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2022 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,858

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $929

Project Overview

Jude Frie, a doctoral candidate at the University of Guelph, investigates the effects nicotine vaping has on the brain and behaviour using advanced imaging techniques in rat models of nicotine vapour exposure. Jude used his travel award to attend the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Neurobiology of Drug Addiction in…

2022 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    ALS

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

Project Overview

Allison A. Dilliot is a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University who, through DNA sequencing, is looking to identify structural variant signatures unique to ALS cases. Allison used her travel award to attend the 2022 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California.

Development and Investigation of mouse models of deep brain stimulation for self-injurious behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodevelopment

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $4,500

Project Overview

Shireen and Edna Marcus Excellence Award There is a pressing unmet need to develop novel therapies for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and self-injurious behaviours (SIB). Up to half of children with ASD manifest SIB, which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality with few effective treatment options. Given…

Long-term effects of inhaled cannabis delivery during pregnancy on adolescent social behaviour and adult emotional behaviour in male and female rats

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodevelopment

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $10,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $5,000

Project Overview

Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) Neuroscience Fellowship in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Roughly 10-20% of people self-report use of cannabis during pregnancy. Human studies and animal models have shown that exposure to cannabis during pregnancy may lead to reduced growth and behavioural deficits. Animal models, which can…

In vivo Quantification of Synaptic Density in Youth With High-risk Cannabis Use: A Positron Emission Tomography Study With the Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A Radiotracer [18F]SynVesT-1

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $10,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $5,000

Project Overview

Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) Neuroscience Fellowship in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Frequent heavy use of cannabis is increasingly common in young Canadians. Approximately 20-29% of youth who use cannabis describe using it almost daily. This pattern of use during adolescence is believed to affect the growth…