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2016 – 2017 Annual Report Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) University of Toronto http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/ p.neuroscience@utoronto Director Zhong-Ping Feng, M.D., Ph.D Business Officer Paula Smellie Administrator Suhail Asrar, M.D., Ph.D Administrative Office Rm. 3306 Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College University of Toronto Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8 Phone: 416 978 8637
Table of Contents Executive Summary (2016 – 2017) ............................................................................................... 3
Message from the Director ........................................................................................................... 5
About CPIN ..................................................................................................................................... 6
CPIN Board of Directors and Committees .................................................................................. 7
CPIN Board of Directors ........................................................................................................... 7
CPIN Academic Program Committee ...................................................................................... 7
CPIN Executive Committee ...................................................................................................... 8
CPIN Graduate Executives ....................................................................................................... 8
Participating Academic Units .................................................................................................. 9
Faculty Members ....................................................................................................................... 9
CPIN Faculty Member Distribution ............................................................................................ 10
Student Information .................................................................................................................... 12
Enrolled Students ................................................................................................................... 12
Graduating Students .............................................................................................................. 13
CPIN Members: Achievements and News ................................................................................. 14
CPIN Trainee Achievements ................................................................................................. 14
Trainee Awards ....................................................................................................................... 14
CPIN Faculty in the News ...................................................................................................... 14
CPIN Academic Programs .......................................................................................................... 15
Master's Level .......................................................................................................................... 15
Doctoral Level.......................................................................................................................... 15
Course List ............................................................................................................................... 15
Neuroscience Events .................................................................................................................. 16
Distinguished Lectureship Series ........................................................................................ 16
Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series .......................................................... 19
CPIN Lectureship Survey Statistics ...................................................................................... 20
Raymond & Beverley Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist ............................... 21
Sackler Lecture Survey Statistics ......................................................................................... 21
CPIN Research Day ................................................................................................................. 22
Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience..................................................................... 27
CPIN Cortex Club .................................................................................................................... 27
Toronto Brain Bee ................................................................................................................... 28
NeuroSci 101: A Lecture Series for High School Students ................................................ 31
CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program ........................................................................... 31
Neuroscience Seminars ......................................................................................................... 32
Neuroscience Conferences and Meetings ............................................................................ 32
Communications and Program Promotion ............................................................................... 33
Website ..................................................................................................................................... 33
Annual Report.......................................................................................................................... 33
Email ......................................................................................................................................... 33
Newsletters .............................................................................................................................. 33
Career Opportunities .............................................................................................................. 33
Facebook .................................................................................................................................. 33
Linked In ................................................................................................................................... 34
Twitter ....................................................................................................................................... 34
Funding Support (2016 – 2017) .................................................................................................. 35
Appendix 1: Current CPIN Faculty Members (MoA Units) ...................................................... 37
Appendix 2: Current CPIN Faculty Members (Non-MoA Units) .............................................. 39
Appendix 3: CPIN Students ........................................................................................................ 40
Appendix 4: CPIN Graduates 2016-2017 ................................................................................... 44
Appendix 5: Neuroscience Course List .................................................................................... 47
Appendix 6: Trainee Awards 2016-2017 .................................................................................... 49
Appendix 7: Trainee Publications 2016-2017 ........................................................................... 51
Appendix 8: CPIN Trainee News in 2016-2017 .......................................................................... 55
Appendix 9: CPIN Faculty News in 2016-2017 .......................................................................... 57
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Executive Summary (2016 – 2017) Date of the Report: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017
About CPIN
16 participating academic units from 7 faculties
Lead faculty: Faculty of Medicine; Administration: Department of Physiology
CPIN Board of Directors (18 members) o Signs Memorandum of Agreement and oversees the general direction of the program
CPIN Academic Program Committee (18 members) o Reviews admission and program requirements, program curriculum and completion,
and program activities
CPIN Executive Committee (17 members) o Reviews and leads the program activities
CPIN Graduate Executive Committee (8 members)
423 faculty members, including 359 members from 16 participating units
340 graduate students were enrolled in CPIN during the 2016-2017 academic year o 185 Masters students o 155 Ph.D. students
42 students completed the CPIN program o 34 Masters students graduated this past academic year o 8 Ph.D. students graduated this past academic year
Distinguished Lectureship Series
17 CPIN Distinguished Lectures
3 Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures
27 lecture sponsorships CPIN Research Day
May 1, 2017, MSB, attended by over 200 trainees, faculty members and friends
87 trainees presented posters; 23 judges; 13 Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards
Currents Trends in Neurorehabilitation Symposium: 6 lectures were delivered by UofT faculty; Keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Volker Hoemberg (Medical Director, SRH Rehabilitation Hospital Bad Wimpfen/Germany; Secretary General, World Federation of Neurorehabilitation)
5 event sponsors in addition to the 16 MoA CPIN Participating Academic Units Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience
Established by the generosity of Dr. Jonathan Dostrovsky, this annual award recognizes and supports excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience and will be selected based on academic merit
CPIN Trainee Alicia Hilderley (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute; Virginia Wright and Darcy Fehlings’ labs) received the 2017 award at the CPIN Research Day
CPIN Cortex Club
Informal neuroscience discussion led by visiting CPIN Distinguished Lectureship speakers
2 Cortex Club discussions in 2016-2017 Toronto Brain Bee
March 31, 2017, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto
8 faculty members, 33 trainees involved
109 student participants from 34 local high schools
The top winners were: Prerana Keerthi (The Woodlands Secondary School, first place), Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School, second place) and Syed Raza (Pierre
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Elliott Trudeau School, third place)
As the first place winner, Prerana Keerthi represented Toronto at the 10th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition (www.brainbee.ca) at McMaster University in Hamilton on Saturday, May 27th 2017 to achieve first place. She subsequently participated at the International Brain Bee World Championship (IBBWC) in Washington D.C., USA and placed seventh at the event
NeuroSci 101: A Lecture Series for High School Students
Introductory Neuroscience Course taught by Graduate Students and faculty members
13 presentation sessions provided a teaching opportunity for CPIN trainees and served as the preparation course for 2017 Toronto Brain Bee
Neuroscience Seminars
Online posting and dissemination of emails promoting neuroscience-related seminars hosted at U of T and affiliated research institutes, www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/seminar.htm
Neuroscience Conferences & Meetings
Online posting and dissemination of emails promoting the neuroscience-related conferences and meetings www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/seminar.htm
Communications and Program Promotion
Website: www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca, updated on a regular basis
Annual Report: A summary of the major activities and events in the program for each academic year
Email: Over 1200 subscribers from across the university and affiliated institutions
Newsletters: 10 monthly newsletters produced in 2016-2017
Career Opportunities: Regularly updated postings of neuroscience opportunities on the website and newsletter
Facebook: Over 490 likes
Linked In: New in 2016-2017. Over 110 Connections
Twitter: New in 2016-2017. Over 120 followers.
