Location and scale

RI-MUHC is located in Montreal, Quebec, and is considered one of the largest and most modern biomedical and hospital research centres in North America. It supports roughly 440–500 investigators and about 1,200–1,400 trainees (graduate students and postdocs), placing it among the top research hospital institutes in Canada

Main research areas

The institute is organized into eight multidisciplinary programs that cover a wide spectrum of health topics, including brain and neuroscience, cancer, cardiovascular health, child development, metabolic disorders, infectious diseases and global health, injury repair, and respiratory diseases. These programs are designed to foster collaboration between basic, clinical, and evaluative researchers so that discoveries move more quickly into practice.

Clinical research and trials

RI-MUHC conducts and manages phase I to IV clinical trials across more than 30 therapeutic areas, leveraging its integration with MUHC hospitals. This structure allows research teams to work directly with patient populations, from early-stage experimental therapies through to large late-phase studies that can change clinical guidelines.

Training and opportunities

The institute hosts master’s, PhD, and postdoctoral trainees who are usually supervised by McGill-appointed investigators and often supported through research grants. For someone with a clinical research or biomedical background, RI-MUHC offers opportunities in lab research, clinical trials coordination, data analysis, and health-services or population-health research within a highly collaborative environment.