Congratulations to 2nd year MD/PhD student Taylor Incze for her 2nd place poster prize at the McMaster Medical Student Research Day (MMSRD)! McMaster UGME

Shout out to our stellar MD/PhD students Ali Zhang and Jake Colautti (Jake Colautti) for speaking as panelists at the McMaster Medical Student Research Day! McMaster UGME

Great work by one of our MD/PhD students Jianhan Wu!

Our students gathered for the first social of the year! It was an evening filled with celebrations of our new director (Meredith Vanstone) and our 3 incoming MD/PhD students (Aruun, Shraddha & Ayesha) 🎊

Want to join our program? Applications for the McMaster MD/PhD program are open until November 1st, 2024.

Congrats to Elena Kum (#McMasterUGME C26, MD/PhD) on publishing in the European Respiratory Journal! 🎉 Her research on the McMaster Cough Severity Questionnaire (MCSQ) is already impacting trials for chronic cough in conditions like IPF, asthma, & COPD.

Elena’s work is supported in part by a MAC RES award, a CIHR Doctoral Scholarship, and a HAHSO Innovation Grant. Her work is supervised by Dr. Imran Satia of the Cardio-Respiratory Lab. You can read her full paper here: erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/…

🎉 Congratulations to Elena Kum, #McMasterUGME, Class of 2026, for receiving one of the 2024 annual MAC RES awards! To read an update on her research, click here: instagram.com/p/DBywn7dx2xU/

🎉 Congratulations to Sawayra Owias, #McMasterUGME, Class of 2025, for receiving one of the 2024 annual MAC RES awards! To read an update on her research, click here: instagram.com/p/DB_uDKjxutV/

Congratulations to our very own Yujin Suk (Yujin Suk) for a successful PhD defence! 🎉 Yujin investigated novel therapeutic modalities in pediatric medulloblastoma. We are so proud of her and wish her the best of luck as she enters clerkship! Sheila Singh Brain Tumour Lab McMaster UGME

🎉 Congratulations to Jake Colautti, McMaster UGME, Class of 2025, for receiving one of the 2024 annual MAC RES awards! To read an update on his research, click here: instagram.com/p/DCXTNMzR3Lc/

📢 Join our #CIPtheT seminar: "Aligning Research & Medicine" 🩺🔬 📅 Dec 5, 2024 | 🕐 1 PM EST Hear from resident physician scientists on balancing clinical & research careers. 🔗 Register: forms.gle/zXY2axbKL1QMZ7… 📩 Questions? Email us at [email protected].

Check out this awesome work published by one of our 3rd year MD/PhD students Jake Colautti from the John Whitney lab! 🎉 nature.com/articles/s4146… McMaster UGME McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program

Happy holidays! Our students gathered for a wonderful end-of-year celebration filled with great chats, food, and gingerbread house competitions ❄️

Another great seminar featuring one of our stellar program alums Dr. Ali Zhang! Ali shared insights about his research career, experience in residency, among many other topics. We were so grateful for his time and wisdom. Miller Lab McMaster University, PGME McMaster UGME

Check out our recent publication in the European Journal of Epidemiology on stratified Mendelian randomization and an exploration of biases affecting these analyses 🕵️🧬📊: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Special thanks to my PhD supervisor Gui Paré, Zoltán Kutalik, and Leona Knüsel

Pleased to share our comment in the The Lancet Respiratory Medicine about placebo responses in clinical trials of refractory chronic cough! Our article explores neurobiological mechanisms of true placebo effects and non-specific factors underlying the placebo response. thelancet.com/journals/lanre…