Student Achievements
Awards
Publications
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Message from the Director
On behalves of the CPIN Board of Directors, the Academic and Executive Committees, and the Graduate Executives Committee, I am pleased to report to you that 2016-2017 was a very fruitful and dynamic year for CPIN, characterized by even more growth in our membership and educational activities. This Annual Report summarizes the major updates of the program during the past academic year. The CPIN memberships increased in this past year to a current record of 423 faculty members and 340 students. CPIN was strongly supported by our 16 academic participating departments from 7 faculties (Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Music, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto). We were also grateful for the program sponsorships provided by the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research, the Human Biology Program, the Krembil Research Institute and St. Michael's Hospital Neuroscience Research Program. With the continuing support of the CPIN community, our educational program achieved new heights in the past year. 17 internationally renowned neuroscientists delivered the CPIN Distinguished Lecture Series and Sackler Lectureship in 2016-2017, as well as visited local research groups and interacted with graduate and postdoctoral trainees during informal discussion sessions. To provide our trainees with additional learning experiences, talks on the exciting research work of upcoming and more junior researchers were scheduled as part of the CPIN seminar series under the banner of CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures. This provided opportunities to attend talks and view the progress of researchers in earlier stages of their careers from outside the UofT community. The first two recipients of the annual Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience (established in 2016) were also celebrated at the 2017 CPIN Research Day. Along with CPIN trainee presentations, the Research Day also featured the Currents Trends in Neurorehabilitation Symposium, comprising of established local and international speakers in the field. The CPIN faculty and trainee members also organized a number of high school outreach programs (including the 2017 Toronto Brain Bee competition and NeuroSci 101 enrichment course in neuroscience), which provided numerous leadership and volunteer opportunities for the CPIN trainees. The CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program was also initiated this year to pair undergraduate students applying to graduate school programs with CPIN graduate student mentors in relation to advice and support. On the communications and promotion front, we have shared the research profiles and achievements of 18 CPIN faculty members and 5 CPIN trainees with the community via our website, email lists and newsletter to encourage collaboration and promote excellence. We also promoted numerous seminars, conferences, meetings and workshops related to the neurosciences. On the social media front, CPIN also established its presence on Twitter and Linked In. The continuous development and progress achieved by CPIN in 2016-2017 is directly attributable to the devotion of our faculty and trainee members, as well as the essential support provided by the program contributors and sponsors. We would also like to express our gratitude to the CPIN Board of the Directors, CPIN Academic and Executive Committees, Graduate Student leaders as well as the CPIN administrative team for their strong support in maintaining the high standards of the program. I greatly look forward to working hand in hand with our dedicated community members and friends in the next academic year. Zhong-Ping Feng, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology Director, Collaborative Program In Neuroscience
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About CPIN
The Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) is a graduate program offering masters and
doctoral degree specialization through the School of Graduate Studies at the University of
Toronto (Note: this is not a degree in neuroscience but rather a specialization. Students who fulfill
all CPIN requirements receive a notation on their transcript and an official document of program
completion).
CPIN is the largest collaborative neuroscience graduate program in Canada. There are over 400
faculty members and over 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from sixteen academic
departments across seven faculties at the University of Toronto participating in the program. The
CPIN faculty members and trainees are located at the University of Toronto and its affiliated
teaching hospitals/research institutes. Such a large and versatile community provides a strong
basis to cultivate a successful training program supporting excellence, collaboration, innovation,
and translational and trans-disciplinary research activities.
CPIN is funded by sixteen Academic Departments across seven Faculties at the University of
Toronto. The lead faculty of the program is the Faculty of Medicine. CPIN reports to the Vice
Dean Graduate Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine, and is reviewed by the School of Graduate
Studies and the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. The administration of CPIN is managed
under the Department of Physiology.
The purposes of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience are to:
1. Foster a proactive collaborative neuroscience graduate/trainee program at the University
of Toronto
2. Recognize and promote excellence, and enhance visibility of the graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows in the neuroscience program at the University of Toronto
3. Create an environment increasing the versatility of the graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows for their career development
4. Enhance the national and international recognition of the University of Toronto
neuroscience educational program
5. Attract excellent graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to the University of Toronto
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CPIN Board of Directors and Committees
CPIN Board of Directors
The CPIN Board of Directors reviews and signs the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and oversees the general direction of the program. The Board of Directors is composed of: • Ravin Balakrishnan (Computer Science) • Heather Boon (Pharmaceutical Sciences) • Les Buck (Cell and Systems Biology) • Thomas Kislinger (Medical Biophysics) • Angela Colantonio (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute) • Graham Collingridge (Physiology) • Harry Elsholtz (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology) • Zhong-Ping Feng (Chair, CPIN Director; Physiology) • Howard Hu (Dalla Lana School of Public Health) • Allan Kaplan (Vice Dean, Graduate and Academic Affairs, Lead
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine) • Mingyao Liu (Institute of Medical Science) • Morris Manolson (Dentistry) • Morris Moscovitch (Psychology) • Justin Nodwell (Biochemistry) • Ruth Ross (Pharmacology) • Michael Thaut (Music) • Earl Woodruff (Applied Psychology and Human Development) • Craig A. Simmons (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering)
CPIN Academic Program Committee The CPIN Academic Committee reviews admission and program requirements, program curriculum and completion, and program activities as per the MoA. The Academic Committee is composed of: • Geoff Anderson (Dalla Lana School of Public Health) • Julie Audet (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering) • Jonathan O. Dostrovsky (Honorary member: Physiology) • Zhong-Ping Feng (Chair) • David R. Hampson (Honorary member: Pharmaceutical Sciences) • Jeffrey Henderson (Pharmaceutical Sciences) • Kang Lee (Applied Psychology and Human Development) • Angus McQuibban (Biochemistry) • Cindi Morshead (Institute of Medical Science) • Amy J. Ramsey (Pharmacology and Toxicology) • Janice Robertson (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology) • Ze'ev Seltzer (Dentistry) • Bojana Stefanovic (Medical Biophysics) • Michael Thaut (Music) • Melanie Woodin (Cell and Systems Biology) • John S. Yeomans (Psychology) • Karl Zabjek (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute) • Richard Zemel (Computer Science)
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CPIN Executive Committee The CPIN Executive Committee reviews and leads the program activities as per the MoA, including distinguished lecture selection, Research Day, high school outreach program, sponsorships and faculty-student interactive events. The Executive Committee is composed of: • Oliver Ernst (Biochemistry) • Zhong-Ping Feng (Chair; Physiology) • Lili-Naz Hazrati (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology) • Jeffrey Henderson (Pharmaceutical Sciences) • Kang Lee (Applied Psychology and Human Development) • Ofer Levi (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering) • John Peever (Cell and Systems Biology) • Ruth Ross (Pharmacology & Toxicology) • Ze'ev Seltzer (Dentistry) • Bojana Stefanovic (Medical Biophysics) • Michael Thaut (Music) • Lu-Yang Wang (Physiology) • Albert Wong (Institute of Medical Science) • John S. Yeomans (Psychology) • Karl Zabjek (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute) • Richard Zemel (Computer Science) • CPIN Graduate Executives representative
CPIN Graduate Executives The CPIN Graduate Student Executive Committee is composed of: • Nancy Dong (Brain Bee, Feng Lab) • Ayda Ghahremani (Neurotalk Discussion Group; Chen Lab) • Alexandre Guet McCreight (Executive at Large; Skinner Lab) • Charline Khademullah (Cortex Club; Woodin Lab) • Sofia Raitsin (NeuroSci 101 high-school course; Meyer Lab) • Vladislav Sekulic (Neurotalk Discussion Group; Skinner Lab) • Ekaterina Turlova (Special Events; Sun Lab) • Zhong-Ping Feng (Advisor)
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Participating Academic Units Faculty of Arts and Science
Cell & System Biology
Computer Science
Psychology Faculty of Dentistry
Graduate Department of Dentistry Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry
Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (Institute of)
Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Medical Biophysics
Medical Science (Institute of)
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Physiology
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Faculty of Music
Graduate Department of Music Faculty of Pharmacy
Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Public Health
Dalla Lana School of Public Health Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Applied Psychology & Human Development
Faculty Members University of Toronto faculty members with an interest in neuroscience may join CPIN to receive notifications of upcoming neuroscience events and seminars and be listed as member on our faculty page. Faculty members with an SGS appointment may have their students join CPIN.
There are currently 423 members of the CPIN faculty and 359 have graduate appointments in 16 CPIN Participating Academic Units. The distribution of the faculty members is shown on the following page according to their department of primary appointment. Some members have cross appointments with one or more other graduate departments. (http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/faculty/list.htm) A list of faculty members from the MoA Participating Academic Units can be found in Appendix 1. A list of faculty members from the Non-MoA Units can be found in Appendix 2.
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CPIN Faculty Member Distribution The table and figure below show the distribution of 359 CPIN faculty members in each of the MoA participating units. Note: the members who have graduate appointments in more than one unit are only listed in one unit, thus the data may be slightly different from the records in individual units. A list of faculty members from the MoA Participating Academic Units can be found in Appendix 1.
Academic Unit Number of Faculty Members
Biochemistry 6
Cell & Systems Biology 18
Computer Science 4
Dentistry 7
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering 14
Institute of Medical Science 124
Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology 17
Medical Biophysics 14
Music 2
OISE 3
Pharmacology & Toxicology 19
Pharmacy 9
Physiology 36
Psychology 58
Public Health 2
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute 26
Total 359
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The table and figure below show the distribution of the 64 CPIN faculty members who are appointed only in departments other than the CPIN-MoA unis. A list of faculty members from the Non-MoA Units can be found in Appendix 2.
