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…
Recent News
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
People
How curiosity shaped Dr. Callista Yee’s path to neuroscience
As a child, Dr. Callista Yee wanted to become an oncologist. Her older brother had childhood cancer and watching the physicians who cared for him inspired her to pursue a career where she could make a difference in people’s lives. “I wanted to pay that forward,” she says. “And so I developed an interest in STEM and medicine from a…
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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…
Research
September 29, 2026
Papers of the month: September 2026
Check out some of the papers that were recently published by DMCBH members: Jan…
Upcoming Events
Find out about upcoming events hosted by the Centre, its research partners and affiliated organizations.
Dr. Michael J. Strong: The discovery of NF242 as a potential biotherapeutic for ALS: when a little competition is a good thing
October 23
2215 Wesbrook MallVancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada
TDP-43 protein aggregation is a pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In this talk, Dr. Michael Strong will discuss the discovery of NF242, an N-terminal fragment of the RNA-binding protein RGNEF that competes for interactions with TDP-43 and reduces its toxicity in experimental models of ALS. Dr. Strong will describe the development of NF242 as a potential biotherapeutic and…
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Neuroscience Research Colloquium
October 30 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Adrien Peyrache: Orienting memory during wake and sleep
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Neuroscience Research Colloquium
November 6 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Emily Bayer
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
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.
