For every $1 we spend in seed funding through the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program, Future Leaders will attract an additional $7.75 to build on their findings.
For every $1 we spend in seed funding through the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program, Future Leaders will attract an additional $7.75 to build on their findings. Since 2019, the Future Leaders program has supported 131 promising early career researchers with $100,000 each to pursue bold ideas, advance their research programs, and launch their careers. This seed funding has allowed Future Leaders to:
Brain Canada is proud to announce the 2025 Rising Star Trainee Award recipients, a new cohort of trainees (master’s students, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows) whose work is advancing our understanding of brain health across Canada.
Screens are changing young brains. Canada needs a plan
Dr. Emma Duerden is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in neuroscience and learning disorders – applied psychology at Western University. Dr. Franco Vaccarino is professor emeritus at the University of Guelph and former president and vice chancellor. Alison Palmer is the evaluation and special projects lead at Brain Canada Foundation.
Imagine a neurosurgeon using light or sound to manipulate specific cells in your brain and restore your brain health. Instead of implanting electrodes and buzzing broader areas of your brain to help relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, for example, a neurosurgeon would use gene therapy to deliver light-sensitive proteins into specific brain cells affected by the disease and use light to stimulate only those cells.