Academic Unit Number of Faculty Members
Anaesthesia 2
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1
English 1
Exercise Science 3
Human Biology 1
Mathematics 1
Medical Imaging 4
Mathematical and Computational Sciences 1
Medicine, Division of Neurology 15
Molecular Genetics 5
Nutritional Sciences 1
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy 1
Ophtalmology & Vision Sciences 1
Paediatrics 4
Psychiatry 17
Surgery 6
Total 64
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Student Information
Enrolled Students There were 340 graduate students enrolled in CPIN during the 2016-2017 academic year (including students who graduated). Appendix 3 includes a list of current CPIN students, including their departmental affiliation. Number of Students from Each Participating Department or Faculty (2016-2017)
Department or Faculty Masters Ph.D. Total
Applied Psychology & Human Development (APD) 1 2 3
Biochemistry (BCM) 5 6 11
Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) 8 8 16
Centre for Comparative Literature (COL) 0 1 1
Computer Science (CSC) 0 0 0
Dentistry (DEN) 2 0 2
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (BME) 13 7 20
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) 0 1 1
Institute of Medical Science (IMS) 78 35 113
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) 8 6 14
Medical Biophysics (MBP) 2 8 10
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology (MMG) 0 1 1
Music (MUS) 7 4 11
Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHM) 4 2 6
Pharmacology & Toxicology (PCL) 5 6 11
Physiology (PSL) 22 25 47
Psychology (PSY) 12 27 39
Public Health (DLSPH) 1 1 2
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (REH) 17 15 32
Total 185 155 340
The figure below shows the distribution of graduate students across participating units.
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Graduating Students A total of 42 students have graduated with the CPIN specialization in the 2016-2017 academic year. Appendix 4 includes a list of CPIN graduating students, including their departmental affiliation, supervisor, and thesis topic. Number of Graduating Students from Each Participating Department or Faculty
Department or Faculty Masters Ph.D. Total
Biochemistry 1 0 1
Cell & Systems Biology 0 1 1
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering 1 0 1
Institute of Medical Science 9 1 10
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) 0 1 1
Medical Biophysics (MBP) 1 0 1
Music 4 0 4
Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHM) 1 0 1
Pharmacology & Toxicology 1 0 1
Physiology 7 3 10
Psychology 4 2 6
Public Health 1 0 1
Rehabilitation Science 4 0 4
Total 34 8 42
The figure below shows the distribution of graduating students.
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CPIN Members: Achievements and News
CPIN Trainee Achievements
Trainee Awards Many CPIN students received and held scholarship and awards in 2016-2017. Examples of student awards are shown in Appendix 6. Trainee Publications CPIN facilitates and promotes research collaboration. Many CPIN students have published peer-reviewed original and/or review articles in peer-reviewed journals during 2016-2017. Examples of student publications are shown in Appendix 7. Trainee News CPIN attracts and fosters trainees with outstanding academic and other achievements in 2016-2017. CPIN trainee news in 2016-2017 is shown in Appendix 8.
CPIN Faculty in the News CPIN’s world renowned faculty members have achieved numerous successes and made important contributions in 2016-2017. CPIN faculty news in 2016-2017 is shown in Appendix 9.
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CPIN Academic Programs
The Academic Program Committee has discussed and revised the program requirements. The Admission requirements remain unchanged from the previous year. The CPIN also added a temporary student membership for visiting graduate students to the University of Toronto. Two new CPIN courses have been approved by SGS and implanted into the program: NEU1000H for master’s students and NEU2000H for doctoral students. Admission Requirements
Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating units.
Program Requirements
Master's Level
The thesis topic must be in the neuroscience area.
The student's supervisor must be a core faculty member of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN).
All master's-level students must complete at least 0.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs) chosen from the list of courses approved by the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, as listed below.
The student must attend the Annual CPIN Research Day at least once.
The student must complete NEU 1000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Master's) by attending at least 70% of the lectures in the CPIN Distinguished Lectureship Series (including the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist Lecture) or CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series, during one academic year (or a minimum of 7 lectures in total over the program). As part of the seminar series, the student must present his/her work at least once at the CPIN Research Day..
Doctoral Level
The thesis topic must be in the neuroscience area.
The student's supervisor must be a core faculty member of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN).
All PhD students must complete at least 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) course, such as JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular, or JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour, or one of several additional courses in cognitive psychology or imaging, or neuroscience-related course to be determined by the CPIN Program Committee and posted on the CPIN website in July of each year.
The student must attend the Annual CPIN Research Day at least twice.
The student must complete NEU 2000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Doctoral) by attending at least 70% of the lectures in the CPIN Distinguished Lectureship Series (including the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist Lecture) or CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series, during three academic years (or a minimum of 21 lectures in total over the program). As part of the seminar series, the student must present his/her work at least twice at the CPIN Research Day.
MSc or MA students who have completed the CPIN and who wish to continue on to complete at the doctoral level must register again and fulfil all the program requirements (e.g., students must again present posters in the doctoral program).
Course List Neuroscience courses offered by CPIN and the participating units are listed in Appendix 5.
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Neuroscience Events
Distinguished Lectureship Series CPIN organized seventeen lectures in the Distinguished Lectureship Series for the 2016-2017 year. Many of these were co-sponsored with member departments and institutes.
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Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series To provide our trainees with additional learning experiences, talks on the exciting research work of upcoming and more junior researchers were scheduled as part of the CPIN seminar series under the banner of CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures starting June, 2017. This provided opportunities to attend talks and view the progress of researchers in earlier stages of their careers from outside the UofT community.
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CPIN Lectureship Survey Statistics
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Raymond & Beverley Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist at the University of Toronto Lecture Series was established in 1999. This endowment was created in tribute to the Nobel Laureate, Julius Axelrod, Ph.D., for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to the neurosciences. http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/sackler.htm
The Fourteenth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist
Speaker | Dr. Carol A. Barnes, Regents' Professor, Psychology, Neurology and Neuroscience; Evelyn F. McKnight Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging; Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute; Director, Division of Neural Systems, Memory and Aging, University of Arizona Title | Aging is not a disease: Normal lifespan changes in brain circuits critical for memory Date | Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Time | 4:00 pm Location | Rm. 2172, Medical Sciences Bld., 1 King's College Circle, U of T Host | Dr. Cheryl Grady, Professor, Depts. of Psychology and Psychiatry,
U of T; Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre Dr. Carol Barnes is a Regents’ Professor in the Departments of Psychology, Neurology and Neuroscience, the Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, and Director of the Division of Neural Systems, Memory & Aging at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The central goal of Dr. Barnes’ research program is to understand how the brain changes during the aging process and what the functional consequences of these changes are on information processing and memory.
Sackler Lecture Survey Statistics
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CPIN Research Day http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/CPIN_ Research_Day.htm
The 2017 CPIN Research Day was held in conjunction with the Currents Trends in Neurorehabilitation Symposium on Monday, May 1 at the U of T Medical Sciences Building. Over 200 graduate, postdoctoral and faculty members as well as friends attended the event. CPIN Research Day Sponsorship The 2017 CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee wish to acknowledge the following sponsors: The Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, the U of T Human Biology Program, the Krembil Research Institute, the Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence and the St. Michael’s Neuroscience Research Program; as well as the 16 CPIN participating Departments and their faculties: the Departments of Cell & System Biology, Psychology, and Computer Science from Faculty of Arts and Science; Graduate Department of Dentistry from Faculty of Dentistry; Departments of Biochemistry, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, and Institute of Medical Science from Faculty of Medicine; Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Faculty of Pharmacy; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health from Faculty of Public Health; Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development from Ontario Institute For Studies in Education; the Graduate Department of Music from Faculty of Music. Please see our website for details (http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/CPIN_ Research_Day.htm). Research Day Welcome and Opening Remarks (MSB 2158, JJR Macleod Auditorium) All attendees were welcomed by Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng (CPIN Director; Professor, Physiology). Dr. Feng overviewed the major educational and outreach activities undertaken by CPIN in the 2016-2017 academic year and acknowledged the CPIN trainees and CPIN faculty members, CPIN Academic and Executive Committees, CPIN Board of Directors, CPIN Participating Graduate Units and the CPIN Research Day sponsors for their support. For more information, please visit http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/ The opening remarks were delivered by Dr. Richard G. Hegele (Vice Dean, Research & Innovation, Faculty of Medicine; Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology). Currents Trends in Neurorehabilitation Symposium Morning Session (JJR Macleod Auditorium) Four talks were delivered at the symposium during the morning session between 10:15am to 12:10pm. The session Chair was Dr. Angela Colantonio (Director, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute; Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy & Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T). The first talk was presented by Dr. Deryk Beal (Assistant Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, CPIN and the Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, U of T; Clinician-Scientist Speech-Language Pathologist, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital) entitled “Stimulating conversation: Neuromodulation for speech and language rehabilitation”. The second talk was delivered by Dr. Robin Green (Canada Research Chair (tier 2) Traumatic brain injury - Neurorehabilitation Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Division, U of T; Senior Scientist Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network) entitled “Remote Neurorehab: A New Provincial Telehealth Centre for Integrated Research and Clinical Care in Chronic Brain Injury”. The third talk in the morning session was delivered by Dr. Corene P. Hurt-Thaut (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Music, U of T; Research Associate, Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC); Program Director, The Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy; Professor, ArtEZ School of Music – ArtEZ Conservatorium) entitled “Neurologic Music Therapy in Neurorehabilitation”. The final talk in the morning session was the symposium keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Volker Hoemberg (Medical Director, SRH Rehabilitation Hospital Bad Wimpfen/Germany; Secretary General, World Federation of Neurorehabilitation) entitled “Neurorehabilitation 2017: Where Are We – Where to Go. New Developments in Brain Research and Clinical Translations”.
