News & Updates

Heart & Stroke, in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and Brain Canada, is excited to announce the recipients of the Cardiac Arrest Research Team Grants - an investment in groundbreaking research to address the most urgent challenges in cardiac arrest prediction, care, and recovery.

The 2026 Undergraduate Student Fellowships is a program designed to attract the brightest young scientists into the field of Huntington disease research and to facilitate meaningful research to clarify the biological mechanisms underlying Huntington disease pathology.

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.

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.