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Garden of Resilience: Stories of Disruption and Adaptation during the 21st Century

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Doctoral Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $48,958

Project Overview

In the era of climate change-related disasters and a globally disruptive pandemic, people worldwide are grappling with the question of how to foster resilience. In my PhD, I study the topic of resilience based on my perspectives as an occupational therapist and a Métis researcher collaborating with a First Nations-led…

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A prodepressive dopamine receptor complex in brain mediates sex differences in depression and anxiety: validation and strategies for drug discovery

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Basics of Better Mental Health

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,100,000

Project Overview

Major depression is common, highly prevalent, potentially lethal, affecting 10% of individuals with significant increase between 2015-2020, and 2-3-fold higher incidence in women compared to men. No cause for this sex difference is known, nor is it addressed by available treatments. Current antidepressants targeting serotonin/noradrenergic systems are ineffective in many,…

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Developing open-science resources to map transgenerational, sex-specific effects of peripartum neuropsychiatric disease

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Basics of Better Mental Health

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,100,000

Project Overview

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are high risk for depression onset and other psychiatric disorders in the birthing parent. Up to 20% of females experience postpartum depression, which not only impacts maternal health, but has transgenerational impact on children’s neurodevelopmental and mental health risk. Boys are more likely to develop…

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Insulin resistance in the mesolimbic system, a novel hypothesis for depression associated with metabolic resistance from obesity.

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Basics of Better Mental Health

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,100,000

Project Overview

Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. There are several theories of the cause of this association, however one commonality amongst these theories is that insulin, a hormone released after meals, becomes ineffective in obesity or type 2 diabetes and no longer regulates…

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Spatial-temporal determinants of NMJs: from genes to function

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    ALS

  • Competition

    ALS Canada - Brain Canada Discovery Grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $30,000

Project Overview

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease where motor neurons, neurons that control the muscles to generate fundamental movements in our daily life, are gradually destroyed during the disease leading to paralysis and eventually death. However, the death of motor neurons is preceded by the destruction of their contact with…

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