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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:

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Non-invasive brain stimulation provides promise

For years, interior designer Raija Hilska felt like she was “always dragging something along”. Deep melancholy, profound sadness, raw emotions and, sometimes, thoughts of suicide.

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Using brain scans to study child psychiatric disorders

Dr. Tamara Vanderwal, a 2020 Azrieli Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research and Professor at The University of British Columbia is looking for new ways of diagnosing and treating brain disorders for kids.

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What are memories and how can they help us treat brain diseases?

Dr. Mark Cembrowski, a 2019 Azrieli Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research and investigator at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, is seeking an answer to one of the most pressing questions in neuroscience. What is memory? Through Dr. Cembrowski’s research, he is exploring how we form and store memories and how our memory relates to a variety of brain diseases and disorders.

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Increasing our understanding of the nervous system

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating medical condition that can forever change the trajectory of a life. It is also costly to the health care system, like traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer’s.

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Going for gold: Researchers open the blood-brain barrier for better drug delivery

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Pushing boundaries in medical imaging to explore new pathways for ALS treatment

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A personalized medicine approach to better understand the biology of bipolar disorder

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Non-invasive treatment for people with depression

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Discovery Grant gives lab capacity to deepen its focus on ALS

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Novel collaborations could lead to more effective ways to treat patients with ALS

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How “accidental” discoveries can lead to new insights in ALS biology

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What a new mouse model can teach us about weight loss, metabolism, and ALS

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