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Towards a neurobiological susceptibility model for the development of eating disorders

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that usually begin during adolescence. Unfortunately, these illnesses often become harder to treat and lead to more health problems the longer they are left untreated. Therefore, it is important to identify and treat eating disorders early to minimize their negative consequences. It is…

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Online detection and neuromodulation of replays during working memory in humans

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Cognition

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Working memory is our ability "keep in mind" information and manipulate it when it is not present in the environment. It is central to many aspects of cognition, such as reading, arithmetic, or simple activities such as keeping track of ideas during a conversation. While several studies have been able…

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2022 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,191

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $596

Project Overview

Courtney Bannerman is a doctoral candidate at Queen's University who is conducting research to better understand how the nervous system interacts with the immune system during spinal cord injury pain and  those interactions can be changed to offer patients pain relief. Courtney attended the 2022 International Association for the Study…

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2022 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

Project Overview

Sara de la Salle's, a postdoctoral fellow at University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research,  research assessed differences in brain electrical responses to target, distractor, and trauma-related (e.g., gunshots, screams) sounds, and examined their relationship with symptoms in individuals with dissociative and non-dissociative PTSD subtypes. Sara used her travel…

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2022 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Rising Stars Trainee Awards

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $2,262

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $1,131

Project Overview

Marie-Kim is a doctoral student at the University of Laval who is conducting research on dark microglia's ultrastructural features and its interactions with hallmarks of amyloid deposition. Due to this award, Marie-Kim was able to attend the 2022 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum in Paris, France.

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