The Ludmer Centre and its researchers in the news. These are just a few of the articles in which the work of the Ludmer Centre researchers are highlighted or referenced.
Media Enquiries: Please contact the researcher directly via the contacts provided on the profile pages. We recommend you CC the general e-mail address info@LudmerCentre.ca as our researchers travel extensively and we can expedite interviews, even from a distance.
2016
Dr. Meaney
Dr. Evans
Montreal Neuro’s 3D brain mapping research gets technological boost, Montreal Gazette, June 2016
Mégadonnées : Collaboration entre EMC Canada et McGill, McGill Newsroom, Juin 2016
Dr. Greenwood
Ludmer Centre
Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (CFREF)
McGill duo named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars, August 2016 (Dr. Kieran O’Donnell)
Big Data study discovers earliest sign of Alzheimer’s, McGill Newsroom, July 2016 (Dr. Yasser Iturria Medina)
Canada AM: Family traits and children’s health, CTV, May 2016 (Dr. Kieran O’Donnell)
Neurobiology: Rise of resilience, Nature, March 2016 (Dr. Kieran O’Donnell)
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Transient Fetal Compartments during Prenatal Human Brain Development, Frontier in Neuroanatomy, February 2016 (Dr. Jennifer Sarah Goldman)
2015
Dr. Meaney
DNA is life’s blueprint? No, there’s far more to it than that, New Scientist, June 2015
Our health system must change to meet new childhood threats, The Globe and Mail, May 2015
Trauma May Be Woven Into DNA of Native Americans, Indian Country Today Media Network, May 2015
DNA on the Couch, Huffington Post, March 2015
Newsweek Rewind: 15 Years After Columbine, a Nation Still Asks ‘Why? Newsweek, March 2014
Poverty key hindrance to student success, study shows, Lohud, January 2015
Dr. Evans
Alan Evans inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, McGill Reporter, September 2015
RSC honours 14 McGill researchers and scholars, McGill Reporter, September 2015
Dr. Greenwood
Ludmer Centre
Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Subsequent to Child Maltreatment: Examining Change across Multiple Levels of Analysis to Identify Transdiagnostic Risk Pathways, Dev Psychopathol, November 2015 (Dr. Kieran O’Donnell)
Maternal early life adversities and the offspring’s epigenome: A M.A.V.A.N. project, Psychoneuroendocrinology, November 2015 (Dr. Kieran O’Donnell)
2014
Dr. Meaney
Stress during pregnancy bad for baby’s brains, Asia One – The Strains Times, December 2014 ()
The complicated case of the happy child, The Independent, NFLD, November 2014
McGill’s Lasko, Meaney among Prix du Québec winners, McGill Reporter, November 2014
Prix du Québec: Lise Payette et Denis Vaugeois honorés, La Press, November 2014
The 2014 Wilder-Penfield Prize goes to Michael Meaney, EurekAlert, November 2014
Douglas neurobiologist wins Wilder-Penfield Prize, Montreal Gazette, November 2014
The Science of Suffering, New Republic, November 2014
Michael Meaney awarded 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize, McGill Reporter, October 2014
Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize video about Dr Meaney award, Klaus J. Jacobs, October 2014
ADHS Sensibles Kindergehirn, Sueddeutsche, September 2014
¿Quiere usted vivir 100 años? EL Pais, September 2014
Una fórmula para vencer la pobreza, Elespectador, September 2014
Depressionen bei Mädchen und Knaben, NZZ news, September 2014
Poverty’s Vicious Cycle Can Affect Our Genes, Wall Street Journal, September 2014
The Way to Beat Poverty, New York Times, September 2014
Epigenetics, Psychoanalysis, and Listening to Parents, Boston.com, August 2014
Prime Minister announces $3.7M funding for brain research, McGill reporter, May 2014
Traumatische Erlebnisse prägen das Erbgut, Sueddeutsche, April 2014
L’infanzia dei vostri antenati potrebbe essere scritta nel DNA, Scienze Naturali, March 2014
10 reasons we love love, Salon News, March 2014
Cinco puntos que te explican cómo el amor moldea tu identidad, Pijama Surf, March 2014
The Smartest Questions to Ask About Intelligence, the Wall Street Journal, February 2014
Dr. Evans
Terreau fertile pour la recherché, Le Devoir, November 2014
Alan Evans: les secrets du cerveau, Le Metro, September 2014
McGill-led projects awarded Brain Canada grants, McGill Reporter, September 2014
Alan Evans awarded major brain disorders prize, McGill Reporter, August 2014
McGill profs among ‘Most Influential Scientific Minds’, McGill Reporter, July 2014
A revolutionary new 3D digital brain atlas, McGill Reporter, June 2014
Bravo! McGill celebrates top researchers, McGill Reporter, March 2014
CANARIE funds more software projects; IT World Canada, February 2014
Ludmer Centre
On the brain and mental health, The quest to understand mental illness, McGill Daily, November 2014
New funding to boost mental health research, October 2014
Don massif pour contrer le suicide, Journal de Montréal, Octobre 2014
2013
Ludmer Centre