Building. Authorities arrived quickly and the fire was soon extinguished. No one was injured. We ask that people continue to avoid the area. Read more ►  
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