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Un consortium mené par l’UdeM et codirigé par McGill et L’Université Laval reçoit une importante subvention de 2M $ du Fonds de recherche biomédicale du Canada afin de dynamiser l’écosystème de découverte et d’innovation en sciences de la vie.

Classified as: funding, Government of Canada, health, Research, Vaccine, pandemic
Published on: 2 Mar 2023

As the flu season begins and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, pneumococcal vaccination is more important than ever to prevent disease and death from pneumonia and other forms of pneumococcal disease. But vaccine uptake remains low among adults at high risk, say researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.

Classified as: Vaccine, uptake, at risk, Canadians, pneumococcal vaccination, pneumonia, pneumococcal disease
Published on: 2 Nov 2022

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director spoke with CTV News.

"An infectious disease expert believes the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been an "unmitigated disaster" and the rapid spread of the Omicron has made another variant a near certainty. "The whole world is a playing field for the virus right now," Dr. Madhukar Pai, an expert in infectious diseases at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, told CTV National News."

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Madhukar Pai, Covid, Vaccine
Published on: 26 Jan 2022

Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Reuters.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Phoebe Friesen, Vaccine, Covid
Published on: 14 Jan 2022

Carolyn Ells, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is quoted by the Independent.

"Ï㽶ÊÓƵ medicine and health sciences professor Carolyn Ells said that while the financial penalty may be essential in a health emergency, whether it survives a court challenge would depend on the details."

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Carolyn Ells, Covid, Vaccine
Published on: 14 Jan 2022

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by the Montreal Gazette.

"With the pandemic’s fourth wave stretching on, it may be time for Quebec to start offering a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to everyone 65 and older, one of the province’s top infectious-diseases experts said on Wednesday."

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Vaccine, Covid, Madhukar Pai
Published on: 29 Oct 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by Scientific American.

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Madhukar Pai, Covid, Vaccine, equity
Published on: 21 Oct 2021

Dr. Olga Basso, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, co-authored a Montreal Gazette opinion piece.

"Principal Suzanne Fortier said it best when she announced that McGill would bestow its greatest distinction upon Dr. Fauci: “Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s honorary degrees are the means by which the university expresses its highest ideals, recognizing individuals whose accomplishments are of such excellence that they provide inspiration and leadership to the community.â€

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, Olga Basso, Covid, Vaccine
Published on: 29 Sep 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, authored a recent Forbes opinion piece.

"Yesterday, President Joe Biden convened heads of state and leaders from diverse organizations for the Global COVID-19 Summit. A key target announced was to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by this time next year. But experts and advocates argue that this target will not be met purely with good intentions, pledges and vaccine donations."

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Madhukar Pai, Covid, Vaccine, equity
Published on: 24 Sep 2021

Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) co-authored an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail.

"When you look at Canada’s biggest universities, McGill is an outlier. The Montreal university has some of the weakest measures for preventing transmission of COVID-19."

Classified as: SPGH, joanne liu, Covid, universities, Vaccine
Published on: 21 Sep 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, spoke with CBC Radio.

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Madhukar Pai, Covid, Vaccine, equity
Published on: 20 Sep 2021

Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, spoke with CTV news

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, Ananya Banerjee, Covid, Vaccine, equity
Published on: 15 Sep 2021

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC.

Classified as: SPGH, BMEU, Nicholas King, Covid, Vaccine, ethics, policy
Published on: 15 Sep 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by CBC.

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Madhukar Pai, Covid, Vaccine, equity
Published on: 14 Sep 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts interviewed by CBC.

"…"Allowing 3.5 billion people to remain unvaccinated is a recipe for unmitigated disaster because worse and worse variants will emerge — not to speak of the millions of people who will die," said Dr. Madhukar Pai, a professor of epidemiology and global health at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Montreal."

Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, GHP, Madhukar Pai, Covid, Vaccine
Published on: 7 Sep 2021

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