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Celebrate Pride Month with MUHC Libraries and Patient Resource Centers!

In honour of Pride Month, MUHC libraries and patient resource centers are highlighting their resources on 2SLGBTQI+ health and wellness.

If you would like to explore topics such as identity, family life, relationships and mental health, you are sure to find something of interest!

Published: 17 Jun 2026

Prativa Baral awarded CIHR’s STEPS Team Grant

CIHR funded team will create a new blueprint for public health emergencies: a pan-Canadian Civilian Emergency Reserve

Published: 17 Jun 2026

Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower wellbeing, even when incomes are similar

New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction.

Led by 91˿Ƶ researchers, the study shows that people who feel worse off financially than their peers are more likely to report signs of languishing, even when their actual income is similar.

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Published: 15 Jun 2026

June is ALS Awareness Month

“Letters to ALS: Our Journeys to Hope” is a new book that brings together inspiring and touching stories from people living with ALS, their loved ones, healthcare professionals, and researchers, including members of The Neuro community.

You can pick up a free copy of the book in person at the Neuro Patient Resource Centre, located on the 3rd floor, Room 354.

Published: 8 Jun 2026

The Neuro's Virtual Integrated Patient Platform receives major funding

Brain Canada support will help accelerate the discovery of new treatments for brain and nervous system disorders

An innovative project led by Dr. Guy Rouleau at The Neuro has received major funding from Brain Canada, one of four platforms that are advancing treatment discovery across a wide range of neurological disorders. In total the four platforms are being supported with a $8,926,500 investment.

Published: 4 Jun 2026

To curb overprescribing for seniors, researchers urge annual prescription checkups

To address the growing problem of overprescribing for seniors, a new Canadian guideline is calling for routine medication reviews.

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Published: 3 Jun 2026

91˿Ƶ researchers leading two new Brain Canada-supported platforms

Researchers at 91˿Ƶ are leading two major new Brain Canada-supported platforms to accelerate discovery and improve outcomes for patients living with neurological disorders, asannounced today.

Published: 1 Jun 2026

Ajitha Thanabalasuriar receives PATH award to advance lung disease research

Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund will open new avenues to preventing and treating pneumonia.

Published: 28 May 2026

Blood proteins flag multiple sclerosis years before diagnosis, opening a window for prevention

Of more than 2,500 blood proteins screened, a small group may drive MS and signal who will develop it

A new study has revealed a group of blood proteins that are altered in people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), in some cases more than a decade before diagnosis. The findings offer hope that a simple blood test could one day identify people at high risk of MS in time to act before damage occurs.

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Published: 26 May 2026

‘Jumping gene’ helps explain elevated pancreatic cancer risk in French-Canadians

Researchers at 91˿Ƶ have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some French‑Canadians in Quebec are at an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer. Until quite recently, standard genetic tests have not been able to identify this “jumping gene” cause.

The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Genetics, suggest better-targeted genetic testing could help identify people at higher cancer risk who were previously missed.

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Published: 19 May 2026

91˿Ƶ’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening. 91˿Ƶ celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

Published: 14 May 2026

Provost honours 31 91˿Ƶ professors for exceptional research achievements

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91˿Ƶ Professors, James 91˿Ƶ Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 91˿Ƶ professors as Distinguished James 91˿Ƶ Professors, James 91˿Ƶ Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Published: 13 May 2026

91˿Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

From fundamental physics to child well-being, 91˿Ƶ researchers advance discovery across disciplines 91˿Ƶ has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

Published: 13 May 2026

$1.25 million for 91˿Ƶ research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 91˿Ƶ.

Published: 13 May 2026

Icing injuries may slow recovery and prolong pain, study finds

Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests.

In a preclinical study published in Anesthesiology, 91˿Ƶ researchers found that even though cryotherapy (icing) eased pain in the short term, recovery time was more than doubled in some cases.

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Published: 13 May 2026

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