Funded Grants

Ms. Nancy Butcher, is a doctoral candidate who is conducting research using advanced brain imaging techniques to measure levels of the brain chemical dopamine, to differentiate between Parkinson’s disease and other motor neuron defects.

The CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains program brings together 41 researchers to examine what consciousness is and how it comes about.

The CIFAR Humans & the Microbiome program brings together 21 researchers to examine what consciousness is and how it comes about.

The Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness brings together 22 researchers to examine what consciousness is and how it comes about.

Dr. De Koninck studies the persistent changes in spinal cord function that occur after nervous system injury that lead to chronic pain.

There are an estimated 86,000 people living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in Canada, with an annual economic burden of $2.67 billion for those surviving the initial injury.

Complex research questions in neurology are often most effectively addressed by monitoring brain structure and function in human patients and live animals in experimental disease models.

Ms. Voronova is a postdoctoral student in the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Department of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.

Although the spinal cord contains all the circuitry necessary for locomotion, due to the absence of commands from the brain, people with spinal cord injuries are unable to walk.

The main goal of my project is to further characterize the role of Wnt signalling in glioma progression.