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Poster Presentations (MSB Stone Lobby) Following the lunch break, 87 poster presentations in 13 groups were delivered by trainees at the MSB Stone Lobby from 12:30 to 2:30pm. The poster presentations were evaluated by 23 judges. Students in each group were competing for Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards (see page 9 for the list of winners).
(CPIN Research Day Photo credit: Zhong-Ping Feng)
Currents Trends in Neurorehabilitation Symposium Afternoon Session (JJR Macleod Auditorium) The afternoon session was chaired by Dr. Michael Thaut (Director of the Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC); Professor, Faculty of Music, U of T) between 2:35pm to 3:40pm. The first talk was delivered by Dr. Joyce Chen (Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, U of T; Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute) entitled “Biomarkers and non-invasive brain stimulation for stroke motor recovery”. Dr. Kara Patterson (Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, U of T; Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network) was then presented her work entitled “Walk this way: considerations for the rehabilitation of gait after stroke”. The final talk of the session was given by Dr. Rosalie Wang (Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, U of T; Affiliate Scientist, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Rehabilitation Research Team, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network) entitled “Applications of Robotics in Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation”.
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(CPIN Research Day Photo credits: Zhong-Ping Feng & Nisran Kunarathan)
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Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience was initiated in 2016 to recognize and support excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. Following the afternoon symposium session, Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng announced and presented the Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience to CPIN trainees Katharine Dunlop (2016 winner; Institute of Medical Science, Jonathan Downar lab) and Alicia Hilderley (2017 winner; Rehabilitation Sciences Institute; Virginia Wright and Darcy Fehlings’ labs). Dr. Dostrovsky extended warm congratulations to the awardees: I would like to congratulate the first two recipients of this annual neuroscience award, Katie Dunlop and Alicia Hilderley. Both of you have demonstrated outstanding achievements in scholarship, research and leadership in your fields of study and are truly deserving in receiving these awards in recognition of your excellent accomplishments. I wish you all the best in your future careers and look forward to following your progress over the coming years”. Please visit the award webpage for more details: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm Congratulates to Presentation Awardees The winners of the Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards were announced and presented by Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng and Dr. Angela Colantonio. The Research Day concluded with an afternoon reception following the award presentations.
CPIN Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards Mary Binko (Physiology, Evelyn Lambe lab), Jonathon Chio (Institute of Medical Science, Michael Fehlings lab), Jordana Compagnone (Institute of Medical Science, Mario Masellis & Sandra Black labs), Erik Friesen (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Suneil Kalia lab), Heather Lau (Biochemistry, Joel Watts lab), Chelsea Mackinnon (Music, Michael Thaut lab), Fadl Nabbouh (Institute of Medical Science, Anurag Tandon lab), David Pruitt (Texas Biomedical Device Center, Seth Hays lab), Julie Sato (Psychology, Margot Taylor lab), Sanjana Shellikeri (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Yana Yunusova lab), Petri Takkala (Institute of Medical Science, Steven Prescott lab), Kristiana Xhima (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Isabelle Aubert lab). Neuroscience Undergraduate Excellence in Poster Presentation Award Shadi Mousavi Nia, Human Biology, Michael Cusimano lab.
(CPIN Research Day Photo credit: Vladislav Sekulic)
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Event Organizers and Contributors The immense success of the 2017 CPIN Research Day is attributable to a enormous team effort by the CPIN faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students as well as the CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee, session chairs, judges, volunteers and event sponsors. CPIN would also like to thank the symposium speakers in both the morning and afternoon sessions for their educational and inspirational talks!
CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee Angela Colantonio, Zhong-Ping Feng (CPIN Director), Michael Thaut, Vladislav Sekulic (Student Organizer), Ekaterina Turlova (Student Organizer) and Suhail Asrar (CPIN Office).
Currents Trends in Neurorehabilitation Symposium Speakers Volker Hoemberg, Deryk Beal, Joyce Chen, Robin Green, Kara Patterson, Corene P. Hurt-Thaut and Rosalie Wang.
Trainee Presentation Judges Deryk Beal, Trish Domi, Benjamin Dunkley, Zhong-Ping Feng, Leon French, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Jeffrey Henderson, Paul Hwang, Evelyn Lambe, Kang Lee, Massieh Moayedi, Kara Kathleen Patterson, Peter Pennefather, Graham Pitcher, Aylin Reid, Gabriela Rozanski, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, Frances Skinner, Hong-Shuo Sun, Walter Swardfager, Vince Tropepe, Douglas Tweed and Alexander Velumian.
Trainee Volunteers Yuxiao Chen, Amin Kamaleddin Ezabadi, Farinaz Ghodrati, Alexandre Guet-McCeight, Nisran Kunarathan, Cricia Rinchon, Vladislav Sekulic (Student Organizer), Chesarahmia Dojo Soeandy, Michael Solarski, Dana Swarbick, , Ekaterina Turlova (Volunteer leader, Student Organizer), Frances Xia and Ashley Zhang.
(CPIN Research Day Photo credit: Vladislav Sekulic)
Special Acknowledgements Sandra Black
Event Program Design Suhail Asrar
Administration Suhail Asrar
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Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm
Award Overview: Student Application Deadline: April 7, 2017 for the 2017 award Where to apply: Office of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience Value of the annual award: $1000 (for the 2017 award) Duration of award: 1 year Level of study: Graduate Studies
Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience was initiated in 2016 to recognize and support excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. In 2017, CPIN Trainee Alicia Hilderley (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute; Virginia Wright and Darcy Fehlings’ labs) received the award at the CPIN Research Day (see page 25).
CPIN Cortex Club http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/cortexclub.htm The CPIN Cortex Club is a unique seminar series dealing with cutting-edge topics and significant, challenging issues in neuroscience. It is organized and run by graduate students, and provides an informal and egalitarian environment designed to encourage cross talk and innovation. At each Cortex Club event, the visiting Distinguished Lectureship Series speakers present a mixture of novel, technical, speculative, and possibly even controversial work or ideas. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions, make comments, and discuss with each other during the invited speaker's presentation. The direction of the discussion is allowed to evolve organically, whether that be down towards the nitty-gritty technical details of a new methodology, or up towards lofty ideas about the nature of the brain and the future of neuroscience. In 2016-2017 academic year, 2 Cortex Club sessions were conducted. The topics discussed in these meetings included Analysis of the expression profile and regional distribution of glutamate receptors using histoblots and affinity ligands (Dr. Elek Molnar, University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity – The holy grail of learning and memory, or an epiphenomenon? A debate (Dr. Robert Froemke, NYU School of Medicine, New York). In 2016-2017, the CPIN Cortex Club was organized by Charline Sahara Khademullah-Coskun (Cell & Systems Biology; Woodin lab).
