Kudos

Congratulations to all researchers and trainees who have obtained an FRQ award!

In the fall 2022 competition, 70% of grant applications submitted by the IDIGH program were funded.

Congratulations to Martin Olivier whose research has been named one of Québec Science's 10 discoveries of 2022.

The 32nd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research will be held April 27-30, 2023 in Quebec City.

The Level 3 Containment Platform is receiving a $5.1 million boost from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to ensure Canada is better prepared for the next pandemic.

The International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA) is the congress of the World Federation of Parasitologists and takes place every 4 years in different locations around the world. Drs. Momar Ndao and Martin Olivier were actively promoting Montreal's candidacy for ICOPA XVI, as co-chairs of the local organizing committee, in Copenhagen during ICOPA XV. 

Congratulations to Laurence Chapuy (MD, PhD), new recruit to the IDIGH program, for being awarded one of the MI4 Pfizer Early Career Investigator Award!

On June 2, 2022, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of more than $102 million, in support of 11 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 35 Canadian research Institutions including the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Pai was one of six within the McGill cohort to receive a renewed CRC in this round.

Dr. Madhukar Pai has received funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his work on public-private mix (PPM) for tuberculosis (TB).