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91˿Ƶ Professor Philippe Gros has been awarded the McLaughlin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada for important research of sustained excellence in medical science.

Classified as: biochemistry, genetics, royal society of canada, health sciences, McLaughlin Medal, Philippe Gros
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Published on: 23 Sep 2014

There are thousands of children born of war-time rape worldwide, but very little is known about their lived experiences and their relationships with their families and communities. Professor Myriam Denov, of 91˿Ƶ's School of Social work, has been awarded one of Canada's most prestigious research awards to help fill this knowledge gap. Named Sept. 16 as one of three recipients of the Trudeau Foundation’s 2014 Trudeau Fellowships, she hopes to shed light on an “invisible, but resilient” population of children and youth. 

Classified as: Trudeau fellowship, Myriam Denov, School of Social Work, child soldiers
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Published on: 17 Sep 2014
Classified as: health, Sports, Concussion, Scott Delaney
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Published on: 17 Sep 2014

91˿Ƶ physicist Aashish Clerk and epidemiologist Madhukar Pai are among the inaugural members named today to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Classified as: physics, tuberculosis, epidemiology, royal society of canada, Aashish Clerk, College of New Scholars, Madhukar Pai, quantum
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Published on: 16 Sep 2014

Anna Henley and Simona Bene Watts have been named 91˿Ƶ’s 2014 Schulich Leaders, each receiving a Schulich Leader Scholarship for students entering undergraduate studies in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).

Classified as: Seymour Schulich, Anna Henley, Schulich Leaders, Simona Bene Watts, STEM
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Published on: 15 Sep 2014

Four innovative projects led by 91˿Ƶ researchers have been selected to receive major grants under the Canada Brain Research Fund.

Classified as: brain, neurological, Montreal Neurological Institute, The Neuro, MNI, Alan Evans, Mogil, Brain Canada, Ruthazer, brain diseases, Paul W. Wiseman, Ptito, Shmuel, Turecki
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Published on: 12 Sep 2014

A study just published in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal by, Sylvain Williams, PhD, and his team, of the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and 91˿Ƶ, opens the door towards better understanding of the neural circuitry and dynamic mechanisms controlling memory as well of the role of an essential element of the hippocampus – a sub-region named the subiculum.

Classified as: brain, Alzheimer's, memory, Douglas Mental Health, hippocampus, Sylvain Williams
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Published on: 3 Sep 2014

Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials last year warned residents of Arizona and Nevada that they could face cuts in Colorado River water deliveries in 2016.

Classified as: climate change, Nature Geoscience, recycling, Gleeson, desalination, irrigation, water scarcity, water stress
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Published on: 29 Aug 2014

Three innovative research partnerships at 91˿Ƶ have received significant long-term investments from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) partnership grants program, totaling more than $6.8 million. Each project will use novel approaches to advance knowledge and understanding on critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance -- from teaching computers to recognize musical symbols in images, to deepening understanding about text mining and the place of information technology within society.

Classified as: partnerships, Research, SSHRC, interdisciplinary, Andrew Piper, Ichiro Fujinaga, Peter G. Brown, text mining
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Published on: 27 Aug 2014

The Mayday Fund has selected Jeffrey Mogil to be a fellow under the Mayday Pain & Society. He is one of six experts in pain management to receive the honour.

Classified as: pain, Jeffrey Mogil, Mayday fellowship
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Published on: 20 Aug 2014

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