On September 13, 2019, Campus Public Safety听recognized Dr. Alvin Shrier with the 2019 Safety Ambassador Award for his work as Chair of the听University Laboratory Safety Committee.听To see听the 平特五不中 Reporter article, .
Published on: 18 Sep 2019
平特五不中 is participating in a new research project titled听T锚te premi猫re听(head first), led by the team of neuropsychologist听Dr. Louis De Beaumont, a researcher at the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l鈥櫭巐e-de-Montr茅al research centre and a professor in the Department of Surgery at Universit茅 de Montr茅al. The project will assess the brain鈥檚 capacities to sustain blows to the head during a full university football season.
Published on: 11 Sep 2019
A clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine, Anthony Bossis, PhD will be at 平特五不中 in Montreal on听September 12, 2019听to deliver a talk titled听鈥淧sychedelic Research: Implications for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Existential Distress.鈥澨�
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Published on: 9 Sep 2019
Researchers uncover new protein that plays key role in bacterial infections
Bacterial infections represent a major public health concern, accounting for over 300 million foodborne illnesses and 60% of related fatalities globally.听Salmonella听alone is responsible for approximately 93.8 million illnesses and 155,000 deaths annually. Combined with the emergence of antibiotic-resistant听Salmonella听strains, it is critical that researchers improve our understanding of the molecular details governing bacterial infections.
Published on: 9 Sep 2019
Researchers have long been interested in the question of whether a correlation exists between one鈥檚 early-life environment and suicide rates, with studies on the topic dating back to the 1980s. However, these studies have focused on individual countries or on only one or few risk factors. As a result, the lack of any meta-analysis of the data has made it difficult to draw any coherent conclusions.
Published on: 9 Sep 2019
The move to single-patient rooms at the 平特五不中 Health Centre鈥檚 (MUHC) Glen site in 2015 resulted in significantly reduced rates of hospital-acquired infections, suggests a study published today in the highly respected journal published by the American Medical Association.
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Published on: 20 Aug 2019
Depression can be associated with behaviours such as social avoidance, that is, the refusal to interact with others for fear of being judged or criticized. Physicians and other mental health workers have noted that patients with depressive disorders exhibit cognitive symptoms, especially with regard to memory.
Published on: 13 Aug 2019
Marc Miller, Member of Parliament (Ville-Marie鈥揕e Sud-Ouest鈥撁巐e-des-S艙urs, Quebec) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, on behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced today at 平特五不中 an investment of up to $6 million for a scientific task force of top researchers to develop new and improved approaches to cancer treatment and care. The funding will be distributed over four years to the new pan-Canadian program, the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Canada Metastatic Breast Cancer Dream Team.
Published on: 12 Aug 2019
The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematical Society presented the Research Prize to Dr. Leon Glass for his contributions to research, education and community leadership. Click for details.
Published on: 22 Jul 2019
The recipient of the 2019 Louis and听Artur Lucian Award is Dr. Joseph Hill from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The award, established through a bequest to 平特五不中 by the late Olga Leibovici to honour her two brothers, was designed to honour outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases by a scientific investigator or group of investigators whose contribution to knowledge in this field is deemed worthy of special recognition.
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Published on: 12 Jul 2019
MONCTON, NB 鈥� The federal Minister of Health, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, announced today an investment of $150 million over five years by the Government of Canada for the creation of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres network.
The network, which includes 平特五不中 and is led by the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI), will unite cancer centres across Canada for the first time, accelerating the implementation of precision medicine so that Canadian cancer patients can access the right treatment at the right time for their particular cancer, no matter where they live.
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Published on: 11 Jul 2019
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Julian Huertas Garcia to the Department of Medicine as of 1 July 2019.
Dr Huertas-Garcia has been appointed to the Attending Staff of the MUHC Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, based at the Lachine Hospital, and as an Assistant Professor in the 平特五不中 Department of Medicine.
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Published on: 11 Jul 2019
Source: Terry Fox Research Institute
What is the best way to starve cancer cells? What role does obesity play in metastatic breast cancer and how does it affect the tumour microenvironment? Might combining a chemotherapeutic agent with a drug now used to treat diabetes be part of an effective therapy for metastatic breast cancer?
Published on: 4 Jul 2019
New research led by 平特五不中鈥檚 Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAs
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Published on: 27 Jun 2019
Discovery could provide clues to potential therapies
Rearing its head in infancy, Christianson Syndrome is a rare disorder whose symptoms include intellectual disability, seizures and difficulty standing or walking. Although it is becoming increasingly diagnosed, with little being known about the neural mechanism behind the disease, therapeutic options for patients remain limited.
Published on: 27 Jun 2019
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