Mar 2, 2020 – Hourmazd Haghbayan, a student in the Master of Science in Epidemiology program with thesis at Université Laval, made the final submission of his thesis on February 21st. For his work Hourmazd received the congratulations of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS), Mrs. Josée Bastien.
Dec 20, 2019 – A large international, multicenter, randomized clinical trial designed and conducted by members of our team showed no benefit in using fresh red blood cells — cells stored for a maximum of 7 days — over older red blood cells in critically ill pediatric patients receiving transfusion within 7 days of ICU… Read more »
Dec 17, 2019 – We congratulate Marie-Pier Patton, research coordinator, for receiving a Canadian Critical Care Research Coordinators Group (CCCRCG) Education Travel Award to attend the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) Winter 2020 Meeting. The CCCRCG Education Travel Award aims to emphasize the importance of developing research coordinators and to encourage coordinators to attend… Read more »
Oct 10, 2019 – Noémie Villemure-Poliquin and Alexandre Bergeron received a grant from the Fondation du CHU de Québec 2019 for their respective research projects that they lead within our team as part of a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology. Congratulations!
Jul 8, 2019 – A recent publication from our research program in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ): Factors influencing decisions by critical care physicians to withdraw life-sustaining treatments in critically ill adult patients with severe traumatic brain injury: AF Turgeon, K Dorrance, P Archambault, F Lauzier, F Lamontagne, R Zarychanski, R Fowler, L Moore,… Read more »
Jun 7, 2019 – Several of our professionals and research students participated in this activity at université Laval: Guest speaker: Imen Farhat, « Systematic reviews and meta-analyses ». Awards: Jihad Abou Jamous and Michael Verret, MSc students, each received an award for best abstracts. Elisabeth Canitrot, prize for the best oral and poster presentation (PhD Protocol section). Oral communications: Jihad Abou… Read more »
May 9, 2019 – The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) awards a scholarship from the Resident Physician Health Research Career Training Program – Phase 1, to Paule Lessard Bonaventure for 2 years for her project on the evaluation of clinical practices during the critical care phase following severe traumatic brain injury. Congrats!
May 9, 2019 – The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) is awarding a four-year “Senior Research Fellow” grant to researcher Lynne Moore to continue her work on low-value clinical practices in traumatology. With our compliments!
May 8, 2019 – Jihad Abou Jamous, a second year MSc student, has just been awarded the 2019 Trainee Travel Award from the Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC). Jihad was one of five students chosen nationally for the award by the CTRC. With this award, Jihad has the opportunity to attend next CTRC… Read more »
Apr 18, 2019 – We are pleased to announce the launch of the HEMOTION website. This website is part of the communication tools of the HEMOTION clinical trial. Our aim is to provide clear and concise information on this clinical trial through a simplified and user-friendly website. Visit us at www.hemotion.ca
