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 Institute research centre. The 2017 competition was for articles published between early November 2016 and early November 2017. The awardees were announced at a special scientific event held on December 14, 2017.
2017 Leo and Rachel Hendlisz awardees:
- First prize: Arnaud Tanti (team of Naguib Mechawar)
for his article "Association of a history of child abuse with impaired myelination in the anterior cingulate cortex: convergent epigenetic, transcriptional, and morphological evidence", American Journal of Psychiatry, 2017 - Second prize: Guido Antonio Powell (team of Eric Latimer)
for his article "Changes in quality of life from a homelessness intervention: true change, response shift, or random variation", Quality of Life Research, 2017 - Third prize: Lauren Reynolds (team of Cecilia Flores)
for her article "DCC receptors drive prefrontal cortex maturation by determining dopamine axon targeting in adolescence", Biological Psychiatry, 2017
On the picture below. left to right: Lauren Reynolds, 3rd prize, Guido Powell, 2nd prize, Arnaud Tanti, 1st prize, Mr. Jacques Hendlisz (the donor)