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2022 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship
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Logan Froese is a PhD student at the University of Manitoba, whose work focuses on the evaluation of high-frequency data of cardiovascular and neurovascular physiology to improve personalized patient assessment and care. At the 15th International Neurotrauma Symposium, Logan presented two oral presentations and a poster presentation.
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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…
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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.
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See the project and researchersDevelopment and Investigation of mouse models of deep brain stimulation for self-injurious behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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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…
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See the project and researchersLong-term effects of inhaled cannabis delivery during pregnancy on adolescent social behaviour and adult emotional behaviour in male and female rats
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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…