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Toronto Brain Bee http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/brainbee.htm
The 19th Annual Toronto Brain Bee competition took place at the Medical Sciences Building at the University of Toronto ( U of T) on March 31, 2017. 109 students from 34 high schools in the Toronto area took part in the competition, which is the largest number of participants to date. 33 student volunteers and 8 faculty members were involved in organizing this successful outreach event. The students were welcomed by Professor Zhong-Ping Feng (Toronto Brain Bee Coordinator and CPIN Director, Physiology) and Professor Allan S. Kaplan (Vice Dean, Graduate and Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine; Psychiatry). Other CPIN faculty judges at the event included Professor Amy Ramsey (Chief Judge; Pharmacology), Professor Jonathan Dostrovsky (Physiology) and Professor Hong-Shuo Sun (Chief Judge; IMS/Surgery-Anatomy). Nancy Dong (Graduate volunteer leader; Physiology) announced the Brain Bee event schedule and the rules of the competition. The competition was hosted by Sofia Raitsin (Graduate student, IMS) and Vladislav Sekulic (Graduate student, Physiology). In between the competition rounds, a clinical presentation was made to the high-school students by UofT medical students Susy Lam & Adriano Mollica. Participants also viewed a video overview of the 2016 Firefly Foundation Bright Lights in the lab program (provided by Sharon Zillmer, Firefly Foundation). Prior to the final competition round, all participants observed a live-animal Research Demonstration led by Professor Amy Ramsey (Pharmacology). Following three rounds of questions, the top winners were: Prerana Keerthi (The Woodlands Secondary School, first place), Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School, second place) and Syed Raza (Pierre Elliott Trudeau School, third place). As the first place winner, Prerana Keerthi will represent Toronto at the 10th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition (www.brainbee.ca), which will take place at McMaster University in Hamilton on Saturday, May 27th 2017.
Toronto Brain Bee Sponsorship The 2017 Brain Bee competition was sponsored by the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, the Department of Physiology, the Firefly Foundation and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation via Early Researcher Award (ERA) outreach funds. We would like to express our appreciation to the sponsors and U of T faculty members: Professor Morgan Barense (Psychology), Professor Azadeh Farzan (Computer Science) & Professor Patricia Ganea (Applied Psychology & Human Development), who contributed their ERA outreach funds to support the Brain Bee.
The organizing committee of the 2017 Toronto Brain Bee comprised of UofT faculty and graduate student members: Morgan Barense (Psychology), Nancy Dong (Graduate student, Physiology), Jonathan Dostrovsky (Professor Emeritus Physiology; Advisor), Azadeh Farzan (Computer Science), Zhong-Ping Feng (Physiology; Committee Chair), William Ju (Human Biology), Amy Ramsey (Pharmacology), Ali Salahpour (Pharmacology), Hong-Shuo Sun (IMS/Surgery-Anatomy) and Suhail Asrar (CPIN Office).
The questions preparation committee of the 2017 Toronto Brain Bee comprised of Nancy Dong (Graduate student, Physiology), Zhong-Ping Feng (Physiology; Committee Chair) and William Ju (Human Biology).
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(Toronto Brain Bee Photos credits: Eva Eng, Zhong-Ping Feng, Catherine Li, Keelia Quinn de Launay and Vivian Szeto)
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The trainee volunteers were organized and led by Nancy Dong (Physiology). Volunteers included Yuxiao (Sonny) Chen (Pharmacology & Toxicology), Jonathon Chio (Institute of Medical Science), Chesarahmia Dojo Soeandy (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Alexandre Guet-McCreight (Physiology), Liza Futerman (Centre For Comparative Literature), Zachary Hall (Cell & Systems Biology), Irene Harmsen (Institute of Medical Science), Kirusanthy Kaneshwaran (Physiology), Shahin Khodaei (Physiology), Nirsan Kunaratnam (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute), Catherine Li (Human Biology), Feiya Li (Physiology), Keelia Quinn de Launay (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute), Hannah Marlatte (Psychology), Karen Misquitta (Institute of Medical Science), Moushumi Nath (Physiology), Ingita Patel (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Sofia Raitsin (Institute of Medical Science), Jessica Ramlakhan (Human Biology), Cricia Rinchon (Institute of Medical Science), Anton Rogachov (Institute of Medical Science), Kate Rzadki (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology), James Saravanamuttu (Institute of Medical Science), Vladislav Sekulic (Physiology), Michael Solarski (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology), Faryn Starrs (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute), Joseph Steinman (Medical Biophysics), Dana Swarbrick (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute), Vivian Szeto (Physiology), Ekaterina Turlova (Physiology), Emily Underwood (Institute of Medical Science), Kaviraja Udupa (University Health Network), Brenda Varriano (Institute of Medical Science), Xinzhu Louisa Wang (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology), Raymond Wong (Physiology) and Kazi Zahir (Human Biology).
Top 3 Ranking Participants Prerana Keerthi (The Woodlands Secondary School, first place) , Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School, second place) & Syed Raza (Pierre Elliott Trudeau School, third place)
Top Ranking Novice Participant Award Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School)
Top Ranking Participants according to school (with at least 5 participants) Rifaa Fatima Ali (University of Toronto Schools), Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School), Matthew Huynh (Bayview Secondary School), Surya Pandiaraju (Upper Canada College) & Khari Thomas (Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute)
Student Leadership in Promoting Early Education in Neuroscience Awards Surya Pandiaraju (Upper Canada College), Deween Piyasena (Stephen Lewis Secondary School) & Anjali Thatte (Glenforest Secondary School)
Teacher Recognition Awards Marybeth Bertovic (Glenforest Secondary School), Anya Marin (Glenforest Secondary School), Ralph Masciello (Bayview Secondary School) & Courtney Turner (Upper Canada College) Special Thanks Nancy Dong (Physiology) for organizing and leading the U of T student volunteers; Professor Amy Ramsey (Pharmacology) for leading the live-animal Research Demonstration; Suhail Asrar (CPIN Office Administration)
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NeuroSci 101: A Lecture Series for High School Students http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/course.htm
This year marks another highly successful run of NeuroSci 101, a free neuroscience course at the University of Toronto for high school students in the GTA. CPIN has been proudly offering the course year after year as part of its ongoing commitment to outreach initiatives that promote early interest in neuroscience. On average, attendance was around 25-30 students each class, with 18 students qualifying for the completion certificate at the end. CPIN graduate students coordinated the program, with Sofia Raitsin (IMS, Meyer lab) as the Head Coordinator, Nancy Dong (Physiology, Feng lab) as the Administrative Manager, and Jonathon Chio (IMS, Fehlings lab) as the Communications Manager, overseen by Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng, CPIN Director, and with support from Suhail Asrar at the CPIN office. Running from October to February, this year featured 13 lectures covering a wide range of topics such as neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, sensory systems, learning and memory, neurodegenerative conditions, sleep, drugs and the brain, and imaging techniques. The classes were expertly taught by CPIN graduate students, post-docs and faculty members: Dr. William Ju (Faculty), Nancy Dong (PhD Student, Physiology), Dr. Iman Kamali Sarvestani (Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology), Vivian Szeto (MSc Student, Physiology), Samantha Audrain (PhD Student, Psychology), Sofia Raitsin (PhD Student, IMS), Dana Swarbrick (MSc Student, Rehabilitation Science), Iva Brunec (PhD Student, Psychology), Jonathon Chio (PhD Student, IMS), Ekaterina Turlova (PhD Student, Physiology), and Dulcie Vousden (PhD Student, Medical Biophysics). We are looking forward to another strong year in 2017-18!
CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/undergraduate_mentorship.htm
The CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program paired graduate neuroscience mentors with undergraduate mentees–supporting them with all aspects of graduate school application process. This program was a new initiative in 2016-2017 led by CPIN Grad Exec Ekaterina Turlova (PhD Student, Physiology, Sun lab) that aimed to pair undergraduate students who would be actively applying to graduate school programs for the cycle commencing the following academic year (mentees) with CPIN graduate students (mentors). The mentors provided support and advice to
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mentees through interaction via email, in-person or both on all aspects of graduate school application process, including but not limited to finding a supervisor, choosing a program/department, preparing CVs and letters of intent and interview preparation. Career development workshops were organized throughout the program to address common questions and teach skills to aid in the application process.
Neuroscience Seminars http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events /seminar.htm Neuroscience seminars hosted on the U of T campuses and at affiliated research institutes have been posted on the CPIN website and are updated on a weekly basis.
