Dr. Mark Yaffe receives McGill Lifetime Achievement Award

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St. Mary's Research Centre is delighted to announce that Dr. Mark Yaffe was recently awarded the McGill University Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated sustained excellence in academic leadership, with a meaningful impact on both McGill's communities and beyond. 

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As one of the highest distinctions at McGill, this award is a testament to Dr. Mark Yaffe’s significant contributions to the fields of older adult care and mental health, as well as the impacts of his teaching in Family Medicine. He is an integral part of SMRC's Older Adult Care research domain, and SMRC is thrilled that his accomplishments and devotion to academia are being recognized on this scale.

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Read more about Dr. Mark Yaffe's recognition in our press release.

Dr. Jeannie Haggerty awarded prestigious Médaille de la députée by the National Assembly of Quebec

St. Mary’s Research Centre is proud to announce that Dr. Jeannie Haggerty has been awarded the Médaille de la députée by the National Assembly of Quebec. This prestigious award recognizes her outstanding contributions to advancing patient-centered primary healthcare services across Quebec.

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Dr. Jeannie Haggerty is a distinguished Scientist at St. Mary’s Research Centre and the inaugural holder of the McGill Research Chair in Family and Community Medicine. Her work has been instrumental in shaping patient-centered policies that ensure healthcare services are responsive, compassionate, and effective. 

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Read more about Dr. Jeannie Haggerty’s recognition in our press release.

SMRC’s Dr. Sylvie Lambert receives Canada Research Chair for 2024-2029 term

St. Mary’s Research Centre is pleased to announce that Dr. Sylvie Lambert, Scientist at SMRC and Associate Professor and Associate Director, Research at McGill University’s Ingram School of Nursing, has had her Tier-2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) renewed until 2029. Dr. Lambert holds the CRC in Illness Self-Management Support Interventions for Patients and Their Family Caregivers.

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Dr. Lambert made great achievements in her first term as a CRC (2017-2023), including tripling her publications and increasing her funding 9x as principal investigator. Having engaged substantial funding to support this renewal, SMRC is honoured to have played a part in Dr. Lambert's career, and could not be more pleased with this news.

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Read more about Dr. Lambert's achievement in our press release. 

Community Conference: Wellness and Behavioural Interventions

On May 8, 2024, St. Mary's Research Centre welcomed numerous members of the Cote-des-Neiges community for our very first Community Conference held externally of our research centre facilities. Our theme for this conference was Wellness and Behavioural Interventions. 

See our LinkedIn post or our May newsletter for more details about this event. 

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SMRC recruits Dr. Harmehr Sekhon as newest Associate Scientist within Older Adult Care domain

St. Mary’s Research Centre is pleased to announce our recent recruitment of Dr. Harmehr Sekhon, Associate Professor within the Division of Geriatrics at McGill University’s Department of Medicine. She will be joining the SMRC team as an Associate Scientist within the Older Adult Care research domain on May 1st, 2024.

Dr. Sekhon’s recruitment marks a notable stride forward in SMRC’s goal of bolstering our Older Adult Care research domain, whilst simultaneously strengthening ties with our key partner and associated academic institution, McGill University. Her expertise aligns closely with SMRC’s research emphasis on improving the accessibility of care for all ages and communities, and we eagerly anticipate the valuable contributions she will bring upon joining our research community in May.

SMRC researcher Dr. Talía Malagón receives FRQS Junior 1 award

St. Mary’s Research Centre, affiliated with McGill University, is pleased to announce that Dr. Talía Malagón, Associate Scientist at SMRC and Assistant Professor in the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology at McGill University has been selected for the “chercheuses-boursières Junior 1” award from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS).

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This competitive funding will support Dr. Malagón’s work on her current project titled: Health Decision Models and Data Matching for Cancer Prevention, Multiple Cancer Screening and Assessing the Resilience of Cancer Care.

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SMRC is very proud of this important milestone for Dr. Talía Malagón as well as the recognition she has received for her work in epidemiology since joining the SMRC in 2023. Her accomplishments reinforce SMRC’s commitment to seeing its researchers grow and generate direct impact for better, safer care.​