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Each year, over 1,500 Canadians sustain an acute spinal cord injury (SCI), and join close to 40,000 across our nation living with one of the most physically and psychologically devastating of injuries.

Most mental disorders begin in adolescence; however, there are many gaps in our understanding of youth mental health.

Autism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficits in social interaction, poor communication, and restricted, stereotyped patterns of behavior.

Noninvasive brain stimulation is gaining acceptance as an alternate therapy for an increasing number of disorders, including major depression, schizophrenia, stroke and Parkinson’s disease.

Recent estimates indicate that 1 in 5 Canadians are affected annually by mood, anxiety and other mental illnesses.

Sight is the most precious sense, and patients suffering vision loss endure a devastating experience. Blindness often results from the gradual death of photoreceptors, the retinal cells that perceive light.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an effective treatment for patients with depression who have not responded to antidepressant medications.

One percent of Alzheimer’s disease is the early-onset type that runs in families.

Dr David Stojdl’s lab has custom‑built an oncolytic virus biotherapy specifically for the treatment of the devastating brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

In childhood, medulloblastoma (a form of brain cancer) and neuroblastoma (a cancer that starts in the nerve cells) can be aggressive and hard to treat.