Neuroscience Conferences and Meetings http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/Conf_ M.htm Neuroscience-related conferences have been posted on the CPIN website and are updated on a bi-weekly basis.
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Communications and Program Promotion
Website www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca Updated regularly, the website is the communication hub of the CPIN program. Current and prospective students, faculty members, and other interested parties can use the website to access detailed information about the program including educational activities, membership, community outreach programs, and upcoming seminars, meetings and conferences. Additionally, the website provides links to the monthly newsletter, faculty members and research groups, and offers CPIN application forms for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members.
Annual Report http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/annualreports.htm CPIN produces and releases an annual report each academic year to summarize the major activities and events in the program. The current and previous annual reports can be found on our website.
Email [email protected] The CPIN distribution list includes over 1000 subscribers, including faculty members, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, University of Toronto Academic Unit leaders and external connections. The list is used to share information regarding upcoming academic events, CPIN updates, and the monthly newsletter. The CPIN office also responded to inquiries related to the CPIN graduate, postdoctoral and faculty membership as well as outreach programs and neuroscience events on a routine basis.
Newsletters http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/2014newsletter.htm The CPIN newsletter is distributed via email to the members of the CPIN distribution list, and is posted on the CPIN website. The newsletter highlights upcoming events, program news, new faculty members and students, graduating students, and other neuroscience-related activities from across the University and affiliated institutions. Current and past issues of the newsletter can be accessed on the CPIN website.
Career Opportunities http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/Positions_Available.htm The CPIN website and newsletter also offer regular postings on neuroscience opportunities for current students and recent graduates. Most of the opportunities listed are from research groups/laboratories that are directly affiliated with CPIN.
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Collaborative-Program-in-Neuroscience/212564644049 The CPIN Facebook page is used as an alternate forum for communicating information about upcoming events and activities to current graduate students. Students who have liked the
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Facebook page are invited attend to future academic and social events with their fellow CPIN members. The CPIN Facebook page has currently over 490 likes.
Linked In https://ca.linkedin.com/in/cpinuoft In 2016, the CPIN Linked In account was set up to allow current CPIN members as well as alumni to keep in touch with and continue to follow the program through the convenience of this form of technology. The page has currently 114 connections. Twitter https://twitter.com/CPIN_UofT In 2016, CPIN developed a Twitter account for current members and alumni to follow program activities and updates through this tool. The CPIN Twitter account currently has 120 followers.
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Funding Support (2016 – 2017) Program Funders CPIN administration was supported by 16 participating departments from 7 faculties at U of T and 4 Institutional Contributors over the 2015-2016 year.
MoA Contributions:
Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
Department of Biochemistry
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Department of Cell & System Biology
Department of Computer Science
Graduate Department of Dentistry
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Department of Medical Biophysics
Institute of Medical Science
Graduate Department of Music
Department of Pharmacology
Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Physiology
Department of Psychology
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Institutional Contribution:
Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research
Human Biology Program
Krembil Research Institute
St. Michael's Hospital Neuroscience Research Program Event Sponsors Major CPIN activities were funded by additional contributions from the MoA participating departments, the Institutional Contributor and external sponsors. The list of 2016-2017 contributors can be found below:
Distinguished Lectures
Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Suicide & Depression Studies Program, St. Michael’s Hospital
Barbara Turnbull Foundation
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Child and Brain Development Programme
Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CDPGH), UofT
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Physiology Endocrine and Diabetes Research Grouping (EDRG) Platform
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Department of Physiology Neuroscience Platform
Department of Psychology
DeZwirek Family
Krembil Neuroscience Centre
Krembil Research Institute
Neuroscience & Mental Health, SickKids
Spinal Cord Injury Research Unit
Techna Institute, University Health Network
U of T Spine Program
University Health Network
Research Day
Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence
Human Biology Program
Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI)
Krembil Research Institute
St. Michael’s Neuroscience Research Program The 16 MoA CPIN Participating Academic Units
Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
Department of Biochemistry
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Department of Cell & System Biology
Department of Computer Science
Graduate Department of Dentistry
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Department of Medical Biophysics
Institute of Medical Science
Graduate Department of Music
Department of Pharmacology
Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Physiology
Department of Psychology
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Toronto Brain Bee
Firefly Foundation
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Department of Physiology
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Appendix 1: Current CPIN Faculty Members (MoA Units)
Biochemistry John Callahan, Oliver Ernst, James Gurd, David MacLennan, Angus McQuibban and Joel Watts. Institute of Biomaterial & Biomedical Engineering Julie Audet, Berj Bardakjian, Elaine Biddiss, Tom Chau, Sasha John, Ofer Levi, Kei Masani, Mary K. Nagai, Milos Popovic, Tom Schweizer, Molly Shoichet, Willy Wong, Paul Yoo and Jose Zariffa. Cell & Systems Biology Rudy Boonstra, Ian Brown, Les Buck, Belinda Chang, Angela Lange, David Lovejoy, Patrick O. McGowan, Joanne Nash, John Peever , Stephen Reid, Blake Richards, Adriano Senatore, Marla Sokolowski, Richard Stephenson, Bryan Stewart, Tod Thiele, Vincent Tropepe, and Melanie Woodin. Computer Science Anthony Bonner, Geoffrey E. Hinton, Frank Rudzicz and Richard Zemel. Dentistry Limor Avivi-Arber, Iacopo Cioffi, James Hu, David Lam, Massieh Moayedi, Ze'ev Seltzer and Barry Sessle. Institute of Medical Science Sharon Abel, Evdokia Anagnostou, Paul Arnold, Richard Aviv, Andrew Baker, Brenda Banwell, Cathy Barr, Maru Barrera, Anne Bassett, Mark Bayley, Sandra Black, Gabrielle Boulianne, Dianne Broussard, Theodore Brown, John Brumell, Robert Chen, Douglas Cheyne, Tiffany Chow, Sabine Cordes, Michael Cusimano, Sunit Das, Jeff Daskalakis, Karen Davis, Maureen Dennis, Gabrielle deVeber, Jonathan Downar, Adam Dubrowski, William Mark Erwin, Michael Fehlings, Joseph A. Fisher, John G. Flanagan, George Foussias, Paul Fletcher, John S. Floras, Benjamin Goldstein, Herbert Goltz, Allan Gordon, Karen A. Gordon, Cheryl Grady, Ariel Graff, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Clement Hamani, Margaret Hahn, Gregory Hare, Robert Harrison, Nathan Herrmann, Mojgan Hodaie, Richard Horner, Paul Hwang, Jonathan C. Irish, Kevin C. Kain, David Kaplan, Allan S. Kaplan, Andrea Kassner, James Kennedy, John Kennedy, Paulo D. Koeberle, Anthony Lang, Brian Levine, Clifford Librach, Fang Liu, Maureen Lovett, Andres Lozano, R. Loch MacDonald, Angela Mailis-Gagnon, Brian Maki, Mario Masellis, Roger McIntyre, Cynthia Menard, Jeffrey H. Meyer, David Mikulis, Steven Miller, Romina Mizrahi, Harvey Moldofsky, Cindi Morshead, Daniel Mueller, Paul Muller, Andras Nagy, Paul O'Connor, Beverley Orser, Lucy Osborne, Elizabeth Pang, Jose Luis Perez-Velazquez, Bruce G. Pollock, Arun Ravindran, Neil Rector, Peggy Richter, John Roder, Sean Rourke, James Rutka, Joel Sadavoy, Jean Saint-Cyr, Paul Sandor, Russell Schachar, Colin Shapiro, James Sharpe, Martin Steinbach, Antonio Strafella, Richard Swartz, Uri Tabori, Emily Wing Yun Tam, Anurag Tandon, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Charles Tator, Mary Tierney, Michael Tymianski, Taufik Valiante, Derek van der Kooy, Rob van Reekum, Nicolaas Paul Verhoeff, Aristotle Voineskos, Jerry Warsh, Carol Westall, Linda Wilson-Pauwels, Agnes Wong, Albert Wong, Yana Yunusova and Liang Zhang. Institute of Medical Science/Physiology James Eubanks, William Hutchison, Freda Miller, Hong-Shuo Sun, Xiao-Yan Wen and Mei Zhen. Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Isabelle Aubert, Catherine Bergeron, Rod Bremner, Alain Dabdoub, Phedias Diamandis, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Lorraine Kalia, Suneil Kalia, Rasmus Kiehl, Clifford Lingwood, Don Mahuran, JoAnne McLaurin, Heyu Ni, Janice Robertson, Jeremy Sivak, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, and Yeni Yucel.
