By Katherine Gombay, º«¹úÂãÎè Newsroom
Fourteen outstanding individuals will inspire and encourage º«¹úÂãÎè’s graduating class of 2016, as they receive honorary degrees during spring convocation ceremonies.Ìý
By Katherine Gombay, º«¹úÂãÎè Newsroom
Fourteen outstanding individuals will inspire and encourage º«¹úÂãÎè’s graduating class of 2016, as they receive honorary degrees during spring convocation ceremonies.Ìý
By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
Three of the six Killam Research Fellows also teach at º«¹úÂãÎè
To support six research projects in fields from neuroscience to food safety and Arctic ecosystems
CREATE project to prepare graduates for high-skills work in surgical-devices industry
A team led by º«¹úÂãÎè professor Jake Barralet will receive $1.65 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to provide nearly 90 students with cross-disciplinary training to prepare them for high-skill jobs in the surgical devices industry.
By Fergus Grieve,Ìýº«¹úÂãÎè Newsroom
Depression, metabolic factors combine to boost risk of developing diabetes, study findsÌý
Depression may compound the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in people with early warning signs of metabolic disease, according to researchers from º«¹úÂãÎè, l'Université de Montréal,Ìýthe Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal and the University of Calgary.
By Tod Hoffman,Ìý
Research reveals that even a tiny mutation can allow the HIV virus to become resistant to therapies using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing platform
By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute
Discovery will inform further research into hearing disorders and brain training
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at º«¹úÂãÎè have made an important discovery about the human auditory system and how to study it, findings that could lead to better testing and diagnosis of hearing-related disorders.
By Cynthia Lee, º«¹úÂãÎè Newsroom
​Family and community involvement key in empowering students to make healthier choices regarding their sleep
Elementary school-age children who improved their sleep habits also improved in their academic performance, according to a study by researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in partnership with the Riverside School Board in Montreal.
Marc Gélinas, a former Pittsburgh Pirate pitching prospect and a º«¹úÂãÎè alum with strong sports leadership background at both federal and provincial levels, has been appointed the new Executive Director of º«¹úÂãÎè Athletics and Recreation, Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) Ollivier Dyens announced on Monday, April 4.
Marc Gélinas brings over twenty years of sports leadership experience to his new role . With both undergraduate and graduate degrees from º«¹úÂãÎè, Gélinas comes to º«¹úÂãÎè from the Institut national du sport (INS) du Québec.
RI-MUHC will lead an innovative pan-Canadian network that aims to improve life outcomes for children with brain-based development disabilities
RI-MUHC will lead an innovative pan-Canadian network that aims to improve life outcomes for children with brain-based development disabilities
A study conducted at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital revealed that pioglitazone is associated with a risk of bladder cancer that increases with duration of use and dosage.
º«¹úÂãÎè, UCLA study of low- and middle-income countries shows paid maternity leave policies could help prevent infant deaths
For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), infant mortality is reduced by 13%, according to a new study by researchers from º«¹úÂãÎè and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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​Policy experts advocate mutual recognition for reviews of data-intensive international research
Genomic research holds great potential to advance human health and medicine. But for the millions of data points now being collected through large-scale sequencing efforts to be truly valuable, they must be analyzed in aggregate and shared across institutions and jurisdictions. This raises many challenges, including navigation of complex ethics-approval processes at multiple sites and in multiple jurisdictions.
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Canadian drug safety network provides reassuring evidence regarding risk of heart failure of anti-diabetes medications
Incretin-based drugs, a type of medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, do not increase the risk of being hospitalized for heart failure relative to commonly used combinations of oral anti-diabetic drugs, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.