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FAQ: McGill University's Success at 2025 AOS Meeting and Bernadett Family Scholarship Program
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McGill University students secured top awards at the 2025 American Osler Society meeting, winning six of nine prizes since 2023 and demonstrating academic excellence.
The Bernadett Family International Medical Student Scholarship Program funds research projects like Reda Hessi's four-week study in London on curare's medical history and pharmaceutical influence.
McGill's participation at the AOS meeting strengthens the bridge between medicine and humanities, fostering critical thinking and enriching medical education through historical perspectives.
Students explored fascinating topics from Avicenna's tomb restoration to curare's journey to operating rooms, revealing medicine's rich historical narratives at the AOS meeting.
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The content covers McGill University medical students' award-winning achievements at the 2025 American Osler Society (AOS) meeting and the expansion of the Bernadett Family International Medical Student Scholarship Program.
Paris Dastjerdi won first prize for 'Restoring Avicenna's Tomb: A Historical Analysis of William Osler's Efforts,' and Meygan Brody received third prize for 'Justifying Judgment: How Canadian Temperance Textbooks Use Medicine to Teach Morality.' Reda Hessi also presented on 'Harold Griffith and Sir Robert Macintosh: Untold Stories of Curare's Journey to the Operating Room.'
Since the awards began in 2023, McGill students have won six of nine prizes, including first prize all three years, demonstrating consistent excellence.
Established in 2024 on behalf of Faustino Bernadett and his family, this scholarship program provides funding for students to pursue medical humanities research in the United Kingdom.
Reda Hessi was one of two recipients and undertook a four-week research project in London titled 'The Reception of Curare in Medicine and the Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry.'
Reda expressed immense gratitude for the opportunity to engage with rare collections in the UK, stating it would deeply enrich their research, broaden their perspective, and they looked forward to making new discoveries and sharing findings.
Brendan Ross, a psychiatry resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, served as both presenter and session chair, and Ali Fazlollahi, a recent graduate and previous Molina award winner, also participated.
Annmarie Adams delivered the McGovern Lecture titled 'Maude Abbott: A Life in Ten Spaces,' exploring Abbott's pioneering studies on congenital cardiac disease and her relationship with William Osler through a spatial biography approach.
The meeting successfully emphasized the intersection of medicine and the humanities, with McGill's participation playing a pivotal role in advancing this mission, supported by the Osler Library Board of Curators and Montreal community.
Program details are available at www.americanosler.org/content/awards-scholarships/international-medical-student-scholarship-program and information about Faustino Bernadett's philanthropy is at https://www.bernadett.org/.
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