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April 2012
"Childhood experiences build the brain and build the reactivity of the stress system, and the damaging impact of that may not be shown for many, many years," said Dr. Jean Clinton, an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences who has worked with children and families for 25 years.
- High conflict between parents affects kids' learning and future health (Toronto Star / ParentCentral.ca)
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), located at the McMaster Innovation Park (MIP), is one of the largest and most comprehensive, long-term studies ever done on health and aging. The lead principal investigator of the study is Parminder Raina, a professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
- Landmark study on aging to follow 50,000 Canadians over the next two decades (Toronto Star)
- National aging study moves to MIP (FHS News)
Sandeep Raha, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and coordinator, Metabolism and Nutrition Division, Medical Sciences Graduate Program, was lead author of a study on obesity and pregnancy:
March 2012
Mick Bhatia, scientific director of McMaster's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, comments on how many biomedical researchers fear that proposed changes to how they get federal funding would weaken, even throttle health research in Canada.
- Proposed streamlining of Ottawa's lab-funding system worries researchers (Globe and Mail, Mar. 29, 2012)
Tracking health differences by ethnicity is the cornerstone of the new Chanchlani Research Centre at McMaster University. Director of the new centre is McMaster professor and research scientist Dr. Sonia Anand, a Canadian leader in the research of genetic and environmental causes of vascular disease.
- Mac centre to focus on ethnic health trends (Hamilton Spectator, Mar. 27 2012)
McMaster University scientists are providing their expertise to new cutting-edge research projects announced by the Ontario Brain Institute: Peter Szatmari, Gabriel Ronen, Michelle Shapiro, Jan Willem Gorter, Ronit Mesterman and Peter Rosenbaum.
- Ontario brains put their heads together (Hamilton Spectator, Mar 07 2012)
February 2012
Dr. Ray Truant and his lab worked with scientists from Alberta and discovered pumping measured amounts of ganglioside GM1, a lipid, into the sick rodents’ brains restored the mice to their normal motor functions.
- McMaster researchers reverse Huntington's disease in mice (Hamilton Spectator, Feb 14 2012 )
$30M gift to fast forward health care research, education and care at McMaster University: Boris family gift propels stem cell therapies and one-stop patient care. Mick Bhatia, scientific director of McMaster's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, comments on the impact of the gift.
- $30 million donation from Boris family will help McMaster turn stem cell research into therapy (Hamilton Spectator, Feb. 6 2012)
- The gift of innovation: A former Avro engineer's $30M donation to McMaster's Stem Cell and Cancer Research wing (National Post, Feb. 6 2012)
- $30M donated to McMaster for stem cell therapies (CBC News, Feb. 6 2012)
January 2012
McMaster University has selected Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital as the preferred site for the Halton McMaster Family Health Centre. Dr. John Kelton, dean and vice-president of McMaster’s Health Sciences faculty, makes a statement regarding the importance of the new site.
- Joseph Brant picked for new family practice (Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 26, 2012)
Dr. David Armstrong, an associate professor of gastroenterology and member of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, chaired the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) endoscopy committee that has published its first national guidelines for endoscopy services in Canada.
- Gastroenterologists release new safety guidelines (CTV News, Jan.24, 2012)
Alison Holloway, an endocrinologist and associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, comments on research linking obesity to chemicals in the environment.
- Programmed to be Fat? (Nature of Things, CBC-TV, Jan. 12, 2012)
- Are chemicals, not calories, making us fat? (Globe and Mail, Jan. 10, 2012)
Dr. Molly Cooke, co-author of the Carnegie Foundation’s Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency points to the DeGroote School of Medicine at Canada’s McMaster University, which according to its Web site offers "a unique three-year (rather than the usual four) program based on small-group, problem-based study and an early introduction to the clinical experience."
- America's medical education needs major surgery (Washington Post, Jan. 5, 2012)
