“Together as a university community.” This was the theme of a McGill-CISSS Outaouais (CISSSO) retreat in Gatineau, Quebec, held May 10 to advance the partnership in the region and build on the successes of McGill’s affiliated teaching site in the Outaouais. McGill’s Assistant Dean in the Outaouais, Dr. Gilles Brousseau, together with Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of Medicine Dr. David Eidelman, welcomed more than 60 clinician-teachers and health care administrators from Gatineau and Montreal for a day of exchange and workshops. Also present were Dr. Daniel Tardif, Deputy CEO of the CISSSO, and Laurence Barraud, Director of Education, University Relations and Research at the CISSSO.
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Dr. Robert Platt, Professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine was officially announced as the inaugural Albert Boehringer (1st) Chair in Pharmacoepidemiology, during an event held earlier today at McGill. Bridging the disciplines of pharmacology and epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology examines the use and effect of drugs to assess their overall benefits, as well as possible adverse effects, for defined populations.
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A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr. Robert Platt, Professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (EBOH) at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, and the inaugural Albert Boehringer (1st) Chair in Pharmacoepidemiology, has long been fascinated with numbers.
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A type of brain cell known as microglia plays a key role in reducing the effects of cocaine in the brain, according to a major study by a team from the RI-MUHC. The discovery establishes for the first time that microglia can diminish the adverse changes to neural circuitry brought on by the chronic use of cocaine and has significant implications for developing an effective treatment for addiction.
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Major work led by Santiago Costantino (researcher, Hôpital de Maisonneuve-Rosemont and associate professor, Université de Montréal), Dr. Claudia Kleinman, investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital and Assistant Professor at McGill University, and a multidisciplinary team of collaborators, gives birth to a unique method that enables instant, specific labeling of individual cells, Cell Labelling via Photobleaching (CLaP). This method will become a precious ally in a wide range of scientific research, with particular applications for genomics. The results of this work are published in the latest issue of Nature Communications.
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In a study appearing in the May 24 issue of JAMA, Jenna Wong, a Ph.D student in the department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, and colleagues analyzed treatment indications for antidepressants and assessed trends in antidepressant prescribing for depression.
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Dr. Louise Pilote, Professor of Medicine and James McGill Chair, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, and Director of the Division of Internal Medicine at McGill University Hospital Centre has been named as one of the Women’s Y Foundation’s 2016 Women of Distinction in the health category. Congratulations Dr. Pilote!
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During a recent ceremony, Dr. Gerhard Multhaup, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics presented students Melissa Couto, Vanessa Polito and Florence Lamarche with three departmental awards. Congratulations to the three winners!
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Student engagement and community involvement are key aspects of the medical school experience at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine. McGill medical students are actively planning and leading initiatives, programs, and projects in both McGill and broader Montreal communities. In order to celebrate these student initiatives and inspire other students to be engaged in similar endeavours, the Strategic Planning and Community Involvement Committee (SPCI) of the McGill Medical Students’ Society (MSS) hosted its annual SHOUT Gala on May 9, 2016 in the Atrium of the Bellini Life Sciences Building.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Albert Berghuis to the position of Chair of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, effective May 1, 2016.
As communicated in January, we recently established a Faculty Council (FC) to discuss governance, strategic direction and other important Faculty matters.
McGill is taking another step toward having a Sexual Violence Policy in place by the end of the calendar year, an objective Provost and Vice-Principal Academic Christopher Manfredi announced at Senate and Board of Governors last month. The policy would apply to all members of the McGill community and would be subject to triennial review.
We are pleased to announce that the Lady Davis Institute Research Newsletter for May 2016 is now available online!