I am delighted to announce that Neil Andersson MD PhD MPhil MSc MFPH, currently science director of CIET and visiting scientist at the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, has joined the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Department of Family Medicine on October 1, 2013 as Professor
The Department of Family Medicine congratulates:
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Gladys Osien
Title of award: McGill Faculty of Medicine MSc Internal Studentship
Title of research project: Investigating the Effect of Weight on Asthma Children in Quebec
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Vasiliki Rahimzadeh
Title of award: McCutcheon Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship
Title of research project: Engaging Terminally Ill Children in Research of Self-Reported Quality of Life Outcomes: a Review of Established Methods
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The 2013 Isaac Tannenbaum Resident Research Day held on May 31st was a real success!! This day was an opportunity for our residents to present their scholarly work as well as to meet with other residents from the different McGill Family Medicine Units.
See Dr. Jeannie Haggerty's new editorial in the British Medical Journal based on this very interesting publication on Primary Care Systems published in the Health Affairs.
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Haggerty, J., Lévesque J-F., Hogg W. & Wong S.ÌýThe strength of primary care systems. Stronger systems improve population health but require higher levels of spending.ÌýBMJ,Ìý2013; 346; f3777 doi: 10.1136/bmj.f3777.
The Department of Family Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Charo Rodriguez is the recipient ofÌýthe Richard and Sylvia Cruess Faculty Scholar in Medical Education for 2013-2014.
The goal of this position is to promote excellence andÌýscholarship in medical education at McGill and at the Centre for Medical Education by providing a 1 year stipend to a faculty member in the Faculty of Medicine toÌýpursue research and scholarly activities in medical education.Ìý
Both Dr Kirsten Johnson and Dr Isabelle Vedel were awarded the FRSQ Clinical Research Scholars – Junior 1 bursary.Ìý This four-year FRSQ Junior 1 award is extremely competitive and only those who have excellent credentials are successful.Ìý Kirsten and Isabelle received this on their first attempt!Ìý
The Family Medicine Department now has 7 clinician-scientists and Ph.D. researchers who hold FRQS bursaries.Ìý This is indeed a remarkable achievement.
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is proud to welcome four new Banting Postdoctoral Fellows who come from as far afield as Australia and Italy to continue their studies in Montreal. Their research ranges from the study of musical improvisation from the 15th to the 18th century to working on DNA nanostructure interfaces. The Honourable GaryÌý Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced the latest recipients of Canada's most prestigious postdoctoral awards at an event held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario earlier today.
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is proud to welcome four new Banting Postdoctoral Fellows who come from as far afield as Australia and Italy to continue their studies in Montreal. Their research ranges from the study of musical improvisation from the 15th to the 18th century to working on DNA nanostructure interfaces. The Honourable GaryÌý Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced the latest recipients of Canada's most prestigious postdoctoral awards at an event held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario earlier today.
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Intellectual Ventures have announced a partnership that provides an additional avenue for McGill faculty to commercialize their inventions and discoveries.
We’ve known for a while that the vestibular system in the inner ear is responsible for helping us keep our balance. And while researchers have already developed a basic understanding of how the brain constructs our perceptions of ourselves in motion, until now no one has understood the crucial step by which the neurons in the brain select the information needed to do so.
Fourteen of the 156 new 2012 Vanier Scholars will be attending Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, coming from countries as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Peru and the United States, as well as from Canada.
Two projects led by McGill professors are among the 17 that will receive a total of $28 million over six years to help science and engineering graduates add job skills to their academic achievements, thanks to the.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) CREATE program. The two projects are the CREATE program in green chemistry led by Prof. Chao-Jun Li, and the CREATE
A new study published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, led by Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, a rheumatologist at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre, reveals that 13 per cent of FM patients use cannabinoids for relief from symptoms such as widespread pain, fatigue, and insomnia.
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ scientists, led by Ajjamada Kushalappa of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, have teamed up with researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.