Sleep. Fighting cancer. Ring finger. Xenophobe?
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 23, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Le Devoir writes about research being led by Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, assistant professor in the Department of Exercise Science, into the mechanisms of sleep and insomnia.
- Santé Log picks up a report about Concordia research, led by associate professor of Biology Vladimir Titorenko, into the cancer-fighting potential of a naturally produced bile acid in the human liver. The study was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
- An article in The Telegraph (UK) provides a link to an article it published in November 2010 about research led by marketing professor Gad Saad into how personality traits in men correlated with their finger lengths.
- Le Devoir mentions a study co-authored by Antoine Bilodeau, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, according to which francophone Quebecers living in off-island suburbs of Montreal are among those who feel the most threatened by immigration.