Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Health
A double dosage: Meet McGill’s med school twins
Two sets of twins, Shreya and Megha Udupa, and Mathew and Michael Petros, are currently studying medicine at McGill. The path to becoming a doctor isn’t an easy one. Does it help to share the experience with the person who knows you best?
Discovery
Sharing the stories of those left behind
In his new book Gone Gone, McGill professor Todd Meyers goes beyond the headlines about the opioid crisis to movingly convey the grief felt by those who have lost loved ones to overdose deaths.
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Giving medical students the e-learning advantage
The Office of Ed-TECH at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences develops e-learning and online innovations that are playing a growing role in supporting the Faculty’s teaching programs – but McGill students aren’t the only ones benefitting from the office’s expertise.
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A donation like no other
Students in McGill’s Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences learn some of their most important lessons in the Anatomy Lab, thanks to individuals whose names they might never know. McGill’s Body Donor Program plays a vital role in the Faculty’s teaching program.
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New non-profit targets under-researched diseases
McGillians are playing key roles in Conscience, a new non-profit initiative that hopes to use artificial intelligence and a “team sport” approach to encourage research into the rare diseases and potential threats that Big Pharma tends to ignore.
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An influential scientist (inside and outside his lab)
Michel Chrétien, MSc’62, hasn’t just been a witness to the evolution of medical science in Quebec and Canada. He has also been a major player. (Cet article est disponible en français.)
On Campus
Trailblazing deans
Two Faculties recently made McGill history with the appointments of their first female deans. Vivianne Yargeau (Engineering) and Lesley Fellows, BSc’90, MDCM’96, MedResident’01 (Medicine and Health Sciences) talk about their careers and the work they hope to do in their new roles.
People
Science with ‘a funky, cool vibe’
As an immunologist, Frederic Bertley, BSc’94, PhD’00, once worked on vaccines for HIV/AIDS at Harvard. Now, he shares his passion for discovery as the head of an award-winning science museum in the U.S.
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Betting big on open science
The Neuro and its Tanenbaum Open Science Institute are committed to making its research as freely available and transparent as possible, while encouraging other neuroscience institutions to do the same.
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Helping Montreal prepare for the next public health emergency
As the deputy medical director at Montreal Public Health, David Kaiser, BSc’03, MDCM’09, MSc’13, oversees emergency preparedness. His holistic perspective on health issues was forged, in part, during his environmental sciences studies at McGill.
Culture
Some summer reading options
Summer is here and the beach (or your balcony or your backyard) beckons. If you are on the lookout for book suggestions, a number of McGill alumni have recently published new works that you might be interested in digging into.
Health
Assisting patients with their final decision
Dr. Stefanie Green, MDCM’93, is a Canadian pioneer in the practice of medical assistance in dying. “[Patients] stop thinking about how they might die and start thinking about how they are going to live during the time they have left.”