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Mental health conditions affect women differently than men. For example, women are more likely than men to develop anxiety, depression, and traumatic stress-related disorders. Yet only 3% of neuroscience studies are focused on women, and only about 5% include sex in the study design in a way that...

Brain Canada and Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN), in partnership with other Canadian organizations, are investing nearly $6.5 million to advance solutions that improve the lives of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities.  Approximately 10% of children and youth in Canada live with...

This Brain Health Awareness Month, celebrate your most critical organ by better understanding how the brain works in health and illness. There are more than 1,000 diseases and disorders of the brain. For many people living with one or several of these diseases or disorders, the impact on quality of...

Everyday activities such as cooking often become difficult for people living with dementia. Project Overview Everyday activities such as cooking often become difficult for people living with dementia. We have found that they can still do the physical bits, such as filling a kettle or peeling a...

Pascale Tremblay with a student. The project The CINQ, which is led by Dr. Tremblay and Dr. Jackson, received a platform grant from Brain Canada in 2015, in partnership with the CERVO Brain Research Centre, to boost the regional brain imaging ecosystem by increasing the number of scientific...

Trans women may take estradiol-based gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) into their old age. Project Overview Trans women may take estradiol-based gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) into their old age. Yet, we know little about the long-term brain health effects of GAHT. We propose to...

Laurence Dion-Albert, a doctoral candidate at the Université Laval (CERVO Brain Research Center) Project Overview Laurence Dion-Albert, a doctoral candidate at the Université Laval (CERVO Brain Research Center), investigates sex-specific neurovascular changes underlying stress responses and human...

Elizabeth Gregory, a doctoral candidate at the University of British Columbia Project Overview Elizabeth Gregory, a doctoral candidate at the University of British Columbia, investigates the effect of personalized cortical targets with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on major...

Brain Canada launches 2026. This global initiative unites organizations worldwide to increase public awareness and highlight the critical importance of brain health. By funding groundbreaking research and strategically developing research talent , Brain Canada is generating impact that is improving...

Canada has one of the largest banks of brain tissue in the world, the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, which has received longstanding platform support from Brain Canada and other partners and has achieved significant research impact. By Alison Palmer, Evaluation and Special Projects Lead Canada has...