And the winners of the 2009-10 CARE competition are…

The 2009-2010 edition of the CARE competition once again attracted several high quality proposals; however, two projects stood out and received a $20,000 grant each.

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$600,000 for research on delirium in older patients

Delirium (also called “acute confusion”) is frequent in older patients, both in hospitals and in long-term care facilities. The research grants awarded to St. Mary’s Hospital Center will improve our knowledge about the prevalence and risk factors of delirium, as well as the factors that influence recovery from delirium.

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New research chair at SMHC

Dr. Jeannie Haggerty is the first McGill Family and Community Medicine Research Chair at St. Mary's Hospital Center. Her appointment reinforces St. Mary's university-affiliated hospital centre status, and further strengthens our research capacities.

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New accreditation for the Research Ethics Committee of St Mary’s Hospital Center

The Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux (MSSS) has recognized the outstanding quality of the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of St Mary’s Hospital Center (SMHC) by granting it the ability to review, approve, and monitor projects involving minors and incompetent adults. This new accreditation further fortifies the University-affiliated Hospital Centre status of the hospital, as well as boosts some new research projects.

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