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,...
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Le Dr Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, un scientifique de MI4 et épidémiologiste à l’Université McGill, a reçu le prix Scientifique de l'année 2020 de Radio-Canada. Cet honneur souligne le projet du Dr Maheu-Giroux avec l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec pour informer le public du taux de transmission de la COVID-19 au Québec. Cet important travail fournit au gouvernement du Québec des données essentielles pour l’aider à prendre des décisions en matière de santé publique et a été rendu possible grâce aux dons de notre communauté au fonds d'urgence pour la COVID-19 de la Fondation du CUSM.
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MI4 scientist & epidemiologist at McGill University, Dr. Mathieu Maheu-Giroux has received Radio-Canada’s 2020 Scientists of the Year Award. This honor highlights Dr. Maheu-Giroux’s project with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec to inform the public of Quebec’s COVID-19 transmission rate. This important work is providing the Quebec government with critical data to help make public health decisions and is made possible thanks to our community’s donations to the MUHC Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
This week on Health Matters: your questions, answered. Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre cardiologist, Dr. Nadia Giannetti answers listeners’ questions about their heart health. And, Dr. Don Sheppard, infectious disease specialist & director of MI4, shares the latest information about COVID-19, the vaccination campaign and answers pressing questions about masks, at-risk groups and when we can anticipate more people getting vaccinated.
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This Sunday on Health Matters: Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre cardiologist, Dr. Nadia Giannetti and Dr. Don Sheppard, infectious disease specialist, will answer your health questions live. Do you have a question about heart health, COVID-19 or the vaccines? Post in the comments below ⬇ or send us a direct message! And tune in to CJAD 800 Montreal live at 12pm on January 17th.
We are proud to support this innovative project through our COVID-19 Emergency Fund!Saliva sampling should be considered as an alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a new study by a group of researchers at the RI-MUHC and McGill University. Researchers found that the sensitivity of saliva vs nasopharyngeal swab samples was virtually identical. “Nasopharyngeal swabs are very sensitive, but they are time-consuming and require a trained health professional to administer. Saliva-based samples are as sensitive and much cheaper, while having the advantage of being self-collected. This removes the need for a trained health professional and reduces exposure risk,” explains the corresponding author of the study, Jonathon Campbell, a postdoctoral fellow at the RI-MUHC.
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Read the original article in the Annals of Internal Medicine: www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M20-6569
This work was supported by the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) with seed funding from the Fondation CUSM - MUHC Foundation.
This week on Health Matters, Dr. Kevin Lachapelle discusses what you should know about aortic aneurysms. Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre physician & Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre researcher, shares a ‘shock and kill’ approach to treating HIV. And, the MUHC Foundation is supporting new MI4 research projects on eliminating obstacles to COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. Nadine Kronfli describes her work into increasing vaccinations in prisons. Plus, Dr. Abhinav Sharma discusses how cardiac patients are more vulnerable to complications from COVID-19 and the logistics of ensuring this at-risk group has access to the vaccine.
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