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McMaster family practice moves downtown

The transformation from abandoned bingo hall to modern medical facility is complete. McMaster Family Practice, one of three community family practice sites affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine, recently completed its relocation from the McMaster University Medical Centre to the newly renovated West End Clinic at 690 Main Street West. Culminating a year of planning and preparation, the new offices were quietly opened for the first patients on May 21. Official opening ceremonies took place today, with Hamilton mayor Bob Wade, Hamilton Health Sciences chief executive officer Murray Martin, and Hamilton Health Sciences board chair Marvin Ryder in attendance.

McMaster awarded three more Canada Research Chairs

Three new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) have been awarded to McMaster University, bringing the University's total number of chairs to 33. McMaster will receive $4.2 million from the CRC program over the next seven years to support the work of world-class researchers Paul Higgs(physics) Manel Jordana(medicine), and Tamas Terlaky (industrial engineering). Jordana, who will hold the Canada Research Chair in Immune Biology of Respiratory Disease and Allergy, is a professor of pathology and molecular medicine at McMaster. Terlaky, a professor in computing & software engineering, will be Canada Research Chair in Optimization. Higgs, from the University of Manchester in the UK, recently accepted a tenured position in McMaster's Department of Physics & Astronomy. He will hold the title Canada Research Chair in Biophysics.