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unusual experiences. Alyson Zwicker In April 2018, Emily, Vlad, and Alyson Prize for Mental Health Research.
has been collecting tubes of saliva received prestigious scholarships He was also elected a member of
to measure genetic factors that may that confirm the caliber of their the College of New Scholars, Artists
make some youth more vulnerable work. We are excited about the and Scientists of the Royal Society
to develop mental illness or more potential of cognitive, genetic and of Canada. In September 2017, Dr.
sensitive to their environment. She brain measurements to help target Uher delivered the Distinguished
is leading a project that applies prevention to those who are most Member lecture at the Canadian
genetic counseling to help vulnerable likely to benefit. Psychiatric Association's 67th Annual
young people avoid one of the major Conference. The successful renewal
causes of mental illness: marijuana. The novelty and impact of Dr. Uher of Dr. Uher’s Canada Research
Since 2016, Vlad Drobinin has been and the FORBOW team have helped Chair ensures the continuation of
leading a brain scanning project and attract attention and resources to this groundbreaking research in
150 FORBOW participants have Nova Scotia. Over the last year, Nova Scotia. If you would like to see
already taken part. Vlad is looking Dr. Uher has received eighteen updates on FORBOW and other
at the shapes of the brain surface grants and awards totaling more projects by Dr. Uher’s team, please
and connections between the brain than four million dollars in research go to www.forbow.org, or follow
structure to map the development funds. Thanks to this, the FORBOW @ProjectFORBOW and
and pinpoint when the best time team is now employing eleven staff @RudolfUher on Twitter.
for early intervention is. The brain members and it is providing training
scans also help to assess how the to seven graduate students. Dr. Uher
pre-emptive early interventions are has previously been awarded the
helping healthy brain development. international Max Hamilton Prize and
the national Royal-Mach-Gaensslen
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