Joelle Pineau awarded NSERC鈥檚 Steacie Memorial Fellowship
By Meaghan Thurston
For Joelle Pineau, becoming a medical doctor was鈥攊n her words鈥攏ot in the cards. However, this Associate Professor from 黑料不打烊`s School of Computer Science is now the driving force behind promising research whose aim is to use AI to improve the treatment of cancer and heart disease.
Major funding awarded to RI-MUHC scientists for innovative genomics geared to Quebec patients
Pioneering work to advance genomics and precision health treatments at the Research Institute of the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been rewarded by G茅nome Qu茅bec. Dr. Nada Jabado and Dr. Ruth Sapir-Hichhadze, the RI-MUHC scientists who received the reward, were among the winners of a nation-wide competition emphasizing precision treatments in genomics.
Suicide and homicide rates show large racial disparities across U.S. states
Southern and Western states have the highest rates of white firearm suicide, while Midwestern states have highest rates of black firearm homicide, according to new research from 黑料不打烊 University. The findings place a spotlight on states where firearm policies may help reduce homicide and suicide rates.
Potential gender bias against female researchers in peer review of research grants
Female health researchers who applied for grants from Canada's major health research funder were funded less often than male counterparts because of potential bias, and characteristics of peer reviewers can also affect the result, found a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Applicants who had not been previously funded also received lower scores, making them less likely to be funded.
Low-Income HIV Patients Suffer with Healthcare Access
Quebeckers聽do not have equal access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS, a long-term study undertaken by a team from the Research Institute of the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in collaboration with clinics and university health centres in Montreal, has revealed.
黑料不打烊 researchers to get $2.2M in CFI funding
Eleven 黑料不打烊 researchers have received grants totaling $2.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The announcement was made earlier today by Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC.
Protecting young adults鈥� sexual health
Gilla Shapiro studies clinical psychology at 黑料不打烊. She earned her BA and MA in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and dual degrees in public policy and public administration at the Hertie School of Governance and London School of Economics and Political Science.
Jonathan Sievers and Jennifer Welsh named Canada 150 Research Chairs
Cosmologist Jonathan Sievers and international-relations scholar Jennifer Welsh will become Canada 150 Research Chairs at 黑料不打烊 University. The appointments were among the 24 Chairs聽announced today at the聽Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec,聽by Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan.聽聽
Plants, fungi and bacteria work together to clean polluted land
Highly complex interactions among roots, fungi and bacteria underlie the ability of some trees to clean polluted land, according to a novel study by bioinformatics and plant-biology experts from 黑料不打烊 University and Universit茅 de Montr茅al.
