A transformative gift of $10 million from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation in support of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health will expand the Centre’s internationally renowned role in brain research and establish a Global Brain Consortium of leading research institutions. The consortium will focus on sharing research methodologies and results, with the goal of accelerating the finding of novel and ground-breaking solutions to mental health and neurodegenerative diseases.

Classified as: Irving Ludmer, big-data research, Global Brain Consortium, Ludmer Centre, donation, Ludmer Family Foundation, McGill University, health and lifestyle, funding
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Published on: 20 Jun 2018

What if we could reduce rates of a wide range of devastating mental illnesses through early detection? Thanks to a significant gift of $2.9M from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation to The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University (The Neuro), hope is on the horizon through the expansion of a major collaboration to understand why some children are vulnerable to conditions like autism, attention deficit disorder and social anxiety, and what can be done to prevent these disorders before they take hold. This collaboration will also explore brain disorders in the aging population, such as dementia, in an unprecedented investigation of mental health across the lifespan.

Classified as: epigenetics, Michael Meaney, mental health, Alan Evans, bioinformatics, Irving Ludmer, Ludmer Family Foundation, celia greenwood
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Published on: 21 Oct 2014
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