The Research Institute at the Montreal Children's Hospital was formally established in 1966 as a partnership between Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the hospital in order to promote and facilitate excellence in child health research. In 1996, the Institute joined other research centers at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ to establish the Research Institute of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Center (RI-MUHC).
Today, the has organized it's research into the following thematic programs: neuroscience, cancer, cardiovascular health, child health and human development, experimental therapeutics, infectious disease/immunity, injury repair, and translational medicine. Research activity is conducted at the MUHC and two satellite facilities adjacent to the Hospital.
Further information on pediatric-related research activities can be obtained from the .
The Montreal Children's Hospital has over 100 clinical and basic scientists, nearly 50 of whom hold grants from peer-reviewed agencies such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, The U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute, and the International Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Other personnel include more than 100 technicians, research assistants, coordinators, nurses and administrative staff, and over 100 graduate students and research fellows.
Research Training Program
Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinical Fellows and Residents involved in child health research projects are supervised by staff affiliated with Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the Montreal Children's Hospital. The majority are enrolled in various departments and schools at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.Â
- Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine
- School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine
- , Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Experimental Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine
- Ingram School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Science
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
- School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
Prospective trainees must be enrolled under McGill's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies prior to acceptance for research training at the Montreal Children's Hospital.
Publications
Please visit Annual Reports & Publications.