Author: Julie
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CAN 2025 Meeting EDI Session: Economic barriers to trainee achievement, retention and funding opportunities
This event was organized by the CAN Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee chairs Jenn Murray and Derya Sargin and hosted and moderated by Dr. Paul Sheppard (postdoctoral fellow, UWestern) and Dr. Olivia Reshmi Ghosh-Swaby (Postdoctoral fellow, UWestern). It started with a presentation by Support Our Science Representative Shalini Iyer, and was followed by a panel discussion about economic
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Brain Star Award feature: Hayley Renee Christine Shanks, Western University
Phase 2a clinical trial reveals a small molecule called LM11A-31 is safe and slows progression of many features of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no cure. Therapeutics available to the approximately 734,000 Canadians living with AD provide symptom management without slowing disease progression. Hayley Renee Christine
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Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track type) in Addiction and Mental Health
Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track type) in Addiction and Mental Health Neuroscience Axis, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’UdeM (CRCHUM) Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal (UdeM) The Neuroscience Research Axis of the CRCHUM and the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology of the UdeM are inviting applications for
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Assistant/Associate Professor (Research), Single Cell Genomics, Department of Psychiatry (2 positions) – McGill University
https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill_Careers/job/Douglas-Hosp-Burland/Assistant-Associate-Professor–Research—Single-Cell-Genomics–Department-of-Psychiatry–2-positions—C3-231215-_JR0000050127-1 Position Description The McGill University Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with the Douglas Research Centre (DRC) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, invites applications for a full-time Contract Academic Staff position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor (Research) in the field of Single Cell Genomics applied to the brain and
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Brain Star Award feature: Andrea Luppi, McGill University
Understanding how the brain’s network architecture shapes its capacity to transition between different states To support the diversity of human cognitive functions, such as learning, thinking, reasoning, remembering, problem solving, decision making, and attention, brain regions flexibly form and dissolve connections on the fly. How is the brain’s capacity to transition between different functional configurations
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Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Psychiatry, Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry, McGill University
Reference # C1-250507Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – Department of Psychiatry and the Douglas Research Centre Position description The McGill University Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with the Douglas Research Centre (DRC) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, invites applications for a full-time Contract Academic Staff position at the rank of Assistant
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Science, Stand-up & Song receives a CAN Outreach and Advocacy Award
CAN is proud to support Science, Stand-Up & Song! https://www.drmarissalithopoulos.com/science-stand-up-song “Science, Stand-Up, & Song” is a new and innovative science outreach initiative for the Vancouver public. The event is founded and hosted by Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos, a neuroscientist dedicated to making science fun and accessible to everyone. “Science, Stand-Up, & Song” focuses on exciting, leading-edge
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Commitment of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
May – 2025 This is an important time to reiterate the commitment of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) to the values and principles of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These are core values for CAN and they must inform research design and dissemination, and support for all researchers. As a scientific society, we affirm that
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Research Assistant – University of Saskatchewan
Research Assistant, Medicine Join a dynamic, world-class, well-funded basic and translational science team, led by Dr. Michael Levin, the Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Chair. Dr. Levin offers personalized mentorship, state of the art laboratory facilities, and the opportunity for basic scientists to work hand-in-hand with clinicians in Saskatoon City Hospital and the University of
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Research from University of Ottawa: deciphering what serotonin is saying inside our brains
The international research team’s ambitious work has implications across multiple fields and sheds compelling new light on the extraordinarily complex serotonin system. In our day-to-day lives, we’re constantly making a slew of decisions from immediate matters to prospects on the far horizon. But the evolutionary nuts-and-bolts of how our brains weigh these numerous daily decisions
