Bridging Gaps: A Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research Symposium
Lina Sifi, special to the HBHL Trainee Commitee — After a year of dedicated planning, the HBHL Trainee Committee welcomed over 100 participants to the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) on November 22, 2025, for a full day focused on patient-oriented neuroscience research.
Amazing Brain Science Talks 2025: Exploring Brain-Heart Connections
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) presented the third edition of the Amazing Brain Science Talks, in partnership with Brain Canada Foundation and the Brain-Heart Interconnectome.
NeuroSphere's Demo Day shines a light on innovation at McGill!
NeuroSphere hosted its third annual Demo Day last month, gathering 100+ attendees for an afternoon of pitches from eleven McGill-based startups and some lively networking.
A showcase of the latest in neuroscience innovation and a celebration of Quebec's entrepreneurship ecosystem, Demo Day featured pitches by:
Celebrating Research, Connections and Culture at IMPRESS Research Day
That's a wrap for the 2025 edition of IMPRESS—the Indigenous Mentorship and Paid Research Experience for Summer Students, presented by Branches, McGill's Community Outreach Program at Enrolment Services!
Thirteen HBHL-funded researchers awarded CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grants
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grant: Spring 2025 competition has approved 435 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 123 projects funded in Quebec.
HBHL is proud to announce that 13 HBHL-funded researchers will receive support for seven projects, representing an investment of over $6.7M at McGill and the Douglas Research Centre.
HBHL Scientific Director Alan Evans receives Order of Canada
Original article by The Neuro.
Career of breakthroughs in neuroimaging recognized with one of the nation’s highest honoursA career that took an uncharted trajectory has been recognized with the Order of Canada, one of the country’s top honours.
HBHL Symposium 2025: a week later, the energy still shines!
Over 300 attendees gathered at McGill University on May 6 and 7 for the HBHL Symposium 2025, a vibrant two-day celebration of cutting-edge neuroscience and brain health research.
This year’s event featured inspiring keynote talks by Damien Fair (University of Minnesota), Lucina Q. Uddin (UCLA) and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (McGill University), who explored topics from neuropsychiatry and brain network dynamics to social determinants of brain health.
SEX CELLS! On the importance of sex and gender in brain health
Last week, we welcomed neuroscientists Liisa Galea (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and Robert-Paul Juster (Université de Montréal) for SEX CELLS!, a vital conversation on implementing Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) in health research.
HBHL gets solid representation at 2025 Bravo Gala
The 2025 Bravo Gala was a celebration of McGill University's research community, and HBHL is proud to have been so well represented. Congratulations to the following HBHL-supported researchers for these outstanding awards:
March Neurogenesis talks explore brain mechanisms in food choice and computational modelling
Last week, HBHL hosted the third talk of the 2024-2025 Neurogenesis Speaker Series at the Neuro, featuring Dana Small and Yashar Zeighami.
Mentorship Lunch: Exploring the next steps
What if career steering and planning did not have to wait until graduation?
First Neurogenesis talk of 2025 highlights learning and spatial coding
Yesterday, HBHL hosted the first Neurogenesis Speaker Series talk of 2025 at The Neuro, featuring Paul Masset and Pouya Bashivan.
HBHL-funded researchers clinch CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition has approved 453 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 131 projects funded in Quebec.
Neurogenesis Speaker Series kicks off 2024 edition
Last week, HBHL hosted the first Neurogenesis Speaker Series talk of 2024 at The Neuro, featuring Danilo Bzdok, MD, PhD and Katie Lavigne, PhD.
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.
