May 2, 2018 is World Maternal Mental Health Day Organizations around the world — from Canada, the UK, the USA, Turkey, Australia, Argentina, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Nigeria, and more — are leading efforts to raise awareness about maternal mental health through a collective social media push and in-country events. In response to the call, […]
World Maternal Mental Health Day 2018 – Begin Before Birth Canada Symposium Due to popular demand, we are live-streaming our Maternal Mental Health Matters symposium. On May 1st, 2018 visit the NEURO hospital’s YouTube channel to participate in the symposium from 9AM-5PM. Note: access will only be available from 9am to 5pm at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvrUuEvxOsXxq9-T3B9liyQ/live ) Download the PDF program or visit the […]
On March 8th, International Women’s Day ( #IWD2018 ), we are being challenged to commit to a “gender parity mindset” via progressive action on how we will press for progress (#PressforProgress ). In our article Women in Science @ the Ludmer Centre, we highlighted some of the challenges and funding obstacles women confront in the […]
In the Ludmer Centre, ‘bridge individuals’ are pivotal to advancing transdisciplinary big-data research approaches. These unique individuals bridge or serve as liaisons between diverse neuroscience fields and computer sciences to create the neuroinformatics infrastructure propelling innovative brain research. Dr Lindsay Lewis is one of these rare bridge individuals. She is also an example of how […]
What do conditions such as stress, diabetes, and mental illnesses have in common? The answer, one in which Dr Patricia Pelufo Silveira excels, is the search for a shared origin story. Dr Silveira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, a researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and a Primary […]
A $10M grant from the Canada Brain Research Fund in support of a new partnership to link Canada’s neuroscience researchers through a shared, interoperable neuroinformatics platform was announced today by Health Canada and Brain Canada. The inaugural meeting of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) collaboration also began its first meeting. A long-time proponent of […]
The Faculty of Medicine is seeking applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Pain Genomics, from candidates with expertise in statistical genetics and/or bioinformatics working in complex human traits and with an interest in their application to pain research. The position is linked with McGill’s Alan Edwards […]
Women researchers remain significantly underrepresented in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering and math. The lack of women across the STEM pipeline—from undergraduate and graduate students to postdocs and tenure-track professors—make it unlikely that gender parity among tenured STEM professors will be achievable in the next decade. In the USA and Canada, mathematics is the exception, […]
It’s no secret; globally sexism continues to prevail within business, academia and research, particularly, in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math. The theme of the 2018 United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th is ‘Equality and Parity in Science’. On March 8th, International Women’s Day builds on this with […]
Mathematical modeling is key to understanding the complex processes underpinning protein misfolding and neurological diseases. Correctly folded, proteins play a central role in the structure, function, and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs, including the brain. Abnormal or misfolded proteins, in multiple studies, are increasingly associated with conditions such as Prion diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, […]