Director of Western Institute for Neuroscience @westernuWIN. Professor. Microglia enthusiast. @lesmills instructor. @westernuACB @SchulichMedDent

London, Ontario
Joined May 2018
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To my child health research colleagues, please consider applying for this @CHRI_London Director position. @LHSCRI @WesternU @SRIWomensHealth #LondonOntario 🇨🇦
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 @WesternuWIN Open Science Awards! 🧠 These awards are distributed annually to three WIN trainees that exemplify and engage in Open Science practices. Learn more about each of our winners at the link here: win.uwo.ca/open_science_at_t…
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At @WesternU this morning where I learned more about partnerships between brain researchers and local organizations working with seniors. Brain research can help improve care in so many ways. Thank you to those involved in this work and to Dr. Shawn Whitehead for the invitation to meet. #ldnont
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#WIN members are interviewed all the time. Check out podcasts, news interviews, videos, and more featuring our amazing neuroscientists on our website: win.uwo.ca/events/Media.html
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Hello All! Please retweet this as you'd like - postdoctoral opening looking at circulating blood biomarkers, MRI, & cognitive correlations in investigating MCI//Alzheimer's! @VulnerableBrain (Feel free to DM for the PDF too - can't send directly in this post!)
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Congrats to Dr. Ryan Stevenson on winning a #DorothyKillamFellowship! His work on sensory phenotypes in Autism is shaping support strategies. “It’s the gift of time—and a chance to make a real impact.”📷Photo Credits: Christopher Kindratsky #WesternU #AutismResearch #Neuroscience
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The 2025 GRC on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS: Cannabinoid Neurobiology: Bridging Basic Science, Big Data, Biomarkers and Bedside Applications Across the Lifespan final program is here! Spots are going fast! Register soon for trainee talks! RT please! grc.org/cannabinoid-function…
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Getting ready for the very exciting CIHR Canadian Brain Bee competition 🏆🏆🏆🥳
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RT @alzassociation: ❌ FALSE: “For 20 years…we were directing Alzheimer’s research to one hypothesis. And any other hypotheses were shut dow…
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The second NeuroConnect theme launches at #WIN today!! Visit our website at na3.hubs.ly/y02HXZ0 for the guidelines and application form.
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Are you a #WIN trainee? Check out this great opportunity 👇👇 (more info on our website)
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Check out the 2025 Brainhack Western events and register today (more info on our website - link in bio). 🧠🧠
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CBC's wall-to-wall coverage of this crisis is another great example of why we should value Canada's public broadcaster
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Western researchers and #WIN members Siobhan Schabrun and @daspainbrain uncover new approach to predicting pain through international collaboration news.westernu.ca/2025/01/wes… via @westernu
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🧠 Women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Many factors may contribute. Our lab is focused on understanding contributions from vasculature! science.org/stoken/author-to… (1/7)
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Great working with @LiboniLuisa @budzinski_r @alexandranbusch Sindy Löwe @t_andy_keller and @wellingmax on this paper, just published @PNASNews! Image segmentation with traveling waves in an exactly solvable recurrent neural network pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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