Links to stories about and by members of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health from December 2016/January 2017.
MEDIA
- Becoming a mother may change the brain to read baby’s mind (New Scientist, December 19)
- Exercise May Save You From Dementia, According to New Research (Bicycling, December 19)
- Shortest day of the year has some feeling blue (CKNW, December 21)
- Five things Victoria can do to help Parkinson’s patients stay independent (Victoria News, December 23)
- 7 major medical breakthroughs of 2016 (CTV News, December 24)
- Get Moving! Keep Moving! (INSPIRED Senior Living, January 1)
- What’s your New Year’s resolution? (Science, January 2)
- Gambling, alcohol, drug addictions share brain circuitry: UBC research (Vancouver Sun, January 3)
- Study of exercise and Parkinson’s disease yields positive results (UBC Faculty of Medicine news, January 4)
- Ask the experts: Why should I carve out research time for social media? (VCHRI news, January 7)
- Eyes are the windows to the soul … and to accurate concussion diagnosis? (VCHRI news, January 10)
- Pursuing those unsolved mysteries: Dr. Janet Werker (Research2Reality, January 11)
- BC researchers seek ALS cure with global DNA mapping project (CBC News, January 12)
- Matthew Farrer nominated as “Researcher of the Month” by the Canadians for Health Research (Canadians for Health Research, January 12)
- Ethics at CIHR: Moving Forward (Impact Ethics, January 16)
- UBC’s beacons of hope in the war against Alzheimer’s disease (UBC Faculty of Medicine news, January 16)
- UBC’s Santa Ono announces new China adviser, new executive director (Vancouver Sun, January 16)
- Faculty of Medicine scientists appointed to BC Leadership Chairs (Faculty of Medicine news, January 19)
Video
Dr. Brian Kwon explains the vital need for the new ORs at #VGH #FutureofSurgery #TimetoShineGala pic.twitter.com/1syIia80X4
— VGH&UBC Hospital Fdn (@VGHFdn) JANUARY 11, 2017
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