In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Montreal researchers realized that Canada was in a vulnerable position. The country was dependent on other countries for the tests that were...
Age 50 has long been recommended as the time to start screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) because of the higher risk to those in the 50–54 category. But a study published early this year by...
Growing up in Montreal’s Nigerian and Caribbean communities, Onye Nnorom, MDCM’07, didn’t see a career in medicine as a possibility. “I’m not one of those people who said they always knew they...
Charles Posternack, BSc’77, MDCM’81, helps people emerge from dark rooms. Avulux, the company he co-founded, manufactures precision tinted eyeglasses, which alleviate the debilitating symptoms of...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, infection control clinical nurse Layal Abou-Chacra, BSc(N)’05, started coaching frontline workers in hospitals and long-term care facilities in best practices to...
The future health and development of an unborn child is profoundly affected by the mental health of the mother during pregnancy. Dr. Kieran O’Donnell believes that better support for women who need...