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Characterization of the role of LRRTMs in synaptic plasticity and memory formation

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Central Nervous System

  • Disease Area

    Autism

  • Competition

    Bell Mental Health Research Training Awards

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2013

  • Total Grant Amount

    $165,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $82,500

Project Overview

The key neuropathology underlying ASDs is abnormal neuronal communication as a result of altered synapse formation, function and plasticity. Specialized synaptic proteins known as cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) critically regulate synapse formation during brain development. CAMs known as Leucine Rich-Repeat TransMembrane neuronal proteins (LRRTMs), have recently been identified in screens…

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Making the race fair for young children at risk: a targeted prevention approach to reducing child emotional and behaviour problems

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    RBC-Brain Canada Research Partnership in Mental Health Services for Children and Youth - MIRI2015

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2016

  • Total Grant Amount

    $909,997

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $454,999

Project Overview

One of the largest predictors of mental illness is childhood emotional and behavioural problems (EBP, e.g., aggression, anxiety, depression), which occur in 12-26% of children under age 6 years. There is an urgent need for early interventions that prevent the onset of EBP in young children. For this project, Principle…

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A mixed-methods evaluation of a dance therapy intervention for students seeking on-campus mental health services

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Other

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2016

  • Total Grant Amount

    $28,416

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $14,208

Project Overview

Decades of dance research have demonstrated the positive benefits of dance in terms of improving quality of life and reducing symptomatology for diverse groups of participants. Dance may improve mood, body image, self-esteem, and support healing processes for persons suffering from physical, cognitive, and emotional distress. However, while research findings…

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Evaluation of the Kids Write Network (KWN) intervention with children of severely ill parents: a qualitative and quantitative pilot study

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Other

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2015

  • Total Grant Amount

    $190,385

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $95,193

Project Overview

Adolescence represents a unique developmental window of the life cycle to adopt healthy behaviours that will support psychosocial adjustment and well-being during adolescence and adulthood (World Health Organization, 2001). This research project seeks to evaluate the Kids Write Network (KWN) intervention, which is directed at adolescents at risk for psychosocial problems,…

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Canadian Paediatric Stroke Imaging Research Platform: Harnessing an International Focus

  • Grant Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    2015 Platform Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2016

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,433,750

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $716,875

Project Overview

Stroke is a leading cause of adult and childhood focal brain injury and disability. Most stroke patients die or face disability (mental or physical), impacting individuals for many decades. Children are 3 times more likely to have normal motor outcomes than adults with similar strokes. However, the burden of lifelong…

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