Fifty projects covering broad range of health research topics receive support

By Neale McDevitt, Editor, McGill Reporter

JANUARY 30, 2020

CIHR awarded 385 health research projects across the country totalling approximately $275 million. Fifty of the projects awarded research grants are led by McGill researchers.

Classified as: Funds, McGill, CIHR
Published on: 22 Sep 2023

McGill launches a free new educational guide for people living with dementia and their care partners. Consult the guide here.

Classified as: dementia, McGill
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Published on: 14 Nov 2022

McGill University’s Research and Innovation announces the publication of With the World to Choose From: Celebrating Seven Decades of the Beatty Lecture at McGill University. This anthology of Beatty Lectures is published for Research and Innovation by McGill Queens University Press (MQUP). The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and McGill chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is McGill University’s most anticipated annual event.

Classified as: Beatty, Economics, india, lecture, McGill, medicine, Politics, science, Bicentennial, anthology, #MeToo, cold war
Published on: 10 Sep 2021

McGill’s shuttle buses are sporting a brand-new design.

After a curveball of a year, the revamped McGill-red vehicles—which feature a new, bold Made by McGill design style—will, with any luck, serve as a beacon of the many exciting things to come as the university progresses toward the gradual resumption of on-campus activities.

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Classified as: shuttle bus, Transport, McGill
Published on: 3 Mar 2021

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal (CIRM) is proud to present its annual report for the 2019–2020 academic year. Submitted last April to McGill’s University Advancement, the report bears witness to CIRM’s intense activity during this period.

Classified as: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal, Montreal, McGill, research-action, report, university advancement
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Published on: 30 Nov 2020

We are pleased to welcome Professor Nik Luka as Interim Director for the 2020–2021 school year. As an Associate Professor in the School of Urban Planning and the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University, he has been involved with CIRM since its inception in 2014. Prof.

Classified as: CIRM, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal, McGill, Montreal, Nik Luka, action-research, School of Urban Planning, school of environment, school of architecture
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Published on: 1 Dec 2020

The 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject has placed McGill's anatomy and physiology programs at 18th place globally. Very impressive! To read the news article, click here.

Classified as: dept. of physiology, McGill, faculty of medicine, QS World University Rankings by Subject
Published on: 6 Mar 2020

The Institute for the Study of International Development's regular newsletter, LATITUDE, is now available for download.  Read up on our people, our research, our events and our programs!

Printed copies are available at the Institute in Peterson Hall.

Classified as: ISID, international development, development research, developing countries, McGill
Published on: 26 Mar 2019

An international research team led by a McGill University researcher used a simple experiment that mimics how plants and animals interact with each other—leaving seeds out for 24 hours to see how many get eaten. Seven thousand seed beds were deployed across a huge geographic scale, with 70 sites cutting across 18 mountains from Alaska to the equator.

Classified as: anna hargreaves, McGill, UBC, mcgill biology, darwinian theory, evolutionary theory, evolution
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Published on: 20 Feb 2019

Major federal and provincial investments in genomics research were announced this week following three recent Genome Canada competitions. The announcement, made at University of Guelph, includes over $10 million in funding to seven projects led by McGill researchers. Here's a quick look at one of those projects. (A complete list follows.)

Classified as: genomics, McGill, funding, epigenomics, bioinformatics, Genome Québec, Genome Canada
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Published on: 5 Feb 2019

The CIRM welcomes three Resident Scholars for the academic year 2018-2019: Claude FortinImen Ben Jemia and Simon Ng.

 

Classified as: Imen Ben Jemia, Claude Fortin, Simon Ng, CRIEM, CIRM, McGill, chercheur en résidence, Resident Scholar, études montréalaises, interdisciplinarité, intersectorialité
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Published on: 16 Nov 2018

 

Memorandum of Understanding between the CIRM, the Agirre Lehendekaria Center and the Etxepare Basque Institute

 

Classified as: Mémorandum d'entente, CRIEM, CIRM, McGill, Agirre Lehendekaria Center, Etxepare Basque Institute, Juan José Ibarretxe, Gorka Espiau, Irene Larraza, Bingen Zupiria
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Published on: 1 Jun 2018

Each year, influenza kills half a million people globally with the elderly and very young most often the victims. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 37 children have died in the United States during the current flu season. Aside from getting the flu shot and employing smart hand hygiene, there are no other methods of prevention. However, a team of scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University, led by Immunologist Dr.

Classified as: Flu, muhc, Maziar Divangahi, McGill, flu season, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
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Published on: 14 Feb 2018

Dr. Richard Tomlinson made philanthropic history for Canadian universities in 2000 when he donated $64 million to McGill. At the time, it was the largest gift ever made in support of higher education in Canada by an alumnus, and still ranks as the largest single gift McGill has ever received from an individual.

Classified as: richard tomlinson, McGill, philanthropy, Obituary, mcgill alumni, university advancement, tomlinson fellowships
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Published on: 3 Feb 2018
First published in 2006, Montréal's Top Employers is an annual competition organized by  the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in Greater Montréal that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. This year's winners, including McGill University, were announced on February 1, 2018 in a special magazine published in the Montreal Gazette.
 
Here are some of the reasons why McGill University was selected as one of Montreal's Top Employers (2018):
 
Classified as: Montreal, McGill, top employers, HR, on campus
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Published on: 1 Feb 2018

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