Public health
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
On World Tuberculosis Day, March 24, Professor Simon Grandjean Lapierre discusses the new molecular tools to improve treatment and halt transmission being developed at his Université de Montréal lab.
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Vincent Gautrais, professor at the Faculty of Law at Université de Montréal
Regulating infotech: 'we're still in a state of adolescence'
Law • Mar 19th
On TikTok, borderline personality disorder oscillates between confusion and deconstruction: caught between self-diagnoses fueled by misunderstood symptoms and personal stories that challenge the stigma, the platform has become both a source of ambiguity… and of hope.
TikTok: a vehicle for misinformation but also community-building
Psychiatry • Mar 18th
Gilles Brassard, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Gilles Brassard, co-founder of quantum cryptography, receives the A.M. Turing Award
Awards and honours • Mar 18th
Vikki Ho, professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at UdeM's School of Public Health
$2M to better understand and prevent colorectal cancer
Funding • Mar 17th
Daniel Sinnett, professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Université de Montréal
'We've changed the trajectory'
Cancer • Mar 16th

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To celebrate Francofête, the UdeM community is heading to the 'bibliothèques vivantes' to experience and promote the oldest form of knowledge sharing: conversation.

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To celebrate Francofête, the UdeM community is heading to the 'bibliothèques vivantes' to experience and promote the oldest form of knowledge sharing: conversation.

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Public health
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
Dr. Simon Grandjean Lapierre’s team is working on the development and validation of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis. From left to right: public health doctoral student Emmanuelle Ametepe; Simon Grandjean Lapierre; microbiology and infectious diseases residents Lucila Baldassarre and Sophie Lefrançois; Floriane Point, research assistant at the CHUM Research Centre; Hugo Leprohon, resident in microbiology and infectious diseases; and Florence Durocher, physician specializing in microbiology and infectious diseases. Residents Nayla Léveillé (clinical-research program) and Karima Zerrouki (internal medicine) are also part of the laboratory.
Awards and honours
Gilles Brassard, co-founder of quantum cryptography, receives the A.M. Turing Award
Gilles Brassard, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Funding
UdeM receives major CFI funding for its research infrastructure
La tour du pavillon Roger-Gaudry de l'Université de Montréal
Appointments
Yoshua Bengio elected co-chair of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Yoshua Bengio, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Honoris causa
UdeM honours Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, accompanied by Daniel Jutras and Patrick Cossette
Law
'We can't evolve in a world without rules'
Hervé Prince, UdeM international trade law expert
Appointments
Stéphane Dion is UdeM's new 'diplomat in residence'
Stéphane Dion
Computer science
Renowned U.S. cryptographer coming to UdeM
Diversity and inclusion
Raquel Fernandez studies women’s housing collectives
Raquel Fernandez