Prominent Montreal families come together to fight the pandemic with $4M donation to MUHC Foundation Kate Shingler April 26, 2020 1267 The Hewitt Foundation, the late Elspeth McConnell, and the Trottier Family Foundation combine their donations to fight COVID-19 Just days into 2020, researchers in Wuhan, China announced that a spike in pneumo...
What’s your reason? Run with the MUHC Foundation this year and support a cause close to your heart Kate Shingler February 6, 2020 1060 With the holidays behind us, many of us are embracing the New Year with fresh exercise and health goals. One way of ensuring we stay active and fit during the winter months is to train for an outdoor event that...
Fondation Yvon Michel raises funds in support of metastatic breast cancer patients Kate Shingler November 21, 2019 1485 The Yvon Michel Foundation is partnering with the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) Foundation to support an innovative new research project led by Dr. Peter Metrakos, Head of the Cancer Research Program a...
MUHC Foundation’s Dream Big: Fix Broken Hearts campaign will transform cardiovascular care Kate Shingler October 24, 2019 1855 On September 17, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation launched the Dream Big: Fix Broken Hearts campaign, a $50 million fundraising effort supported by campaign co-chairs Patricia Saputo, Patri...
MI4 is working to solve humanity’s deadliest puzzles Kate Shingler July 22, 2019 872 McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) A team of leading Montreal-area researchers are sounding the alarm, warning us that we as a society, are facing an apocalypse. It’s not the...
Q & A with McGill University Health Center CEO Dr. Pierre Gfeller Kate Shingler June 24, 2019 802 This month, President and Executive Director of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Dr. Pierre Gfeller marks his first full year on the job. A family physician by training, Dr. Gfeller has more than 3...
Dr. Lucy Gilbert brings new hope to ovarian cancer patients Kate Shingler May 29, 2019 1418 Marie-France Angers savours the small things that perhaps only those who have been really sick, and staring down death can truly appreciate. She enjoys spending time in nature, and walking through the woods at ...
Running for a reason Kate Shingler April 28, 2019 1294 Montreal family racing to fundraise for leukemia research It would be an understatement to say that life has been challenging for Geneviève Dubé these last few years. The mother of twin teenage boys lost her h...
MUHC’s Art and Heritage Centre helps heal through history and art Kate Shingler March 22, 2019 1500 Art is not just for museums. In fact, for an institution as storied as the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), art is a way of recognizing and relishing our collective history. That’s something the MUHC’s R...
Healing hearts: how hundreds of Montreal women are reducing their risk of heart disease Kate Shingler February 14, 2019 1504 As a 40-year-old mother and business owner used to exercising regularly and going on long runs, Susan Rodrigues filled her days with meetings, travel, and caring for her son. She regularly went for morning hike...
