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Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose (pictured) has been awarded CIHR funding to investigate the possible impact of COVID-19 on cognition and the brain post-infection.
Twelve students graduated from the Graduate Program in Neuroscience on June 17! You can see which students and some special videos by clicking here.
In the coming weeks, we will be profiling COVID-19 work and expertise from Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health members. In this story we profile DMCBH researcher Dr. Terry Snutch, Professor in UBC's Department of Psychiatry and Canada Research Chair in Biotechnology and Genomics-Neurobiology.
Neurons born in adulthood continue to grow and develop much longer than previously thought, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Neuroscience.
A team of researchers across Canada has received a $1.5 million grant from the Candian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) to develop a strategy that will position the advancement of knowledge about the brain as a national research priority and support the creation of the Canadian Brain Research Strategy Network.
All of us at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the Graduate Program in Neuroscience class of 2020!
It's disappointing to not be able to walk across the stage with your fellow graduates, so we hope this video will help a little, to show just how much we appreciate all of your hard work over the years. You've each contributed to advancing the field of neuroscience and we can't wait to see what you'll do next!
The DMCBH Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant is intended to help kick-start new research collaborations, directions, and technological developments. It supports new projects that generate preliminary data for future grant applications to external funding agencies.
The following are DMCBH researchers who have received this year's Grant. Congratulations to all the winners!
Jonathan Doucette, a PhD candidate in Dr. Alexander Rauscher's lab, is the receipient of UBC's Killam Doctoral Scholarship.
By now, nearly everyone has seen the horrific video of George Floyd being killed by Minneapolis police, an act that has sparked outrage and despair as we all grapple with the reality of injustice that the Black community faces around the world.
In the coming weeks, we will be profiling COVID-19 work and expertise from Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health members. Our second story is about the importance of exercise, with expertise from DMCBH researcher Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Director of the Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab.
In the coming weeks, we will be profiling COVID-19 work and expertise from Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health members. Our first profile is DMCBH researcher Dr. Stephanie Willerth, Affiliate Professor at UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering, ICORD member and Acting Director of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Victoria.
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