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Medical Biophysics Paul Fraser, Simon Graham, Mark Henkelman, Kullervo Hynynen, Jason Lerch, Lothar Lilge, Bradley MacIntosh, Brian Nieman, John Sled, Greg Stanisz, Bojana Stefanovic, Stephen Strother, Jim Woodgett and Shun Wong. Music Lee Bartel and Michael Thaut. OISE Anne-Claude Bedard, Hazel McBride and Kang Lee. Pharmacology & Toxicology W. McIntyre Burnham, Susan George, Larry Grupp, Anh Dzung Lê, Bernard Le Foll, Krista Lanctôt, J. Peter McPherson, Jane Mitchell, Cecil Pace-Asciak, Amy J. Ramsey, Ali Salahpour, Edward Sellers, Etienne Sibille, Carter Snead, Walter Swardfager, Rachel Tyndale, Ruth Ross, Martin Zack and Laurie Zawertailo. Pharmacy Robert Bonin, Usoa Busto, David R. Hampson, Jeffrey Henderson, Peter O'Brien, Peter Pennefather, James Wells, Peter Wells and Shirley Xiao Yu Wu. Physiology Harold Atwood, Denise Belsham, Peter Carlen, Robert F. Casper, Graham Collingridge, Nicholas Diamant, Jonathan Dostrovsky, James Duffin, Zhong-Ping Feng, Paul Frankland, Zheng-Ping Jia, Tianru Jin, Sheena Josselyn, Hon Kwan, Evelyn Lambe, William MacKay, Stephen Matthews, Linda Mills, Philippe Monnier, Howard Mount, Kenneth Norwich, Maire Percy, Steven Prescott, Ian Rogers, Michael Salter, Lyanne Schlichter, Frances Skinner, Elise Stanley, Shuzo Sugita, William Trimble, Douglas Tweed, Alexander Velumian, Lu-Yang Wang, Anne Wheeler, Martin Wojtowicz and Min Zhuo. Psychology Claude Alain, Nicole Anderson, Maithe Arruda-Carvalho, Dirk Bernhardt-Walther, Bradley Buchsbaum, Jonathan Cant, William Cunningham, Gerald Cupchik, Eve De Rosa, Sam Doesburg, Kevin Dunbar, Katherine Duncan, Gillian Einstein, Suzanne Erb, Amy Finn, Susanne Ferber, Alison Fleming, Robert Gerlai, Asaf Gilboa, David Haley, Lynn Hasher, Melissa Holmes, Cendri Hutcherson, Rutsuko Ito, Gwendolyn Ivy, Sidney Kennedy, Junchul Kim, Gary W. Kraemer, Andy Lee, Donald Mabbott, Geoffrey MacDonald, Michael Mack, Loren Martin, Mary Pat McAndrews, Randy McIntosh, Jed Meltzer, N. William Milgram, Ashley Monks, Morris Moscovitch, Matthias Niemeier, Tomas Paus, Ted Petit, Laura-Ann Petitto, Jason Plaks, Jay Pratt, Martin Ralph, David Regan, Joanne Rovet, Jennifer Ryan, Mark Schmuckler, Mary Lou Smith, Donald Stuss, Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi, Margot Taylor, Endel Tulving, Franco Vaccarino, John Yeomans and Iva Zovkic. Dalla Lana School of Public Health Izzeldin Abuelaish and Howard Hu. Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Deryk Beal, Tim Bressmann, Joyce Chen, Angela Colantonio, Paul Comper, Deirdre Dawson, Luc De Nil, Darcy Fehlings, Robin Green, Judith Hunter, Michelle Keightley, Sally Lindsay, Rosemary Martino, William McIlroy, George Mochizuki, Kristin Musselman, Stephen Perry, Helene Polatajko, Nick Reed, Elizabeth Rochon, Nancy Salbach, Catriona Steele, Pascal van Lieshout, Molly Verrier, Jane Topolovec-Vranic and Karl Zabjek. Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2016
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Appendix 2: Current CPIN Faculty Members (Non-MoA Units)
Anaesthesia Arsenio Avila and Sinziana Avramescu. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology John Ratcliffe English Ian Lancashire. Exercise Science Guy Faulkner, Lynda Mainwaring and Luc Tremblay. Human Biology Bill Ju. Mathematics Jérémie Lefebvre. Mathematical and Computational Sciences Dehan Kong. Medical Imaging Benjamin Dunkley, Allan Fox, Sandra Moses and Sean Symons. Medicine Danielle Andrade, Cathy Craven, Andrew Dimitrijevic, Elizabeth Donner, Sherali Esmail, Michael Farkouh, Susan Fox, Richard M. Gladstone, Brian Murray, James Perry, Aylin Reid, Demetrios Sahlas, Donald Weaver, John Wherrett, and Catherine Zahn. Molecular Genetics Ben Blencowe, Joseph Culotti, Xi Huang, Julie Lefebvre and Peter Roy. Nutritional Sciences Carol Greenwood. Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Emily Nalder. Ophtalmology & Vision Sciences Rand Simpson. Paediatrics Susanne Benseler, Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, Irena Nulman and Hilary Whyte. Psychiatry Adam Anderson, Ana Cristina Andreazza, James Cantor, Eva Chow, Bruce Christensen, James Deutsch, Kim Edelstein, Leon French, W.L. Alan Fung, David Kreindler, Meng-Chuan Lai, Peter Li, Jose Nobrega, Mark Rapoport, Sakina Rizvi, Chanth Seyone and Kenneth Shulman. Surgery Mark Bernstein, Fred Gentili, David Houlden, Eric Massicotte, Richard Perrin and Ranil Sonnadara. Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2016.
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Appendix 3: CPIN Students Surname First Name Degree
Applied Psychology & Human Development
Lishak Victoria PhD
Ozdemir Demirci Begum PhD
Propp Lee MA
Biochemistry
Arshadh Hamza MSc
Balo Aidin PhD
Bourkas Matthew PhD
Brasenell Katie MSc
Lau Angus MSc
Lau Heather PhD
Moskal Natalia PhD
Nag Sudeshna PhD
Ou Wei-Lin PhD
Tan Wendy MSc
Centre for Comparative Literature
Futerman Liza PhD
Cell & Systems Biology
Abdallah Salsabil MSc
Aguda Vernie MSc
Aqrabawi Afif MSc
Cajanding Janine MSc
Garand Danielle MSc
Guilbeault Nicholas MSc
Hawrysh Peter John PhD
Khademullah-Coskun
Charline Sahara
PhD
Lauby Samantha PhD
Mahabir Samantha PhD
Pinguelo Arsene PhD
Ratnam Melanie R PhD
Shams Soaleha PhD
Wong Yuen Yan MSc
Yu Xiaotian (Tag) MSc
Dentistry
Ayoub Lizbeth MSc
Lopez Gross Jacqueline MSc
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Anreiter Ina PhD
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Aquilino Mark MASc
Carraro Mattia MASc
Cheung Stephanie PhD
Ebrahim Amini Azin MASc
Eftekhari Daniel MASc
Garcia Martha PhD
House Sarah MASc
Ing Sonja MASc
Kamaleddin Ezabadi
Seyed Mohammad Amin
PhD
Katz Chaim MHSc
Mahallati Sara PhD
Mitrousis Nikolaos PhD
Mokhberi Maryam MASc
Poon Charissa MASc
Sereshkeh Alborz Rezazadeh
PhD
Stojic Filip MASc
Tuladhar Anup PhD
Vonderwalde Ilan MASc
Wong Andrew MHSc
Institute of Medical Science
Abi-Jaoude Elia PhD
Adams Kelsey MSc
Baarbe Julianne PhD
Beldick Stephanie MSc
Boutet Alexandre PhD
Bray Michael MSc
Burke Charles MSc
Ceniti Amanda MSc
Chang Michael MSc
