Awards
January 6, 2026
Three DMCBH members appointed to Order of Canada
Three neuroscience researchers from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health — Drs. Adele…
News & Stories
Research
Dr. Ann-Marie Craig receives 2025 CLEAR Foundation Operating Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Ann Marie Craig, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC, on receiving the CLEAR Foundation’s 2025 Operating Grant. This important award will support her project, Targeting Synapses in Alzheimer’s Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia, advancing critical work to better understand the earliest brain changes that drive memory loss and cognitive decline. Dr. Craig’s research focuses on…
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Research
December 19, 2025
Papers of the month: December 2025
Check out some of the papers that were recently published by DMCBH members: …
Research
December 17, 2025
Neuroscience in Film: Inside Out with Dr. Daniela Palombo
When Dr. Daniela Palombo, an Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of Psychology and a…
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In the Media
| Name | Media Outlet | Date | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Illes | The Ubyssey | 12/06/2025 | Decolonizing neuroscience: Cross-cultural practice and reframing the field |
| Erik Pioro | Global News | 28/04/2025 | Exploring UBC’s new ALS clinic |
| Brain MacVicar | Global News | 11/04/2025 | UBC researchers create mini human brains to study Alzheimer’s |
| Catharine Winstanley | The Tyee | 10/04/2025 | By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook |
Events
Dr. Milan Valyear: Rewards, errors, and the disentangling of striatal functions.
January 23
2215 Wesbrook MallVancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada
Successful pursuit of reinforcers requires the generation of predictions and evaluation of outcomes. Midbrain dopamine neurons and their projections to the striatum are thought to be critical for these processes. Here, we will consider two narratives: dopamine as a reward signal and dopamine as an error signal. Then we will examine the extent to which these, and other narratives, can…
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Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
January 23 @ 3:00 pm
Sanjana Subramaniam: Comparative effects of early life adversity paradigms on emotional behaviour and memory
DMCBH Room 3402, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3
January 23 @ 7:00 pm
Sunset Meditation
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6J 3J9
Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
January 26 @ 3:30 pm
MATRIX-N Junior Scholars Lightning Talks: ‘Translational Research in Action’
DMCBH Room 3402, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3