Featuring: Matt Hill, PhD, Rebecca Haines-Saah, PhD and Jay Ingram Clearing the Smoke: Cannabis, the Brain and Public Health Join Think Big host Jay Ingram in an interactive discussion with experts Matthew Hill, PhD and Rebecca Hains-Saah, PhD. Click here to register

Title TBD

Open to researchers and community members interested in mental health. April 3rd 11:00-12:00 2-420 ECHA, 11405-87 Ave, University of Alberta Please RSVP to Shannon Wowk (swowk@ualberta.ca) by March 29th. Parking costs will be reimbursed for the lived experience attendees from Edmonton and mileage will be covered for those from nearby surrounding areas. Please let us [...]

The Training Program is open to anyone who is collaborating, or planning to collaborate, in POR. It is intended for graduate students, trainees, community and academic researchers, patients and family members, health care professionals, decision-makers, and industry and community stakeholders who are interested in learning about, or contributing to, POR in Alberta. Join us for [...]

Title: Pain in Mice and Man: Ironic Adventures in Translation Welcome Dr. Jeff Mogil - Professor, Department of Psychology. McGill University, Canada Research Chair Chair: Dr. Bradley Kerr, Co-hosted by the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute and the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain

Our speakers will be: Ms. Nancy Shie, BSc (MSc candidate working in the MR Neuroimaging Lab with Dr. Bruce Pike (http://people.ucalgary.ca/~gbpike/Bruce_Pike/Lab.html), Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary) Title: “Thalamic segmentation using fMRI for image-guided deep brain stimulation” Profile sketch: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy_Shie https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Shie+N%5BAuthor%5D+AND+Canada Ms. Melany Mclean, BSc (MSc candidate working in the MR Neuroimaging Lab with Dr. Bruce Pike (http://people.ucalgary.ca/~gbpike/Bruce_Pike/Lab.html), Biomedical Engineering, University [...]

APR 19 @ 12-12:50 MS Think Tank Dr. Samuel Ludwin Professor Emeritus, Queens University, Kingston "Updates in the pathology of MS" This seminar is sponsored in part by Novartis. FMC Coombs Theatre (live site), SHC 510007

Dr. Samuel Ludwin Professor Emeritus Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Queens University, Kingston “What Role could Astrocytes and other Glia play in the Pathogenesis of Progressive MS?” UofA ECHA 2-140  · UofC HSC 500 (live site) · UofL EP1201 · SHC  510007 April 20, 9:00 - 9:50 pm* *not the usual noon time Everyone is welcome [...]

April 26 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm Clara Christie Theatre, HSC Brain and Behaviour