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CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee 2025 Participants Ottawa Student Wins National Neuroscience Competition — Headed to International Stage CIHR Brain Bee Champion, Emma Rees "In the hippocampal trisynaptic circuit, dentate gyrus neurons receive axonal input from which cortical…

CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee 2024 Participants Winnipeg Student wins “Best Teen Brain” in Canada and takes second place at the International Brain Bee competition! Lisa Wei By winning the 2024 CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition in May, Lisa Wei qualified for the…

CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee 2023 Participants Winnipeg student wins “Best Brain” in Canada! Left to right: Sienna Su, Mark Piasecki, Arla Xiao (Photo taken by Donna Waxman) First Place Canadian National winner: Mark Piasecki, Vincent Massey Collegiate in Winnipeg,…

Best Brains Exchange Report Innovative approaches and pathways used to integrate home and community care with primary health care for elderly persons in rural Canada Hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in collaboration with Health Canada CIHR boardroom 160 Elgin…

Results of the Health Effects of Vaping Catalyst Grants The CIHR and its Institutes of Cancer Research (ICR), Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH); Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH); and Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), in partnership with…

Sex, gender and health research in Canada Our investment in gender, sex and health research is increasing... $44.1 million = CIHR-wide expenditures on gender, sex and health research in 2011-2012 $59.1 million = CIHR-wide expenditures on gender, sex and health research in…

The Basics about Conference (and Other) Abstracts If you’re a patient partner, the concept of a conference abstract might be new. Here we’ve put together a basic overview of what an abstract is, its purpose, and the typical parts to help you co-create or write and submit an…

Infographic: How does herd immunity work? PDF version Long description Contagious diseases, like COVID-19, spread from person to person. That means that if someone gets sick, they can pass it on to other people. When too few people have immunity against the disease, it can spread…

COVID-19 and Mental Health (CMH) Initiative: Research The GID-COVID Project: Gender and Intervention in Addiction with Individuals in Situations of Social Precarity in the Context of a Pandemic Key Messages Individuals in situations of social precarity who are dealing with…

COVID-19 and Mental Health (CMH) Initiative: Research Pandemic-Proof: Synthesizing Real-World Knowledge of Promising Mental Health and Substance Use Practices for Young People Who Are Experiencing or Have Experienced Homelessness Key Messages The majority of providers are…