The Montréal West Island IUHSSC is proud to announce the double appointment of Dr. Gustavo Turecki, as both the Chief of Psychiatry of our organization and the Scientific Director of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. His mandate includes strengthening the academic component of the clinical mental health services offered at the Douglas Institute and our IUHSSC. As Scientific Director he succeeds Mr. Alain Gratton, who had been serving as Acting Director since August 1, 2017. Dr. ...
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2018 Douglas & Psychiatry Department Research Day: Congratulations to all award winners
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2018-06-07
The 2018 Research Day took place June 5th 2018, and was an opportunity to celebrate our trainees! Congratulations to the Research Day award winners:
Students of the Douglas Institute
Oral presentations:
1st prize (Prix d'excellence du FRQ-S): Malvin Jefri (lab of Carl Ernst)
2nd prize: Lauren Reynolds (lab of Cecilia Flores)
3rd prize: Elisa Guma (lab of Mallar Chakravarty)
Poster presentations:
1st prize: Alexa Pichet Binette (lab of Sylvia Villeneuve)
2nd prize: Jessica...
2018-05-07
Study reveals what happens on the molecular level of 20,000 genes
Have you ever considered that working night shifts may, in the long run, have an impact on your health? A team of researchers from the McGill University affiliated Douglas Mental Health University Institute (DMHUI) has discovered that genes regulating important biological processes are incapable of adapting to new sleeping and eating patterns and that most of them stay tuned to their daytime biological clock rhythms.
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