Mentorship Lunch: Industry Perspectives

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, HBHL hosted a Mentorship Lunch that brought together experienced industry professionals and over 40 McGill graduate students, postdocs and postgrads over coffee and lunch at the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. Mentors shared about their experience navigating the workforce and engaged in lively roundtable discussions with the mentees.

Dr. Rob Whitley, The Suburban

Men’s health awareness doesn’t end with Movember. Read more

Prof. Jelena Ristic presents TEDx talk at the Amazing Brain Science Talks

On October 17, 2024, Prof. Jelena Ristic presented a TEDx talk entitled, Eyes speak louder than words, at the Amazing Brain Science Talks hosted by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL), which is an interdisciplinary neuroscience program at McGill. This event brought together leading Canadian brain health experts to showcase some of the latest advances in brain health research. For more information on the event, see here. To watch Prof.

Dr. Gustavo Turecki, CTV News

Thinking of donating your brain to science? This is what they might do with it. Listen here

Dr. Howard Margolese elected as president of CCEIP

The Canadian Consortium for Early Intervention in Psychosis (CCEIP) is a national and bilingual organization of clinicians and researchers who are associated with early psychosis programs. Its mission is to enhance optimum care for Canadians in the early phase of psychosis through improved service models, the generation and translation of knowledge, and engagement and partnership with stakeholders. Congratulations Dr. Margolese!

Spotlight on Neuro-Innovation at NeuroSphere's Demo Day

On Friday, November 8, 2024, NeuroSphere held its Demo Day at Maison Alcan in Montreal, with support from sponsors Gowling WLG and the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI). The event drew over 160 members of Canada's innovation ecosystem for a full day of pitches, panels and networking.

Open Science project funded for $1.5M

YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the “reproducibility crisis” in research

An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.

YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.

Amazing Brain Science Talks 2024: Celebrating the Mind

We're happy to announce that the 2024 Amazing Brain Science Talks video recordings are officially live on our YouTube channel. Whether you're tuning in for the first time or revisiting your favourite moments, don't miss out on these compelling talks!

At-home neurological disorder diagnosis project receives major funding

$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease

REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.

New publication in the International Journal of Eating Disorders by graduate student Adrienne Mehak and Prof. Sarah Racine

Congratulations to PhD candidate Adrienne Mehak and Prof. Racine for their recent publication in the International Journal of Eating Disorders! The paper is titled, A Psychophysiological Investigation of Mechanisms Underlying “Feeling Fat” in Women With and Without Binge Eating, and more information (including the full article) can be found here. Great work! 

Dr. Sylvain Williams, La Presse

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Dr. Cécile Rousseau, CBC

Police investigating educators at Montreal youth centre after sexual misconduct allegations. Read more

Dr. Reut Gruber, CBC Radio

Quebec is holding a consultation on the time change. Is it time to stop changing the clocks? Listen here

Dr. Patrícia Silveira elected to the Society for Pediatric Research membership

Dr. Patrícia Silveira has been elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) membership. The mission of the Society for Pediatric Research is to cultivate a diverse network of child health researchers through collaboration, community, mentorship, and advocacy. Congratulations Dr. Silveira!

New publication in Nature Communications Psychology by graduate student Florence Mayrand and Prof. Jelena Ristic

Congratulations to graduate student Florence Mayrand, postdoc Dr. Sarah McCrackin, and Prof. Ristic for their recent publication in Nature Communications Psychology! The paper is titled, Intentional looks facilitate faster responding in observers, and can be found here.