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Lu Wang, a Doctoral Student at McGill University, aims to compare the predictive accuracy of family history and polygenetic risk score for multiple sclerosis. Project Overview Lu Wang, a Doctoral Student at McGill University, aims to compare the predictive accuracy of family history and polygenetic...

Jenna Hanrahan, a Doctoral Student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, aims to characterize the brain of a humanized mouse model of Huntington’s disease. Project Overview Jenna Hanrahan, a Doctoral Student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, aims to characterize the brain of a humanized...

Jenna Hanrahan, a Doctoral Student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, aims to characterize the brain of a humanized mouse model of Huntington’s disease. Project Overview Jenna Hanrahan, a Doctoral Student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, aims to characterize the brain of a humanized...

Amirhossein Jahani, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Montreal, uses intracranial EEG to investigate how network interactions during the preictal phase (i.e., period preceding a seizure) may contribute to seizure initiation and propagation. Project Overview Amirhossein Jahani, a...

Dr. Matthew Galati, founder of Brain Changes Initiative, shares his journey from traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor to brain health advocate. After a life-threatening car accident in which Dr. Matthew Galati suffered severe injuries, including a brain bleed, he defied the odds by using...

Vernon’s Dr. Tamara Vanderwal is among 20 researchers to each receive a $100,000 grant to fuel their work. Read the full story here.

The clock drawing test is a simple, familiar task — patients are asked to draw a clock — that doctors have used for decades to check for memory and thinking problems. Today it is usually scored only as a pass or fail, even though the drawing holds far richer clues about a person’s thinking skills....

In each moment, our senses are bombarded by a vast array of stimuli. In order to make sense of this barrage, the brain engages learning processes that filter out irrelevant information, group stimuli into categories based upon their similarity, and associate stimuli based upon the predictive...

PHOTO: From left: Dr. Pia Wintermark, The Montreal Children’s Hospital and The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (Child Health and Human Development Program), Dr. Viviane Poupon, Brain Canada President & CEO, and Dr. Nadia Gosselin, CIUSSS du Nord de l’Île-de-Montréal and...

Each year, over 95,000 Canadians aged 65 and older are diagnosed with dementia—a number expected to rise as our population grows and ages. The diagnosis not only changes lives for those affected but also places emotional and financial strain on families, caregivers, and the health system. Voices of...