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Dr. Joanne Liu, a Canadian pediatric emergency room physician and former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is joining ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) as a professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies.

Classified as: ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News, joanne liu, doctors without borders, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Population and Global Health, SPGH, Global Health
Published on: 4 May 2021

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 newÌýÌýfrom the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care published inÌýCMAJÌý(Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Classified as: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea
Published on: 19 Apr 2021

±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Professor Bartha Maria Knoppers to co-lead the work package on ethics and interoperability.

Published on: 6 Apr 2021

Babies prefer baby talk in any language, but particularly when it’s in a language they’re hearing at home, according to a new study including close to 700 babies on four continents. The research, which was published today in the journal and included researchers from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, showed that all babies respond more to infant-directed speech – baby talk –than they do to adult-directed speech.

Classified as: faculty of medicine, School of Communication Disorders, child development, babies, Linda Polka, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Infant Speech Perception Lab, Language learning
Published on: 24 Mar 2021

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.

Published on: 19 Mar 2021
Technology offers more accurate method to detect illness in minimally symptomatic cases

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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.

Classified as: COVID-19 research, screening
Published on: 19 Mar 2021

Dr Beth Cummings was appointed Assistant Dean, Health Professions Education. Dr Cummings will work closely with the Vice-Dean, Education and other stakeholders on the implementation of the Education Strategic Plan (Project Renaissance) goals relevant to the Health Professions programs.

Published on: 17 Mar 2021

Congratulations! Dr Ning-Zi Sun has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine!

Published on: 17 Mar 2021

Congratulations! Dr Emily McDonald has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine!

Published on: 17 Mar 2021

Congratulations! Dr Blair Schwartz has beenÌýpromoted to Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine!

Published on: 17 Mar 2021

It has long been understood that a parent’s DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring. Yet inheritance via DNA is only part of the story; a father’s lifestyle such as diet, being overweight and stress levels have been linked to health consequences for his offspring. This occurs through the epigenome - heritable biochemical marks associated with the DNA and proteins that bind it. But how the information is transmitted at fertilization along with the exact mechanisms and molecules in sperm that are involved in this process has been unclear until now.

Classified as: epigenetics, Sarah Kimmins, Sperm
Published on: 16 Mar 2021

Research led by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and Queen’s University Belfast has found that viruses can ‘hijack’ an existing molecular process in the cell in order to block the body’s antiviral immune response to a viral infection.

The results of the study have been published in the journal .

Classified as: viruses, hijack cellular, immune response, Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad, Nahum Sonenberg
Published on: 17 Feb 2021

The IHSP's Alissa Koski and her colleague Shelley Clark have been receiving some media attention from their recent article:

Child Marriage in Canada

KoskiÌýAÌýand ClarkÌýS
Population and Development ReviewÌý(2021).

Published January 8th, 2021

Abstract:

Classified as: Institute for health and social policy, Social Determinants of Health, Child Health, children, child marriage
Published on: 29 Jan 2021

Researchers from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which could help unlock potential therapeutic applications in treating certain psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and alcohol use disorders, are published in the journal PNAS.

Classified as: Research, faculty of medicine, LSD, Gabriella Gobbi, Nahun Sonenberg
Published on: 26 Jan 2021

Grants available for faculty at Canadian postsecondary institutions

Important
:Ìý Please contact the International Engagement Unit - international.provost [at] mcgill.ca - to obtain the application form, budget sheet and privacy statement.ÌýÌý

Published on: 13 Jan 2021

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