101 McGill research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding
Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 McGill research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
A treatment for anorexia nervosa?
A Ï㽶ÊÓƵ-led research team working in collaboration with a French team (CNRS, INSERM and Sorbonne university) believes it has identified both the neurological mechanism underlying anorexia nervosa as well as a possible cure.
McGill scholars receive $190,000 to expand impact of research in the social sciences and humanities
Seven Ï㽶ÊÓƵ researchers have been awarded over $190,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The awards are part of $1.7 million in federal funding invested in 54 projects nationwide.Ìý
Provost awards 28 McGill professors with distinguished awards
McGill honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James McGill Professor, James McGill Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.
McGill researchers’ studies offer promise for lung and brain cancer treatment
Two seminal studies from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, investigating immune landscapes of lung and brain tumours, were published today in Nature. This work was led by Logan Walsh, Daniela Quail and Peter Siegel, researchers at the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute and Philippe Joubert from Université Laval.
Message from VP-Dean Eidelman - The Faculty's Return to Campus
Dear Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Colleagues,
Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network accelerates precision medicine plan with signing of Contribution Agreement with Health Canada
Vancouver, BC -- The Government of Canada and the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) have jointly signed a Contribution Agreement which opens the door for the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network to begin operating.
McGill researcher-led International Task Force unveils first-of-its kind standards for treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
By David McFadden
Listed by the World Health Organization among the ten leading causes of medical disability worldwide, the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is at a level on par with cancer. ÌýThis prevalent disorder is characterized by highly distressing intrusive thoughts and repeated compulsive behaviours such as washing or checking.
Two cellular pathways involved in TNBC tumour development and a promising targeted combination therapy
A team of researchers at the RI-MUHC found two cellular pathways involved in TNBC tumour development and a promising targeted combination therapy
Source: RI-MUHC
Message from VP-Dean Eidelman - Planning for a return to campus
Dear members of our Faculty community,
Our world has changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet we have persevered to continue to offer world-class education and conduct leading research. Indeed, I am immensely proud of our contributions.
Under 30 and sexually active? It’s a good idea to get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends routine screening
Source: CMAJ
Anyone sexually active under age 30Ìýshould be offered testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to a newÌýguidelineÌýfrom the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care published inÌýCMAJÌý(Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Fertility Frontier: Can Transgender Women Get Uterus Transplants?
By David McFadden
It’s been nearly seven years since the world’s first successful birth after a human womb transplant. Since that medical milestone, the experimental procedure has seen such significant clinical advances that over 60 uterus transplants have been performed in women across the globe, resulting in at least 18 live births.
Infrared imaging could help screen for COVID-19
Technology offers more accurate method to detect illness in minimally symptomatic casesÌý
As the global COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage across the globe, temperature recordings have been widely used as a screening tool to help detect infected individuals.
Researchers identify the origin of a deadly brain cancer
Finding could lead to potential therapiesResearchers at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ are hopeful that the identification of the origin and a specific gene needed for tumour growth could lead to new therapeutics to treat a deadly brain cancer that arises in teens and young adults. The discovery relates to a subgroup of glioblastoma, a rare but aggressive form of cancer that typically proves fatal within three years of onset.
Pfizer Canada donation will help new researchers change the future
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2ndÌýannual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of theÌýPfizerÌýEarly Career Investigator Awards.