The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Brain Star Awards.
The CIHR-INMHA Brain Star awards, administered by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, are awarded to students and trainees who have published high impact discoveries in all fields and disciplines covered by CIHR’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction in the 2025 calendar year.
The top 3 Brain Star Award winners of the year have been invited to make a presentation at the CAN meeting in May.
Brain Star Award winners of 2025
Top 3 winners of 2025
Sangyoon Ko
Marlene Reimer Brain Star of the year winner
New research reveals that memories continue to evolve in the brain
Katarzyna Anna Dudek
Identification of a cannabinoid receptor as target to promote resilience in major depressive disorders
Andrea Luppi
Lost in translation: how gene expression diverges between humans and macaque model systems
