People
October 19, 2026
How curiosity shaped Dr. Callista Yee’s path to neuroscience
As a child, Dr. Callista Yee wanted to become an oncologist. Her older brother…
Recent News
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
Research
Four DMCBH members among new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
Four Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) members have been named new and renewed Canada Research Chairs by the Government of Canada, recognizing their global research excellence and contributions to advancing health and medicine. The Canada Research Chairs Program enables Canadian universities to attract and retain world-class researchers who advance new knowledge and discoveries, strengthen Canada’s international competitiveness and…
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Trainees
October 9, 2026
Graduate students awarded 2025 Canada Graduate Scholarships
Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN) students who have received awards…
Research
October 6, 2026
Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman receives funding to investigate relationship between blood flow and Alzheimer’s disease
Congratulations to Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman on receiving funding from the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation…
Upcoming Events
Find out about upcoming events hosted by the Centre, its research partners and affiliated organizations.
Dr. Adrien Peyrache: Orienting memory during wake and sleep
October 30
2215 Wesbrook MallVancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada
The head-direction (HD) circuit, an upstream provider of orientation signals for navigation, maintains coherent internal orientation memory that stays stable within each environment for weeks. During non-REM sleep, when hippocampal trajectories are replayed for memory formation, HD cells remain coordinated and directly influence this hippocampal replay. This suggests the HD system conveys a “virtual” orientation signal to support memory replay,…
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Neuroscience Research Colloquium
November 6 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Emily Bayer: Brain-body signaling in Danionella cerebrum
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Neuroscience Research Colloquium
November 27 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Cagla Eroglu: How Do Glia Sculpt Synaptic Circuits?
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Neuroscience Research Colloquium
December 4 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Yi-Yuan Tang
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Our Research
The Centre is home to five Integrated Research Programs, with over 100 investigators involved in clinical and foundational research.
