Pictured: Dr. Nick Weilinger (PI: Dr. Brian MacVicar), who won an award for best basic science poster at the Department of Psychiatry’s annual Research Day in June. Image credit: Paul Joseph/UBC.
Search for new DMCBH Director begins
The Faculty of Medicine, UBC and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute invite applications for the position of Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. This appointment is for an initial term of (5) years with the possibility of renewal, subject to satisfactory review and is expected to be filled by a candidate internal to the University, at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor with tenure. Read more at med.ubc.ca/careers.
Congratulations
- CIHR funds innovative brain research projects at UBC.
- Dr. Deborah Jehu (PI: Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose) was awarded the International Society for Posture & Gait Research Emerging Scientist award.
- Psychiatry Research Day
The Department of Psychiatry Research Day took place on June 20, 2019. The following are recipients of prizes for talks and posters; for more information and a complete list of award recipients, visit psychiatry.ubc.ca.- Dr. Peng Zhang (PI: Dr. Ann Marie Craig) was awarded the 2019 Necia Laura May Elvin Memorial Prize in Schizophrenia Research.
- Dr. John-Jose Nunez (PI: Dr. Raymond Lam) received the Tsung-Yi Li Award for Clinical Research.
- Dr. Yun Zhang (PI: Dr. Weihong Song) received a Department of Psychiatry Research Day Award for best Lightning Talk.
- Dr. Nick Weilinger (PI: Dr. Brian MacVicar) was awarded a Zeldowicz Basic Science Poster Award at the Department of Psychiatry Research Day.
- MSFHR Trainee Awards
MSFHR Trainee Awards support health researchers in the training phase of their research career to enable career development and the long-term success of the BC health research landscape.- Dr. Amirah Aly (PI: Dr. Michael Hayden) received a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) trainee award for her project, Development Of A Novel Intranasal Oligonucleotide Delivery Approach For Huntington Disease.
- Dr. Hui Mei Chow (PI: Dr. Miriam Spering) was awarded an MSFHR trainee award for her project, Studying Motion Processing With Eye Movements In Healthy Older Adults And Patients With Ophthalmic Diseases.
- Dr. Susannah Gagnon (PI: Dr. Filip Van Petegem) received an MSFHR trainee award for her project, Uncovering How Specific “STAC” Proteins Regulate Muscle Contraction.
- Dr. Huah Shin Ng (PI: Dr. Helen Tremlett) was awarded an MSFHR trainee award for her project, Disease-Modifying Drug Safety And Effectiveness In Multiple Sclerosis [DRUMS].
- Dr. Sue Peters (PI: Dr. Janice Eng) received an MSFHR trainee award for her project, Driving Brain Recovery And Enhanced Community Walking With Dual-Task Training After Stroke.
- Dr. Maryam Rahimi-Balaei (PI: Dr. Dan Goldowitz) received an MSFHR trainee award for her project, Investigating The Role Of MicroRNAs On Granule Cell Development During Mouse Cerebellar Development.
- Dr. Sorabh Sharma (PI: Dr. Craig Brown) was awarded an MSFHR trainee award for his project, New Strategies For Unclogging Microcirculatory Obstructions In The Healthy And Diabetic Brain.
- Dr. Jonathan Smirl (PI: Dr. Paul van Donkelaar) received an MSHFR trainee award for his project, Characterizing Traumatic Brain Injury In Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence.
- Dr. Marine Theret (PI: Dr. Fabio Rossi) was awarded an MSFHR trainee award for her project, Role Of TAK1 In Resident Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors. A Key Modulator Of The Inflammatory Milieu And A Therapeutic Target In Chronic Diseases.
- VCHRI Trainee Awards
- Ryan Falck (PI: Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose) received a Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award from Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute in the area of cognitive health.
- Dr. Matthias Walter (PI: Dr. Andrei Krassioukov) received a Rising Star Award from Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute in the area of spinal cord injury.
Listen up
Episode 2: Get a Cat, Her Royal Science, is now online. Find out how you can subscribe or listen online at www.herroyalscience.com/podcast. Related: Her Royal Science tells the stories of the scientists behind the science.
Summer reading
Our 2018/19 Year in Review is available on our website; for hard copies, email emily.wight@brain.ubc.ca.
Twitter highlights
Great end to #Glia2019 with a full house for @brian_macvicar, looking forward to the next meeting in Marseille #Glia2021. pic.twitter.com/I9QXPCSb5q
— Julien Muffat (@tinyglue) July 13, 2019
My current PhD student Vanessa Wiggermann published her first paper as senior author: Automatic MS lesions segmentation with FLAIR2 https://t.co/guZrxBpKan @MSSocietyCanada @Dr_KarenLee @mssociety @UBC_Radiology @DMCBrainHealth pic.twitter.com/HM834fE3b2
— Alexander Rauscher (@rauscherMRI) July 8, 2019
Rare unipolar dentate granule neuron. pic.twitter.com/6F5qvKn5Wo
— Jason Snyder aka Jason Synder (@jsnsndr) July 3, 2019
Welcome to the University of British Columbia Professor Annie Vogel Ciernia! We are thrilled that you are joining our faculty.
Santa https://t.co/tiKzj4gcbu
— Santa J. Ono (@ubcprez) July 3, 2019
Canada day bonus! Two papers accepted in one day as we had our paper on neurological assessment for awake closed head injuries accepted by Current Protocols in Neuroscience as well! Congratulations again to my team of amazing trainees! @ChristieNeuro @UBCIMP @UVicMedSciences pic.twitter.com/bsAp7oTlDm
— Bri (@BrainbBri) July 2, 2019
Media
- Groundbreaking UBC project studies brain injury in women abused by partners (UBC Okanagan, June 28)
- UBC Okanagan gets $1 million to fund research for victims of domestic violence (Global News, June 28)
- Concussions go ignored on film sets, says Vancouver stunt performer (CBC News, June 29)
- ‘It just really ethically scares me’: Caution urged as scientists look to create human-monkey chimeras (National Post, July 2)
- Babies can learn link between language and ethnicity (UBC Psychology, July 3)
- Surprising Differences Found In How Sleep Medications Increase Dementia Risk For Some, Protect Others (Alzheimer’s Association, July 15)
- Sleep medications tied to slightly higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease in women (Healio, July 15)
- Chronotherapy Improves Sleep in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MedScape, July 16)
- Renewed funding for gambling research will allow for further study of new gambling tech (The Ubyssey, July 18)
- UBC Psychology faculty and graduate students receive SSHRC funding to advance their research (UBC Psychology, July 24)
- The amazing baby brain says ‘pas de problème’ with bilingualism (The Conversation, July 29)
- Falls for elderly people can be serious: How to prevent them (AsiaOne, July 30)
Did we miss something? Do you have a story tip? We want to hear from you! Send your research highlights, upcoming publications, trainee successes, and funding and awards news to emily.wight@brain.ubc.ca.