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February 6, 2024 On Jan. 29, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced an $8.7M investment from the Government of Canada and partners to study age-related cognitive impairment. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Mahsa Dadar obtained one of these 13 special Operating Grants for her project, entitled Incorporating Diversity in Alzheimer’s Disease … Read more
February 2, 2024 The results for the Fall 2023 CIHR Project Grant Competition were announced on January 31. We are pleased to share that five research projects from the Douglas, from six researchers, were among the successful applications. Collectively, these projects have secured nearly $4M – congratulations to all successful applicants, and thank you to … Read more
*** Deadline October 23rd 2023, 5PM *** To all Douglas students and postdocs: The Douglas Research Blitz is continuing this year in an in-person format, for sharing and discussing our research! Do you want to practice your presentation skills? Do you have a project idea and would like peer feedback? Do you have a brand new … Read more
2023 Dr. Holly Carsley Memorial Award Awardees Thanks to generous gifts from Dr. Holly Carsley’s family and friends, the Douglas Institute Research Centre and the Douglas Institute Foundation are happy to announce this year’s competition of the Dr. Holly Carsley Memorial Award to recognize the outstanding work of a Douglas Institute resident, postdoctoral fellow or Ph.D. … Read more
The Leo and Rachel Hendlisz Awards are given to the best research articles of the year published by students and postdoctoral fellows of the Douglas Research Centre. The 2022 awardees were announced at a special scientific event held on December 20, 2022. 1st prize Cherie Strikwerda-Brown (Sylvia Villeneuve Lab) for her article “Association of elevated … Read more
Ms. Élisabeth Brière, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, visited the Douglas last Friday, Aug 19, 2022, to meet with some of our recently-funded researchers, and to learn more about the mental health research being carried out at the Douglas. MP Brière formally announced $4.7 million for … Read more
Revue Santé mentale au Québec is a scientific journal that appears twice a year. Its main objective is to make available to clinicians, managers and researchers new knowledge on mental health, mental disorders and on innovative clinical and social interventions, in addition to being an opinion forum on various topics of interest to the scientific … Read more
“The Research Excellence Award is given to a mid-career researcher who has shown exceptional research in the field of schizophrenia research and promising research trajectory. Jai Shah fits the bill exactly,” said Dame Til Wykes, SIRS President. “His wide set of interests is shown by his capture of different experiences and methods at Yale, Harvard, … Read more
Do you want to get involved in the planning of academic activities in the research centre? If so, this is for you! The Douglas Student Committee for Academic Life (or "the DAL" for friends!), composed of trainees (students and postdocs) of the research centre, aims at planning scientific activities involving trainees and others in the … Read more
Thanks to everyone who came out the Douglas Foundation's event, Open Minds, which took place on February 20 at the beautiful Paradox Theatre. The event raised over $385,000! Congratulations to the organizers, volunteers and thanks to all the donors for their generosity.