• Overview
      • Graduate Program in Neuroscience
      • Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
      • BC Brain Wellness Program
      • Dynamic Brain Circuits Cluster
      • Funding Opportunities
  • Contact
  • COVID-19
  • Donate Now
  • Login
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH Menu
    • About Us
    • Leadership
    • Staff
    • Governance
    • Strategic Plan
    • Annual Reports
    • Careers
  • Faculty
    • Our Research
    • Integrated Research Programs
      • Brain Development & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
      • Brain Injury & Repair
      • Learning/Memory & Dementias
      • Mental Health & Addictions
      • Sensory/Motor Systems & Movement Disorders
    • Foundational Disciplines
    • Clinical Disciplines
    • Core Facilities
    • Our Clinics
      • Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
      • Huntington Disease
      • Mood Disorders
      • Movement Disorders
      • Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica
    • News & Events
      • News
      • Events
        • Neuroscience Research Colloquium
  • Ways to Give
  • About
    • About Us
    • Leadership
    • Staff
    • Governance
    • Strategic Plan
    • Annual Reports
    • Careers
  • Faculty
  • Research
    • Our Research
    • Integrated Research Programs
      • Brain Development & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
      • Brain Injury & Repair
      • Learning/Memory & Dementias
      • Mental Health & Addictions
      • Sensory/Motor Systems & Movement Disorders
    • Foundational Disciplines
    • Clinical Disciplines
    • Core Facilities
  • Clinics
    • Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
    • Huntington Disease
    • Mood Disorders
    • Movement Disorders
    • Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
      • Neuroscience Research Colloquium
  • Ways to Give
  • Programs & Training
    • Graduate Program in Neuroscience
    • Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
    • BC Brain Wellness Program
    • Dynamic Brain Circuits Cluster
    • Funding Opportunities
  • Contact
  • COVID-19
  • Login
  • Donate Now

News

The Centre aims to advance brain health across the lifespan by sharing the latest research highlights, accomplishments, treatments, news and events from our community of scientists, clinicians, staff, trainees and partners.

Reset
Research
September 17, 2019

Surrey-Vancouver kindergarten curriculum trial improved student success and reduced teacher burnout

A kindergarten program emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another has...

Read More
PeopleResearch
July 2, 2019

Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia’s lab to look at immunological underpinnings of neurodevelopmental disorders

Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia opened her lab at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain...

Read More
Research
June 3, 2019

Pavlidis lab: New discoveries towards understanding the genetic causes of the autism spectrum disorder

Written by Daniela Salas from the Foster lab, Michael Smith Laboratories and cross-posted to...

Read More
Research
May 22, 2019

Ethical questions around brain devices marketed to consumers

Wearable brain devices are now being marketed directly to consumers and often claim to...

Read More
Research
April 24, 2019

Exercise, executive functions, and engaging with physical activity for better brain health

When it comes to the relationship between physical activity and improved executive function (EF),...

Read More
Research
March 26, 2019

Study to look at effects of alcohol and marijuana use during pregnancy

Pictured: Dr. Brian Christie. Image source: University of Victoria. As attitudes and regulations around...

Read More
Research
March 5, 2019

Motherhood changes the brain, possibly forever

Pictured: Rand Eid (facing forward, left) at work in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology...

Read More
Research
February 21, 2019

Inter-cluster collaboration uncovers how blood vessels protect the brain during inflammation

Researchers from two Research Excellence Clusters at the University of British Columbia have discovered...

Read More
Research
February 1, 2019

Brain imaging in new SUDEP model reveals map of silenced neural activity after seizure

Until now, there was no clear reason why sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)...

Read More
Research
January 24, 2019

Have we been asking the right questions about neurogenesis?

Image: neurons in the infant brain. Image source: snyderlab.com. Does neurogenesis occur in human adults?...

Read More
Research
November 9, 2018

Educational neuroscience research cluster growing in numbers and influence

“In the beginning, we were just thinking about children, and how education affects kids’...

Read More
Research
August 9, 2018

Essential ‘sugar’ for brain communication: a new therapeutic path for autism, schizophrenia

Pictured: wild-type and model neurons showing connection points. When the glycan associated with neurexin...

Read More
Previous
1
2
3
4
Next

Join Our Mailing List

Keep updated with DMCBH news with our monthly Brain Matters email newsletter.






Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
Login
2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z3
(604) 822-7246
Fax: (604) 822-0361
communications@brain.ubc.ca
Research Programs
  • Brain Development & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Brain Injury & Repair
  • Learning/Memory & Dementias
  • Mental Health & Addictions
  • Sensory/Motor Systems & Movement Disorders
Learn More
  • About
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Core Facilities
  • Programs & Training
  • Contact
Get Involved
  • Become a Member
  • Ways to Give
  • Donate Now
Clinics
  • Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
  • Huntington Disease
  • Mood Disorders
  • Movement Disorders
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica

© 2023 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH. All rights reserved.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms And Conditions

Crafted with by Forge and Smith using Anvil Blocks.