Stem Cell Network announces $1 million in funding to further support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows
Stem Cell Network (SCN)
“Today, the Stem Cell Network (SCN) announced $1 million in funding to support research trainees across Canada who are actively engaged in SCN’s 56 ongoing projects and clinical trials.”
KEYWORDS: funding, regenerative medicine, early career researchers, Stem Cell Network (SCN)
Researchers use AI to predict recovery after serious brain injury
Western News – Western University
“… with neurologists at London Health Sciences Centre and Lawson Health Research Institute sought to find a solution to this problem.”
KEYWORDS: brain injury, artificial intelligence, Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University
Respiratory illness season is upon us. Here’s what you need to know
Faculty of Health Sciences – McMaster University
“… in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University, it is difficult to precisely forecast how bad any given respiratory season will be.”
KEYWORDS: influenza, respiratory disease, infectious disease, McMaster University
York U program helps fund 16 Global South health-care hubs to combat infectious diseases
York University
“A York University-led program is helping bolster health care in the Global South by providing more than $5.8 million in funding for 16 projects in as many countries, including polio surveillance in Ethiopia and helping Indigenous communities in the Philippines.”
KEYWORDS: pandemic, pandemic preparedness, funding, York University
Drs. Maria Stepanova and Holger Wille: Two researchers bring together diverse expertise, from physics to structural biology, to find new insights
ALS Canada
“… the idea that these misfolded proteins can transmit their abnormal structure to normal versions of the same protein, creating clumps or aggregates that spread throughout the nervous system.”
KEYWORDS: neurodegenerative diseases, Canadian research, ALS Canada, University of Alberta
UM mental health program for older adults plans for national expansion
UM Today – University of Manitoba
“Dr. Kristin Reynolds, director of the UM Health Information Exchange Lab, is recognized with a Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Aging …”
KEYWORDS: aging, mental health, University of Manitoba
Erie Shores HealthCare launches research department
Windsor News
“… in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University, it is difficult to precisely forecast how bad any given respiratory season will be.”
KEYWORDS: health care, mental health, Canadian research, WESPARK Health Institute