Pictured: Dr. Haakon Nygaard shows Charles Fipke the new GE Healthcare SIGNA™
hybrid PET-MRI scanner housed in the Charles E. Fipke Integtrated Neuroimaging Suite at a ribbon-cutting event on April 8, 2019. The GE SIGNA™ is the first scanner of its kind in Canada.
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When it comes to the relationship between physical activity and improved executive function (EF), it may not be about the activity itself is as much as it is about how the activity is performed. A 2018 paper by Dr. Adele Diamond and graduate student Daphne S. Ling argued that changing the focus of research into the benefits of physical activity for EFs may produce more meaningful results.
A comprehensive review of existing research has found that any amount of exercise is good, but working out in different ways throughout the week is the best prescription for optimal cognitive and body function. The study, published recently in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, also found a relationship between improved physical health and improved overall brain health. Regular aerobic and resistance training also reduces frailty and its associated hazards in older adults.
As the Gobind Khorana Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Subramaniam will establish and direct an interdisciplinary program based in the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
Pictured, left to right: Brad Bennett, Prof. Santa Ono, Charles Fipke, Dr. Haakon Nygaard, Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Heather McCaw, and Dr. Jon Stoessl. Image credit: Martin Dee/UBC.
Dr. Julie Robillard, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Associate Director, Neuroethics Canada, has been awarded the Dr. Andrew Eisen Leadership Development Award for outstanding leadership and her project, Characterizing the Impact of Respite Care in ALS (CIRCA) project. She accepted the award at the ALS Society of BC Awards Ceremony on April 2.
More than 1500 psychiatrists, clinician-investigators, basic scientists, leading interational experts in biological psychiatry, and a Nobel laureate will meet in Vancouver in June, bringing diverse international perspectives to a collective exploration on the theme of “Neuroscience Discoveries and Translation to Clinical Practice.”
Pictured: Jasmine Gill (left) and Dr. Cheryl Wellington (right) pictured in Dr. Wellington's lab. Image credit: Paul Joseph/UBC.
Pictured: Dr. Brian Christie. Image source: University of Victoria.
As attitudes and regulations around cannabis use change around North America, a growing number of adults aged 19 to 30 years report using cannabis; a not-insignificant proportion of these report simultaneous use of alcohol and marijuana (SAM). For young women, this can present an increased risk of unplanned pregnancy, but can also mean engaging in potentially risky behaviours in the early stages of gestation before an individual knows they are pregnant.
Pictured: The Movement Disorders Clinic and Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre team at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health on World Parkinson's Day in 2018. Image source: Vancouver Coastal Health.
