Brain Canada & Mind Over Matter Magazine Featuring Dr. Geddes

Title: (2025)

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Geddes Lab Research Feature by PNAS Nexus and the Neuro

Title: Friends, parks and brain wiring predict whether people exercise after a new cardiovascular diagnosis (2025).

 

Dr. Geddes partners with the Gerontological Society of America:

AI-Driven Measurement in Gerontological Research

& (2025).

 

National Brain Awareness: In Conversation with Dr. Geddes

Caring for the Aging Brain: A Conversation with Researchers and Caregivers (2025) Moderated by Dr. Jane Rylett.

 

The Geddes Lab Leads the Creation of a National Clinical Decision-Making Tool

In Partnership with the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

(2025). 

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The International Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia Collaboratory 

Dr. Geddes partners with Dr. Natasha Rajah

,  (2026) & (2024).

 

The Geddes Lab in Celebration of the Neuro's Milestone Year:

Title: (2024)

 

Brain Canada Press Release Highlighting Our Research

Title: (2024).

          

 

Brain Canada Press Release Featuring Our Research

Title: (2024).

 

Dr. Geddes partners with the National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA):

Landscape of Early Neuropsychological Changes in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

The & (2022-2023) co-led by Dr. Geddes.

 

The 26th World Congress on Neurology Featuring the Geddes Lab

Title: Recap of the World Congress of Neurology (2023).

 

Cognitive Neuroscience Knowledge Exchange for Clinical Translation (CONNECT)

Drs. Sharp, Fellows, Weinberg & Geddes create CONNECT 

Funded by Healthy Brains Healthy Lives (2022-2026).

CONNECT has directly catalyzed 20 new multidisciplinary research projects and includes over 60 faculty and over 30 trainees across 35 departments and 8 institutions.

 

MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Dr. Geddes' work was featured in the MIT Spring Issue of BrainScan in an article by Jennifer Michalowski (2021).

The pursuit of reward

"Since the study indicates the brain still can anticipate potential rewards, Geddes is now exploring whether other sources of motivation, such as social rewards, might more effectively increase healthful decisions and behaviors in older adults."


Congratulations!

Congratulations to our lab members who received research awards:

 

Stéfanie Tremblay

  • 2025 Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé Postdoctoral Fellowship 
  • 2025 Volet Québec Fellowship (declined)
  • 2025 AAIC Postdoctoral Poster Award
  • 2025 Jeanne Timmins Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)

Caitlin Walker

  • CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D) (2025-2028)
  • HBHL PhD Fellowship twice (2023-2024; 2024-2025)
  • Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Fellowship (declined; 2023-2024)
  • HBHL MSc Fellowship (2022-2023)
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Faculty of Medicine Fellowship MSc (declined; 2022-2023)
  • IPN Scholarship (2021-2022)

Jing Tian

  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾-China Full Studentship (2022-2026)

Nagashree Thovinakere

  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé Doctoral Fellowship (2025)
  • CIMA-Q Doctoral Studentship (2024-2025)
  • Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Fellowship (2022-2023)
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Faculty of Medicine Fellowship (declined; 2022-2023)
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Warren Chippindale Outstanding Student Award (2022-2023)
  • Integrated Program in Neuroscience Scholarship (2022-2023)
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ IPN Recruitment Award (2021-2022)

Vasvi Dhir

  • CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CGS D; 2025-2028)
  • CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship - Masters (CGS M; 2024- 2025)
  • 2025 Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé Doctoral Fellowship Doctoral Studentship (declined)
  • Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Mobility Award (2024)
  • Post-Graduate Student Society of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Travel Award (2024)
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Summer School Scholarship (2024)
  • Best Poster at Scientista Symposium (2024)
  • HBHL MSc Studentship (declined; 2024)
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Integrated Program in Neuroscience Recruitment Award (2023- 2024)
  • 2026 CRBLM Travel Award
  • 2025 CIHR Travel Award
  • 2025 CIHR Institute of Gender Health Award
  • IPN Scholarship 2023
  • 2025 Women’s Brain Health Summit Award

Sathurthika Selvanayagam

  • 2026 CIHR CGS MSc Award Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Finalist
  • 2025 Brain-Heart Interconnectome MSc Studentship
  • 2025 Integrated Program in Neuroscience Scholarship

Jillian Caplan

  • 2025 Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé MSc Studentship 

Yuvraj Agnihotri

  • 2025-2027 McCall MacBrain Scholar, Featured

Naomi Serediuc

  • 2025 National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award

Laurence Côté

  • Barbara Usher Goldberg Research Bursary in Medicine (2024)

Franciska Otaner

  • Clark McLeod Memorial Research Scholarship in Medicine (2024)

Ryan Kara

  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé Studentship (2024)
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Faculty of Medicine Summer Research Bursary Award (2 awards)

Nathan Friedman (neurology resident)

  • Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging Research Training Award

Larissa Chiu (alum, MSc)

  • McCall MacBain Scholar, top application in neuroscience
  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Integrated Program in Neuroscience Recruitment Award

Carol-Ann Bédard-Plante (alum)

  • Beatty Research Scholarship (2021)