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Kendy Imrith receives a CIHR Master’s Award

Apr 9, 2026 – Kendy Imrith, a Master’s student in Epidemiology under the supervision of Dr. Turgeon, has been awarded a scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as part of the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Master’s program. Her research project consists of a secondary analysis of the international randomized clinical trial HEMOTION… Read more »

Thierry Rouleau-Bonenfant receives the Maurice Trahan Anesthesiology Scholarly Achievement Award

Apr 8, 2026 – Congratulations to Thierry Rouleau-Bonenfant, recipient of the Maurice Trahan Anesthesiology Scholarly Achievement Award. This award recognizes an anesthesiology resident who has distinguished themselves through the quality of their scholarly project presented at the Scientific Day of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Université Laval. The award was presented during… Read more »

Treatment of TBI in Adults: Excitatory Amino Acid Inhibitors

Apr 2, 2026 – Recent publication: A systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at evaluating the effect of excitatory amino acid (EAA) inhibitors in adult patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Intervention studied: Early administration (within the first week) of EAA inhibitors compared with placebo, standard care, or other interventions. Number of studies… Read more »

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Finding better ways to treat neurocritically ill patients

Our mission is to improve bedside management strategies and health outcomes of critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury, by carrying out patient-oriented research and implementing evidence-based informed decision-making.

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This Chair targets patient-oriented applied clinical research at the bedside of critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury.

Dr. Alexis F. Turgeon
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Our team is specialized in clinical applied research focused on improving the care of critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury. The goal of our research is to improve bedside practices and health outcomes in this group of patients by using evidence-based, patient-centered decision-making. Our projects are carried out in collaboration with the Canadian Traumatic brain injury Research Consortium (CTRC), the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG), the Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group (PACT) and other groups worldwide.

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