Health Matters
Health Matters Series
Join host McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation President Julie Quenneville as she sits down with the physicians and researchers on the front lines of today’s urgent medical challenges.
Reaching new heights by working together: Innovative industry partnership using artificial intelligence to improve survival rates of cancer diagnosed patients
Montreal, January 12th, 2021 — The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation and MEDTEQ+ are proud to announce a new partnership with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), MIMs, and Caprion-HistoGeneX, respective leaders in...
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) study suggests COVID quarantine could be reduced by half
Across the world, essential and frontline workers are struggling with the threat of COVID-19. At risk are teachers, students, retail workers and all frontline medical staff. In spite of the PPE and special procedures, the threat of contracting the coronavirus is a...
Pfizer Canada donation will help new researchers change the future
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2nd...
MUHC Foundation awarded $100K from LEAP in support of Dr. Abhinav Sharma and MyHeart Counts Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for improved technology and artificial intelligence to connect doctors and patients. LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact has partnered with the MUHC Foundation and selected Dr. Abhinav Sharma’s MyHeart Counts Canada...
The global effort for a COVID-19 vaccine
When will there be a COVID-19 vaccine, and will it be safe? These are the questions on everyone’s minds as we live through another wave of coronavirus outbreaks. MUHC vaccines expert and MI4 scientist Dr. Brian Ward is a key player in development of a COVID-19...
Volunteer Spotlight: Marc Parent – Dream Big Campaign Co-Chair
Marc Parent is President and CEO of CAE, a global leader in training for civil aviation, defence and security, and health care based in Montreal. Born in Verdun and raised in Ottawa and on the South Shore of Montreal, his keen interest in aviation led him to get his...
Donor Spotlight: The Hewitt Foundation supports new frontiers in medicine
Created in 2017, the Hewitt Foundation has quickly become an important player in Canadian philanthropy. The Hewitt Family created the foundation out of a desire to give back to the communities that supported their business, Hewitt Equipment. The foundation supports...
MUHC Breast Clinic Wellness Program goes virtual
A breast cancer diagnosis is always gut-wrenching. For Brandi Lee Hicks, it was made all the worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, which added a new level of uncertainty to an already stressful time. “I remember writing all of my many, many appointments into my calendar,...