ºÚÁÏÍø News - Medicine and Health Sciences /channels/news_feeds/all/term/med_fac/rss en Human genetics professor receives Banting Discovery Award /channels/channels/news/human-genetics-professor-receives-banting-discovery-award-365566 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/1000037007.jpg?itok=Bhuh41C8" width="160" height="160" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:06:00 +0000 webfull 209504 at /channels ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s President honours outstanding early-career researchers /channels/channels/news/mcgills-president-honours-outstanding-early-career-researchers-365554 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><strong>Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen – all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – win President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers  </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <p>Three ºÚÁÏÍø scholars were recognized with the 2025 President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/250527-103900-2461.jpg?itok=1vIrG6v8" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 29 May 2025 15:48:45 +0000 webfull 209465 at /channels The Child Phonology Lab at SCSD is looking for parent participants /channels/channels/news/child-phonology-lab-scsd-looking-parent-participants-365400 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/updated_study_flyers_-_final1.png?itok=tH-Lzf3_" width="160" height="207" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 15 May 2025 16:14:23 +0000 webfull 209279 at /channels Provost honours 31 ºÚÁÏÍø professors for exceptional research achievements /channels/channels/news/provost-honours-31-mcgill-professors-exceptional-research-achievements-365241 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em><strong>ºÚÁÏÍø announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James ºÚÁÏÍø Professors, James ºÚÁÏÍø Professors and William Dawson Scholars </strong></em></div> <div><br /> Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 ºÚÁÏÍø professors as Distinguished James ºÚÁÏÍø Professors, James ºÚÁÏÍø Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.</div> <div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/arts-cupola-spring-930x523.jpg?itok=92zKul6C" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">1 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000 webfull 209088 at /channels ºÚÁÏÍø Cares: Building your team for unplanned life transitions /channels/channels/news/mcgill-cares-building-your-team-unplanned-life-transitions-364984 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Join us on <strong>May 7th</strong> at noon for the next ºÚÁÏÍø Cares webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/seguin_43_edited2_jpg.jpg?itok=J6MYa1Z_" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:12:17 +0000 webfull 208807 at /channels Cross-pollinating ideas at the SCSD Research Day /channels/channels/news/cross-pollinating-ideas-scsd-research-day-364569 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img alt="" height="566" src="https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-28_SCSDResearchDay-1-451_1080x566.jpg" /> Student presenters at the SCSD Research Day, which took place on February 21, 2025.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:49:49 +0000 webfull 208336 at /channels D2R awards $10 million to accelerate RNA-based therapies for rare diseases and cancer /channels/channels/news/d2r-awards-10-million-accelerate-rna-based-therapies-rare-diseases-and-cancer-364466 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Montreal, March 26, 2025</strong> – ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s <a href="/dna-to-rna/">DNA to RNA Initiative (D2R) </a>has awarded over $10 million in funding to support three groundbreaking research projects that will advance RNA-based therapies for cancer and rare genetic diseases. The awards were initially announced at the D2R Research Symposium on March 13, 2025.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/tir_announcement-1.png?itok=0HzBeXHJ" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:03:15 +0000 webfull 208255 at /channels Scaringi Lecture Series in Speech Language Pathology - Research Talk /channels/channels/news/scaringi-lecture-series-speech-language-pathology-research-talk-364276 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><b>Research Talk </b><br /> Thursday April 3, 2025, 4:30 to 6:00 pm<br /> 2001 ºÚÁÏÍø College Ave. Room 606</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:53:55 +0000 webfull 207936 at /channels ºÚÁÏÍø researchers receive funding from the Canadian Cancer Society for cancer equity research /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-receive-funding-canadian-cancer-society-cancer-equity-research-363707 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Co-Principal Investigators Manisha Pahwa, CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, and Professor <a href="/epi-biostat-occh/ananya-tina-banerjee" target="_blank">Ananya Banerjee</a>, from ºÚÁÏÍø's Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, have been awarded $449,604 from the Canadian Cancer Society’s <a href="https://cancer.ca/en/research/for-researchers/funding-opportunities/2024-ccs-health-equity-research-grants" target="_blank">Health Equity Research Grant</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:31:39 +0000 webfull 207245 at /channels SCSD Research Day /channels/channels/news/scsd-research-day-363540 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Friday February 21st 2025 • 3pm to 5pm<br /> Leacock Building #232, 855 Sherbrooke West</em></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/untitled_design_1.png?itok=uK0Q_nQU" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:05:16 +0000 webfull 207023 at /channels