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2025 McGill Medical Student Research Symposium (hybrid)

2025 McGill Medical Student Research Symposium (hybrid)

The Medical Student Research Symposium will feature participants in the Del Maestro Family William Osler Medical Student Essay Awards and recipients of the Molina Foundation Medical Student Osler Library Research Awards. Learn about humanities research conducted by McGill Medical Students! The presentations have special importance for the essayists, since their presentations will be factored into the final results to determine this year’s award winners.

Note: The Syndicat du transport de Montréal (maintenance employees) strike will take place from November 1 to 28 if no agreement is reached. During this time, bus and métro schedules could be restricted all week, from Monday to Sunday. For the most up-to-date information regarding impacts and schedules for the Metro, bus and paratransit services during the strike please consult the STM’s website.

Order of events:

Del Maestro Family William Osler Medical Student Essay Awards. Essay titles:

  • The Music of Illness: How Ravel, Schumann, and Scriabin Composed the Brain’s Silence
  • Beyond the Scalpel: Women Partners of the MNI: Avis Cone and Helen Penfield
  • Généalogie d’un Regard Psychiatrique
  • The Origins of McGill’s Department of Psychiatry and Its Legacy of Division from Neurology
  • No Patient Alone: Mapping Dr. Penfield’s Enduring Legacy on the Ethics of Awake Craniotomy
  • The Hidden Cost of Beauty: The Cultural, Historical, and Health Impact of Black Hair
  • Stomach, Stress, and Sex:
     Gendered Constructions of Ulcer Disease in the Mid-Twentieth Century

Special Presentation on glass stethoscopes by Dr. Milton Roxanas

Molina Family Research Award recipients:

  • Samy Amghar, “Wicked Wounds and Wretched War: Reframing Antimicrobial Resistance through World War I Writings by Canadian Medical Personnel”
  • Ilyas Oultache, “Greek to Arabic Translation of Medical Knowledge on Mental Illness During the Abbasid Period, and the Layla and Majnun Paradigm”

In-person location: Osler Library of the History of Medicine: McIntyre Medical Building, third floor, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6) 

Online attendance is an option. All are welcome, RSVP below.


2025 Symposium de recherche d'étudiants en médécine de McGill 

Le Medical Student Research Symposium mettra en vedette les participants aux Del Maestro Family William Osler Medical Student Essay Awards ainsi que les lauréats des Molina Foundation Medical Student Osler Library Research Awards. Venez découvrir les projets de recherche en sciences humaines menés par des étudiants en médecine de McGill!

Les présentations revêtent une importance particulière pour les essayistes, car elles seront prises en compte dans les résultats finaux afin de déterminer les lauréats de cette année.

Il est possible d’assister à l’événement en ligne. Bienvenue à toutes et à tous; merci de répondre à l’invitation ci-dessous.

Lieu (en présentiel) : Bibliothèque Osler d'histoire de la médecine: Pavillon McIntyre, 3ième étage, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC, H3G 1Y6 

Veuillez notez : La grève du Syndicat du transport de Montréal (employés des services d’entretien) sera en cours du 1er au 28 novembre si aucune entente n'est conclue. Durant cette période, les horaires bus et métro pourraient être restreints toute la semaine, incluant la fin de semaine. Pour obtenir les informations les plus récentes sur les répercussions de cette grève et sur les horaires de métro, d’autobus et de transport adapté, veuillez consulter le site Internet de la STM.

Date:
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Time:
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Osler Library
Campus:
Osler Library of the History of Medicine
Online:
This is also an online (hybrid) event. Event URL will be sent via registration email. Note that to receive this Event URL, you must register using the “Online Registration” option below.
Registration has closed.

Event Organizer

Osler Library of the History of Medicine Downtown Campus

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