/engineering/taxonomy/term/807/all en /engineering/article/news/minister-jean-yves-duclos-praises-lifesaving-work-done-mcgill-engineering-team <p>The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, the federal Health Minister, visited the McConnell Engineering Building on Monday, April 25 to tour the wastewater surveillance program.</p> Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:19:06 +0000 Richard Deschamps 8784 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/particles-populations-bioengineering-professor-caroline-wagner-researches-disease-spread <p><a href="/engineering/caroline-wagner">Professor Caroline Wagner</a> is part of a new cadre of researchers who take an interdisciplinary approach, and her work combines immunology, epidemiology, climate science, mathematical modeling, and engineering sciences, to tackle the global health challenges of the future.</p> <p><strong>You began your academic career as a mechanical engineering undergraduate student at ƻ����Ժ. How did you end up focusing on global health?</strong></p> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:20:58 +0000 Samantha Rideout 8716 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/delay-second-doses-covid-19-vaccines-has-epidemiological-benefits-long-term-effects-depend-strength <h3>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h3> <p>Delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccines should reduce case numbers in the near term; however, the longer term case burden and the potential for evolution of viral ‘escape’ from immunity will depend on the robustness of immune responses generated by natural infections and one or two vaccine doses, according to a study from ƻ����Ժ and Princeton University published today in Science.</p> Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:42:57 +0000 Frederique Mazerolle 8541 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/preventing-spread-sars-cov-2-high-touch-metallic-surfaces <p>ƻ����Ժ professor <a href="/engineering/stephen-yue">Stephen Yue</a> and <a href="http://www.ladydavis.ca/en/chenliang">Dr. Chen Liang</a>, a researcher at the ƻ����Ժ AIDS Centre and Lady Davis Institute, received an NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grant to produce a cost-effective, production-ready antiviral coating that could significantly reduce the rate of SARS-CoV-2 transmission on high-touch metallic surfaces in public spaces such as schools, office buildings, and clinics.</p> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:59:20 +0000 Antonella Fratino 8413 at /engineering /engineering/article/developing-vaccine-creating-antiviral-materials-six-engineering-professors-are-channeling-their <p>As researchers across the globe are working on preventing the spread of COVID-19, professors in the Faculty of Engineering are responding to the challenge in unique and compelling ways. These are six researchers who are using their diverse expertise towards making an impact.<br />  </p> <h3>The path towards a vaccine</h3> <p><a href="/bioengineering/people/faculty/amine-kamen">Professor Amine Kamen</a> (Bioengineering) and his research group are working hard to produce a safe, cost-effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus.</p> Wed, 20 May 2020 18:33:08 +0000 Antonella Fratino 8302 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/mcgill-professors-part-federally-funded-covid-19-research-initiative <p>Earlier today, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced an investment of $6.75M to support the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/institutes-health-research/news/2020/03/government-of-canada-invests-27m-in-coronavirus-research.html">Canadian 2019 Novel COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity</a>, created to contribute to efforts to accelerate the development, testing and implementation of medical and social countermeasures to mitigate the rapid spread of the COVID-19 and its negative consequences on people and communities.</p> Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:10:43 +0000 Amanda Testani 8527 at /engineering