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

• Special COVID-19 Faculty Council meeting – March 31, 4:00 p.m. March 27, 2020
  In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we will hold a Special COVID-19 Faculty Council meeting on Tuesday, March 31 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. This meeting will be held via Webex. Read more ►  
  andrea
• Stay informed: University and Faculty COVID-19 news March 27, 2020
  As the situation continues to evolve, McGill University and the Faculty of Medicine will continue to provide updates to keep our community informed. Click here for links to the latest updates and information ►  
  andrea
• Happy 100th Birthday, Dr. McGregor! March 27, 2020
  On March 24, 2020, former Dean of Medicine Maurice McGregor turned 100 years old. The intimate celebration his family had been planning unfortunately has had to be postponed due to the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Somehow, for a person who was born as the world was recovering from the devastation of […]
  Jason Clement
• McGill Family Medicine blended learning program in China and the coronavirus March 26, 2020
  An important and unexpected benefit of the McGill Family Medicine Innovations in Learning international distance blended learning program for GP teachers in China has been the creation of an online community. As part of the program, an online discussion group for the Chinese GP teachers and McGill Family Medicine professors and instructors was set up […]
  Jason Clement
• Funding basic science research is crucial to our coronavirus pandemic responses March 26, 2020
  In his latest article in The Conversation, Dr. John Bergeron highlights the important role that fundamental, basic science plays in efforts to end viral outbreaks, including the current coronavirus pandemic, as well as the importance of maintaining funding in the country for this work. Read more ►  
  andrea
• Dr. Alba Guarné appointed Associate Dean, Biomedical Sciences March 26, 2020
  We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Alba Guarné to the position of Associate Dean, Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. In this new role, Dr. Guarné reports directly to the Vice-Principal (Health Affairs)/Dean of Medicine, and is the overall academic leader for units that comprise the future School of Biomedical Sciences. […]
  Communications Med
• Every gesture counts! March 26, 2020
  In order to protect our health care system, our families and our communities, each and everyone of us needs to do our part to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 global pandemic, beginning with following both Quebec and University directives, among these: Read more ►  
  andrea