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Recent News
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
Research
Unlocking the mysteries of concussion and the brain
New UBC research could make diagnosis, treatment and prevention more effective for everyone — especially women. It was a freak accident, and at first it didn’t seem like a big deal. UBC student Rori Wood was practicing with her teammates on the Thunderbirds women’s rugby team. During non-contact drills, another player caught her in the eye with an elbow. “I…
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Trainees
September 9, 2022
Trainee Profile: Mikey Jose
Mikey Jose is a PhD student in Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell‘s lab. We caught up…
Trainees
September 7, 2022
Trainee Profile: Karina Thiessen
Karina Thiessen is a PhD student in Dr. Christian Schütz’s lab. We caught up…
Upcoming Events
Find out about upcoming events hosted by the Centre, its research partners and affiliated organizations.
Dr. Eric Yttri: Understanding brain-wide circuit dynamics underlying learned and spontaneous behavior with B-SOiD
October 14
For decades, neuroscience has focused almost exclusively on stereotyped, reductionist, and over-trained behaviors due to their ease of study. In contrast, naturalistic behavior provides a rich diversity of movements, but this feature also largely precludes it from quantification and use. Recent advances in computer vision have enabled automatic tracking of the position of body parts – but position is not behavior. To provide a…
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Neuroscience Research Colloquium
October 21 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Anthony Filiano: Regulating the Brain from Its Borders
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Neuroscience Research Colloquium
October 28 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Mihaela Iordanova: Neurobiology of secondary fear triggers
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Neuroscience Research Colloquium
November 4 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Ryan McLaughlin: Lost in Translation: Leveraging Preclinical Models to Interrogate Effects of Developmental Cannabis Exposure
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.
