Drs. Ashok Malla and Serge Gauthier are amongst the seventy-seven of the highly prestigious Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) list of individuals that were selected to join as Fellows for 2020.
CAHS recognizes excellence in health sciences. Fellows have demonstrated, through their careers and lives, that they are committed to their field of expertise in many ways.
Dr. Romina Mizrahi has been appointed as the new Associate Chair of Research for the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Mizrahi will be responsible for the Department鈥檚 research mission and oversee strategic research planning. She will also assist the Chair in the coordination of research activities, recruitment of researchers, and review the research-track residency program.
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Congratulations to our researchers who were successful in this latest round of CIHR grants! The successfully funded researchers and their respective projects are:
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi - "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and social behavior. A translational study.
Dr. Naguib Mechawar - "Remodeling of cerebral plasticity by early-life adversity: cellular and molecular mechanisms in the human brain"
Dr. Norbert Schmitz - "The role of depression in the intergenerational transmission of type 2 diabetes"
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Urbania
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Radio-Canada
Remote learning: boon or necessary evil? Two Quebec experts give tips on making it work
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New York Times
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The Lester B. Pearson School Board has named renowned 麻豆传媒网站 psychologist Dr. Myrna Lashley as the chair of its new task force on equity and inclusivity.
Montreal Gazette
Congratulations to Dr. Kieran O'Donnell for his new position as Assistant Professor in both Yale Child Study Center and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale School of Medicine.
