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

• McGill Life Sciences Complex celebrates 10 years of discovery December 7, 2018
  Since opening its doors in September 2008, the McGill University Life Sciences Complex (LSC) has played host to collaborations and advances tackling diseases from autism and Parkinson's disease to schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and epilepsy. On Wednesday, December 5, it played host to a day-long celebration and presentations marking its 10th anniversary. Read more ►  
  Jason Clement
• David Saint-Jacques reaches new heights December 7, 2018
  The Soyuz rocket carrying Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and two international colleagues successfully docked at the International Space Station earlier this week, six hours after blasting off from Kazakhstan. In his last press conference before the launch, Saint-Jacques spoke about the work he did as a member of McGill’s Faculty of Medicine that has informed […]
  Jason Clement
• Heart & Stroke celebrates two McGill researchers December 7, 2018
  On November 14, the Heart and Stroke Foundation honoured three researchers – including two McGill faculty members – with an award of excellence in research. These awards, presented annually, highlight the exceptional work of researchers working in the field of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. Read more ►  
  Jason Clement
• Breaking from tradition in medical education architecture December 6, 2018
  The field of medical education broke with tradition after World War II, looking outside of itself to “far-reaching and even radical cultural reference points” to signal the field’s modernist rise in global importance, argued Dr. Annmarie Adams, Chair of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University, to a full house last Thursday. […]
  Jason Clement
• McGill educator recognized for flipping the classroom December 6, 2018
  Knowing that learners are more likely to retain knowledge when they experience it in applied settings, pediatrician and Centre for Medical Education core member Dr. Robert Sternszus worked with a team to design and implement a novel program to teach residents about role modeling. This work was recognized at the 2018 International Conference on Residency […]
  Jason Clement
• Roundtable discussion: Getting back to the basics of primary care in Quebec December 6, 2018
  Former Quebec ministers Claude Castonguay, Jean Rochon and Michel Clair, together with Antonia Maioni, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill, exchanged ideas with students and faculty members from McGill University’s Department of Family Medicine during a packed event on October 22, 2018. The panelists engaged […]
  Jason Clement
• Another Medical Cold Case Cracked by the MUHC’s ‘Dr. House’ December 6, 2018
  A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) led by Dr. Donald Vinh, the RI’s so-called “Dr. House” because of his research into rare diseases, has discovered a new human disease and the gene responsible for it, paving the way for the proper diagnosis of patients globally and the development […]
  Jason Clement