/sbms/articles/rss en /sbms/article/conversation-keith-murai-associate-dean-and-director-school-biomedical-sciences <p><b>How have you settled into the role over the past few months?</b> </p> <p>It has been a fantastic experience from the start. I had the chance to speak with so many wonderful people – chairs, directors, professors, staff and students – and gather important information about their interests as well as challenges and opportunities they see for the School. People are excited about the School, what it represents, and its potential. </p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:04:33 +0000 Jane O'Faherty 1624 at /sbms /sbms/article/martin-schmeing-receives-2025-biological-and-medicinal-chemistry-lectureship-award-chemical <p>Martin Schmeing, PhD, James �鶹�� Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and School of Biomedical Sciences, has been named the winner of the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Award.  </p> <p>Offered by the Chemical Institute of Canada, the award is presented to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of biological or medicinal chemistry within the past five years while working in Canada. </p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:01:04 +0000 Jane O'Faherty 1623 at /sbms /sbms/article/raquel-cuella-martin-receives-gairdner-early-career-investigators-award <p>Raquel Cuella Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor in �鶹��’s Department of Human Genetics and School of Biomedical Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been selected as a winner of the 2024 <a href="https://www.gairdner.org/resource-hub/announcing-the-2024-gairdner-early-career-investigators">Gairdner Early Career Investigators</a> (ECI) competition.  </p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:55:55 +0000 Jane O'Faherty 1622 at /sbms /sbms/article/anatomy-prof-gabriel-venne-receives-presidents-prize-excellence-teaching <p>Five educators from four �鶹�� faculties will be presented with a President’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching at the Fall Convocation ceremonies on December 2. Created in 2000, the award honours outstanding teaching and its vital contribution to students’ academic experience. </p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:40:06 +0000 Neale McDevitt 1621 at /sbms /sbms/article/right-treatment-right-patients <p>In these polarized times, there seems to be one thing everyone agrees on: Canada's healthcare system is in crisis.</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:13:58 +0000 Sara Bauman and Charlotte Bawol 1614 at /sbms /sbms/article/five-canada-research-chairs-awarded-fmhs <p>The Government of Canada awarded �鶹�� 10 new and five renewed Canada Research Chairs Nov. 14, representing a total research investment of $13.8 million.  Three of the renewed Chairs and two new Chairs are members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) – see below for the full list. </p> <p>�鶹��’s new and renewed CRCs are advancing research across disciplines, from pioneering work in cognitive neuroinformatics, to Indigenous food sovereignty, to regenerative medicine.  </p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:44:38 +0000 Robin Koning 1605 at /sbms /sbms/article/mcgill-kidney-cancer-researchers-aim-improve-prognosis-treatment <p>Researchers from �鶹��’s <a href="https://genomic.medicine.mcgill.ca/about-us">Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine</a> (VPDIGM) and clinicians from �鶹�� Health Centre (MUHC) are stepping up efforts in the fight against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common subtype of kidney cancer, by seeking to discover improved methods for risk assessment and therapeutic treatment. </p> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:21:17 +0000 Timothy Gouldson 1603 at /sbms /sbms/article/ovation-award-winners-announced <p>The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Anne McCormick, Pamela Chase and Priyabrata “PB” Mukhopadhyay Ovation Awards. </p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:52:08 +0000 Dhabisha Kohilanathan 1590 at /sbms /sbms/article/memoriam-philip-e-branton <p>The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) and Department of Biochemistry are mourning the loss of Philip E. Branton, PhD, a dear colleague, friend and brilliant scientist whose career profoundly shaped cancer research. Formerly Chair of the Department of Biochemistry (1990–2000), and a Full Member of the �鶹�� Cancer Centre (now the GCI) and the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Prof. Branton made pioneering contributions to the fields of virology, cell death and tumour suppression for more than five decades.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:00:30 +0000 The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute and the Department of Biochemistry 1581 at /sbms /sbms/article/mcgill-researchers-awarded-55-million-cfi-funding <p>Twenty �鶹�� researchers – nine of them from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – have received infrastructure awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $5.5 million.   </p> <p>These grants will be matched by the Quebec government, doubling their value.   </p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:53:23 +0000 Robin Koning 1580 at /sbms