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Getting the dosage right: $1.2M awarded for diagnostic tech that could transform mental health care

Researchers are developing rapid diagnostic tools that could slash wait-times and allow clinicians to personalize treatments for mental health conditions in real time.   
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National Indigenous Peoples Day

A showcase of the students, staff and faculty at McMaster who enrich our community with diverse perspectives and Ways of Knowing.
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Angelica McQuarrie is ‘the steady force’ that keeps PACE going

The program manager at the Physical Activity Centre of Excellence — a place unlike any other — creates a community where everyone feels like they belong.
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McMaster scientists celebrated for leadership in virology

Miller has received the Grandvaux-McCormick Award for Service to Canadian Virology, and Mossman has been honoured with the CSV’s Mentor Award for Senior Investigators. 
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$50M McCall MacBain Foundation gift propels McMaster’s leadership in helping people live longer in good health

The largest philanthropic gift to kinesiology in Canadian university history supports a long-term vision for global healthspan research, education, health policy and community impact.
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Key protein in Parkinson’s disease behaves differently in blood and brain, McMaster study shows

Insights from the study of protein alpha-synuclein could lead to earlier detection of the neurogenerative disease.
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McMaster researcher’s latest antibiotic discovery offers new way to kill drug-resistant bacteria

Manikomycin, which blocks the exit site of the protein-producing machinery in bacteria, is the fourth major discovery from antimicrobial resistance expert Gerry Wright’s research team in recent months.
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‘Gold standard’ mental health diagnostic interviews not as reliable as previously believed, study finds

The study finds only moderate consistency in the results of standardized diagnostic interviews for adult mental and substance use disorders.
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Student innovators present AI-powered sepsis screening tool in global competition

The students are participating in a multiweek pitching experience that is part of the Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab Hackathon.
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Professor Mark Loeb receives Canadian Medical Association’s highest honour

The F.N.G. Starr award recognizes Loeb's decades of leadership in infectious disease research, landmark clinical trials and public health advocacy that shaped medical practice and policy in Canada and around the world.

Analysis: After the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands more kindergarteners faced developmental challenges

An increase in the number of kindergarten children with special needs since the pandemic means more children will require specialized assistance and accommodation in later grades.
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Research links diet and inflammation with frailty

A new study from McMaster researchers helps explain, at the molecular level, how what we eat can impact frailty as we age.