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Women supporting women on World Ovarian Cancer Day
She is our mother, our sister, our wife, our daughter, our grandmother, our friend. This year alone, more than 10,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed with endometrial and ovarian cancers – these are the silent killers of women because symptoms mimic other ailments...
Montreal entrepreneur buys 5,000 lunches for MUHC Employees
Thousands of McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) employees were treated to a complimentary meal on Monday, May 4, thanks to BFL CANADA President, CEO and Founder Barry F. Lorenzetti. The gesture of support from the Montreal executive comes at a time when health...
Nanji family helps CHUM and MUHC Emergency Funds
The Nanji Family Foundation has donated $1.6 million dollars in matching funds to 16 hospital foundations across the country to support critical patient care and stop the spread of COVID-19. They hope that their leadership gift will inspire others to join their family...
$4 M for the COVID-19 Emergency Fund
Prominent Montreal families come together to fight the pandemic Montreal – As cases of COVID-19 climb steeply and Quebec society grounds to a near halt, with all but essential services closed for weeks, the need to find treatments and ultimately a cure for the novel...
We’re working to better understand COVID-19
The better we can understand how a virus like COVID-19 works, the more likely we are to get through it with as few complications as possible. Today, air travel means diseases like COVID-19 can travel around the world in less than a day. Dr. Michael Libman, MI4...
MI4 Addressing the Threat of Coronavirus
The threat of coronavirus Just days into 2020, researchers in Wuhan, China announced that a spike in pneumonia cases was, in fact, a new strain of coronavirus. Within weeks, cases of this new disease were being reported worldwide. Mere months later, on March 11, 2020,...
The Foundation postpones all events in wake of COVID-19
We will announce any updates in the next few days. We are extremely grateful for your generous support this year. We are making this difficult decision for the protection of your health and to take a leadership role in reducing risk of propagation. In 2018, our...
$ 6M investment in a lifesaving Pap test to beat the silent killer
Dr. Lucy Gilbert's research team will receive $4 million in Genomics Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) funding to finalize the development of DOvEEgene (Detecting Ovarian and Endometrial cancers Early using genomics) — a screening test that could save thousands...
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The MUHC's Vaccine Study Centre will be running two COVID-19 vaccine studies, with MI4’s Dr. Michael Libman and Dr. Matthew Pellan Chang as principal investigator and sub-Investigator, respectively. The VSC is now looking for people who would be interested in receiving more information on the studies and to be potential participants.
There are many ways you can help in the fight against COVID-19, and supporting important clinical research is one of them. 👏🔬 To sign up or learn more: bit.ly/36EvfIR
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Montreal researchers are preparing to test potential COVID-19 vaccines
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Vaccine Study Centre at McGill University Health Centre emails out request for research participants who want to be part of future studies.Merci à Marie-Pier Leduc, cofondatrice et rédactrice en chef du Magazine Nomade, d’avoir mené une collecte de fonds dédiée au fonds d’urgence COVID-19 de la Fondation du CUSM. Marie-Pier a demandé l’aide de 21 blogueurs et vlogueurs de voyage provenant de partout au Québec pour ce projet. Ils ont uni leurs forces pour créer un guide de voyage électronique du Québec qui met en évidence les endroits préférés et les attractions incontournables de la belle province. ❤️
Ce guide virtuel sera distribué à toute personne faisant un don d’au moins 10 $. 👏🌈
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Ensemble, nous pouvons aider le Québec à traverser la crise de la COVID-19! Parce que l'union fait la force, nous avons fait appel aux blogueurs et vlogueursAn wonderful message from physician and astronaut Dr. Dave Williams. Merci, Dr Williams, pour vos paroles inspirantes de soutien au Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre
Community leaders continue to come together to combat COVID-19! The Alliance des Associations chinoises du Québec and the Montréal Shanghainese Association rallied support from hundreds of their association members, both here at home and abroad. Their fundraising efforts were successful, and they made a joint gift of $21,323 to the MUHC Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund. They also made a donation of PPE.
Nous remercions Messieurs Shen et Zhao pour leur initiative communautaire et leur collaboration visant à appuyer les travailleurs de la santé et les chercheurs qui sont sur la ligne de front de la lutte contre la COVID-19! 🌈👏
What a touching story shining a spotlight on the work of the MUHC's occupational therapists. Kendra's message highlighting the work of her collegue Jaclyn truly showcases how MUHC Champions and #HospitalHeroes are tackling the current crisis with poise, perseverance, compassion, and team work! All to provide the best care for patients and their families. 👏❤️