External /medhealthsci/taxonomy/term/4/all en ECHO-Autism: Differential Diagnosis /medhealthsci/channels/event/echo-autism-differential-diagnosis-366272 ECHO-Autism: Differential Diagnosis September 11, 2025  1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) Virtual training (online) Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:17:04 +0000 admin 337442 at /medhealthsci Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO /medhealthsci/channels/event/annual-meeting-oto-expo-366638 <p><a href="https://www.entnet.org/events/annual-meeting/">Annual AAO-HNS Meeting &amp; OTO experience</a></p> Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:09:01 +0000 admin 337441 at /medhealthsci Human genetics professor receives Banting Discovery Award /medhealthsci/channels/news/human-genetics-professor-receives-banting-discovery-award-365566 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:06:00 +0000 admin 337432 at /medhealthsci Nine McGillians appointed to the Order of Canada /medhealthsci/channels/news/nine-mcgillians-appointed-order-canada-365980 <p><strong>Neuroscientist Alan Evans and music performance scholar Michael McMahon among McGill community members recognized for exceptional accomplishments and service </strong></p> <p>Nine members of the »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.</p> <p>Among the honorees are two McGill faculty members, Professors Alan Evans (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and Michael McMahon (Schulich School of Music).</p> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:10:48 +0000 admin 337430 at /medhealthsci McGill Cares: Building your team for unplanned life transitions /medhealthsci/channels/news/mcgill-cares-building-your-team-unplanned-life-transitions-364984 <p>Join us on <strong>May 7th</strong> at noon for the next McGill 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> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:12:17 +0000 admin 337438 at /medhealthsci D2R awards $10 million to accelerate »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ-based therapies for rare diseases and cancer /medhealthsci/channels/news/d2r-awards-10-million-accelerate-rna-based-therapies-rare-diseases-and-cancer-364466 <p><strong>Montreal, March 26, 2025</strong> – »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµâ€™s <a href="/dna-to-rna/">DNA to »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ Initiative (D2R) </a>has awarded over $10 million in funding to support three groundbreaking research projects that will advance »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ-based therapies for cancer and rare genetic diseases. The awards were initially announced at the D2R Research Symposium on March 13, 2025.</p> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:03:15 +0000 admin 337419 at /medhealthsci »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ tool helps seniors reduce unnecessary medications /medhealthsci/channels/news/new-tool-helps-seniors-reduce-unnecessary-medications-366216 <p>»ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ researchers have developed and are licensing a digital tool to help safely reduce patients’ use of medications that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them.</p> <p>When clinicians review a patient’s file, <a href="https://www.medsafer.org/">MedSafer</a> flags potentially inappropriate medications. In a <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40445620/">new clinical trial</a>, the software helped deprescribe such medications in 36 per cent of long-term care residents, nearly triple as many as when reviews were done without the tool.</p> Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:09:12 +0000 admin 337425 at /medhealthsci Scaringi Lecture Series in Speech Language Pathology - Research Talk /medhealthsci/channels/news/scaringi-lecture-series-speech-language-pathology-research-talk-364276 <p><em><b>Research Talk </b><br /> Thursday April 3, 2025, 4:30 to 6:00 pm<br /> 2001 McGill College Ave. Room 606</em></p> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:53:55 +0000 admin 337440 at /medhealthsci Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements /medhealthsci/channels/news/provost-honours-31-mcgill-professors-exceptional-research-achievements-365241 <em><strong>McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars </strong></em> <br /> Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000 admin 337437 at /medhealthsci The Child Phonology Lab at SCSD is looking for parent participants /medhealthsci/channels/news/child-phonology-lab-scsd-looking-parent-participants-365400 Thu, 15 May 2025 16:14:23 +0000 admin 337435 at /medhealthsci High-salt diet inflames the brain and raises blood pressure, study finds /medhealthsci/channels/news/high-salt-diet-inflames-brain-and-raises-blood-pressure-study-finds-366452 <p>A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:20:36 +0000 admin 337423 at /medhealthsci Cross-pollinating ideas at the SCSD Research Day /medhealthsci/channels/news/cross-pollinating-ideas-scsd-research-day-364569 <p> Student presenters at the SCSD Research Day, which took place on February 21, 2025.</p> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:49:49 +0000 admin 337439 at /medhealthsci Youth at risk of suicide show early warning signs that adults often miss /medhealthsci/channels/news/youth-risk-suicide-show-early-warning-signs-adults-often-miss-366080 <p>Drawing on a landmark 25-year study that followed Quebec children into adulthood, »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ researchers have identified two distinct patterns in how suicidal thoughts emerge and the early signs that are often missed.</p> <p>Suicidal thoughts are increasingly common among youth, but how they begin and what mental health symptoms often precede them are poorly understood, the researchers said.</p> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:22:33 +0000 admin 337429 at /medhealthsci McGill’s President honours outstanding early-career researchers /medhealthsci/channels/news/mcgills-president-honours-outstanding-early-career-researchers-365554 <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>   <p>Three McGill 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> Thu, 29 May 2025 15:48:45 +0000 admin 337434 at /medhealthsci Tinnitus severity linked to mood, sleep and personality traits /medhealthsci/channels/news/tinnitus-severity-linked-mood-sleep-and-personality-traits-366489 <p>How severely a person experiences tinnitus is shaped by their mood, sleep quality and even personality traits, a new study has found.</p> <p>Tinnitus is a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears that affects roughly 14 per cent of adults worldwide. It is known to be linked to hearing loss and to affect people differently.</p> <p>In order to gain a better understanding of impacts on individuals, »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, developed a predictive model.</p> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:15:46 +0000 admin 337421 at /medhealthsci