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

• December 5 Faculty Council recap January 24, 2020
  At the December 5, 2019 Faculty Council meeting, several priority initiatives were shared related to Indigenous health, French proficiency in the clinical environment, a McGill Cancer Institute and student-led Physical Therapy MD workshops, among others. Importantly, the results of the recent Faculty of Medicine renaming poll were revealed. Based on the outcome, the Faculty is […]
  Jason Clement
• Dr. Sylvain Williams on his most recent Alzheimer’s disease research January 24, 2020
  A new study led by Dr. Sylvain Williams, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and his postdoc Dr. Guillaume Etter suggests that even at advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, there are possibilities for therapeutic treatments. Deep brain stimulation, a method that uses electrical stimulations of neurons and brain circuits to treat some of the symptoms […]
  Jason Clement
• McGill and FAU join forces for AI in Medicine January 23, 2020
  McGill’s Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation recently hosted a workshop with representatives from the German University, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Participants discussed future opportunities for joint projects concerning the application of AI in Medicine and the importance of successful international research collaborations. Read more ►  
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• Our biological clock plays crucial role in healing from surgery January 22, 2020
  A McGill-led study shows, for the first time, that circadian clock genes are involved in healing from surgery. Indeed, the researchers demonstrated that anti-inflammatory medications are most effective in promoting post-operative healing and recovery when taken during the active periods of our biological clocks. The study, recently published in Scientific Reports, also suggests that if anti-inflammatories are […]
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• Dr. Duvernay-Tardif off to Super Bowl January 22, 2020
  Hailing from a school that has produced Canadian Prime Ministers and Nobel Prize winners; astronauts and Academy Award winners; Rhodes scholars and Stanley Cup champions, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, has a chance to do what no other McGillian has ever done before: win the Super Bowl. Duvernay-Tardif has been making headlines since he was drafted 200th by […]
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• Can lithium halt progression of Alzheimer’s disease? January 21, 2020
  There remains a controversy in scientific circles today regarding the value of lithium therapy in treating Alzheimer’s disease. In a new study, however, a team of researchers at McGill University led by Dr. Claudio Cuello of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has shown that, when given in a formulation that facilitates passage to the […]
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• Linda Polka named Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America January 21, 2020
  Dr. Linda Polka, Professor and Graduate Program Director in the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders at McGill University was among eight scientists selected for the Acoustical Society of America College of Fellows.  Dr. Polka was selected for this honour in recognition of her contributions to our understanding of native and non-native speech perception in […]
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