Chen David Qixiang PhD
Chen ChengCheng MSc
Cheng Wei-Chin (Zoey)
PhD
Cheng Joshua MSc
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Chio Chon Teng (Jonathon)
PhD
Chung Jun ku PhD
Compagnone Jordana MSc
Cunningham Jasmyn MSc
Da Silva Susana MSc
Da Silva Tania MSc
De Barros Freitas Carina Patricia PhD
Deighton Michael Robert MSc
Derkach Daniel MSc
Deshpande Poorva MSc
Dey Ayan PhD
Dragas Rachel MSc
Dunlop Katharine PhD
Emrani Hamideh PhD
Fettes Peter MSc
Ghahremani Ayda PhD
Gharehgazlou Avideh MSc
Glass Torin MSc
Hamer Julia MSc
Han Hua MSc
Harmsen Irene PhD
Hemington Kasey PhD
Honarvar Faraz MSc
Hong James PhD
Hung Shih-Ping PhD
Isayama Reina MSc
Jacobs Grace MSc
Jawa Natasha MSc
Jegatheeswaran Gaayathiri PhD
Ji Xiang (Patrick) MSc
Saad Khan Muhammad MSc
Kim Julia MSc
Kim Junseok PhD
Kowalchuk Chantel MSc
Kramer Emily PhD
Lakshman Nishanth MSc
Laliberte Alex Michael PhD
Lamba Wiplove MSc
Lee Yena MSc
Liu Nancy MSc
Lowther Chelsea MSc
MacKay-Clackett Isabel MSc
Marano Maria MSc
Marshe Victoria MSc
Meng Ying PhD
Mihaescu Alexander MSc
Miles Amy PhD
Mir-Moghtadaei Arsalan MSc
Misquitta Karen MSc
Mogadam Alexandra MSc
Mohamed Jabir MSc
Nabbouh Fadl MSc
Oh Hyemin (Amy) PhD
Osborne Natalie PhD
Pan Danny MSc
Parker Nadine MSc
Patel Ronak MSc
Peters Sarah MSc
Pinchefsky Elana MSc
Plitman Eric PhD
Polonenko Melissa PhD
Qian Winnie MSc
Raitsin Sofia PhD
Richards Michael PhD
Rinchon Vinz-erl Cricia MSc
Rodgers Christopher MSc
Rogachov Anton MSc
Saeed Usman MSc
Sandor Mark MSc
Saravanamuttu James MSc
Sebanayagam Vinoja MSc
Shah Kairavi MSc
Shahzad Uswa PhD
Sinopoli Vanessa PhD
Szilagyi Gregory Mark MSc
Taghdiri Foad MSc
Takkala Petri PhD
Tan Joel MSc
Tohyama Sarasa MSc
Tso Michael PhD
Underwood Emily MSc
Valli Mikaeel MSc
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Varriano Brenda MSc
Vimalanathan Akshayan MSc
Wolfe Glenn MSc
Workewych Adriana MSc
Yan Chen PhD
Ye Annette MSc
Zawadzki John PhD
Zivcevska Marija MSc
Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Budani Monique PhD
de Snoo Mitchell MSc
Friesen Erik MSc
Gao Andrew MSc
Ghodrati Farinaz MSc
Mehrabian Mohadeseh PhD
Rzadki Kate MSc
Schneider Raphael PhD
Solarski Michael MSc
Wang Xinzhu PhD
Weber-Adrian Danielle PhD
Xhima Kristiana MSc
Zhang Ashley MSc
Medical Biophysics
Allemang-Grand Rylan PhD
Atwi Sarah PhD
Buchwald Zsuzsa PhD
Grykuliak Kevin MSc
McMahon Dallan PhD
Miyata Tsukiko PhD
Steinman Joseph PhD
Vousden Dulcie PhD
Yee Yohan PhD
Music
Beth Kowaleski Julia MA
Haire Catherine PhD
Jones Cheryl PhD
Kang Joorang MA
Kang Kyurim PhD
Mackinnon Chelsea MA
Sharma Vivek PhD
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Beerepoot Pieter Claus PhD
Bermejo Marie Kristel PhD
Carter Jasmine MSc
Chen Yuxiao (Sonny) PhD
Islam Farhana PhD
Jacobson Maya MSc
Lam Vincent PhD
Mielnik Catharine PhD
Russo Melissa MSc
Sadeghlo Negin MSc
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dojo Soeandy Chesarahmia PhD
Dong Yue (John) PhD
D'Souza Abigail MSc
Patel Ingita MSc
Yini Xxx (Virginia) MSc
Physiology
Al-Basha Dhekra PhD
Binko Mary MSc
Bodalia Ankur PhD
Boychuk Jay MSc
Breton Vanessa PhD
Cai Sammy MSc
Cao Feng PhD
Charish Jason PhD
Chatzikalymniou Alexandra PhD
Chen Robert PhD
Cohen Dalya MSc
Constantinof Andrea PhD
Dong Nancy PhD
Ebrahim Amini Aeen MSc
Florez Carlos PhD
Ghuznavi Aamer MSc
Guet-McCreight Alexandre PhD
Guskjolen Axel PhD
Harding Erika Katharina PhD
Ho Keith PhD
Kaneshwaran Kirusanthy MSc
Leung Celeste PhD
Li Feiya MSc
Mapplebeck Josiane PhD
Nath Moushumi MSc
Nuwisait Wanida PhD
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Salter Eric MSc
Saw Ner Mu Nar PhD
Sekulic Vladislav PhD
Stojanovski Sonja MSc
Szeto Vivian Ying MSc
Tabbarah Sami MSc
Tran Lina PhD
Turlova Ekaterina PhD
Wong Raymond PhD
Wu Qiu Jing (Jane) MSc
Xia Frances PhD
Yu Julia MSc
Psychology
Amer Tarek PhD
Audrain Samantha PhD
Belchev Zornitza PhD
Bellicoso Daniela PhD
Browne Caleb PhD
Cox Elizabeth MA
Diamond Nick PhD
Douglas Danielle PhD
Dudek Joanna PhD
Forster Evelyn PhD
Gabriel Grace MA
Ghosh Vanessa Elise PhD
Gillingham Susan PhD
Hughes Jessica PhD
Kristl Brunec Iva PhD
Leung Rachel PhD
Man Vincent Yen PhD
Marlatte Hannah MA
Marshall Patricia PhD
Melo Hans Ludwig PhD
Mossad Sarah PhD
Ngo Ka Wai Joan PhD
Peragine Diana MA
Ramsaran Adam PhD
Sama Marco MA
Sato Julie MA
Tanninen Stephanie MA
Weeks Jennifer PhD
Wilson Daniel MA
Wong Angelita PhD
Yeung Lok Kin PhD
Young Julia PhD
Yuk Veronica PhD
Public Health
Carty Adele PhD
Rehabilitation Science
Antonio Patrick PhD
Cermak Carly MSc
Cheng Darren MSc
Choi Kyung An Brian MSc
Currie Victoria PhD
D'Onofrio Philippe PhD
DuBois Denise PhD
Felcenloben Monique MSc
Garzon Luisa MSc
Green Stephanie Lynn PhD
Hilderley Alicia PhD
Hobler Fiona PhD
Kunaratnam Nirsan MSc
Nusrat Labeeba MSc
Paniccia Melissa PhD
Quinn de Launay Keelia MSc
Renton Tian PhD
Resnick Myles MSc
Ribeiro de Oliveira
Leticia PhD
Saumur Tyler MSc
Shellikeri Sanjana PhD
Starrs Faryn PhD
Swarbrick Dana MSc
Sweeny Michelle MSc
Toong Tiffany MSc
Urban Karolina PhD
Valenzano Teresa PhD
Waito Ashley PhD
Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2017.
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Appendix 4: CPIN Graduates 2016-2017 Student Name Program Supervisor Thesis Title:
Biochemistry
Eliane Barras MSc Angus McQuibban
Characterizing the Deubiquitinase USP35
Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Zahra Emami MASc Tom Chau Addressing the Effects of Distractors on a Brain-Computer Interface
Cell and Systems Biology
Huy Ngoc Steven Tran
PhD Robert Gerlai Alcohol-induced Locomotor Activity in Zebrafish is Mediated by Activation of the Dopaminergic System
Institute of Medical Science
Anuj Rastogi MSc Robert Chen Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Lateral Cerebellum Decreases Cognitive Cerebello-Cerebral Functional Connectivity
Arunima Kapoor MSc Richard Swartz Identifying Predictors of Functional Outcome after Stroke: Impact of Post-Stroke Depressive Symptoms, Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cognitive Impairment on Long-Term Body Function, Activity and Participation
Cindy Narinesingh
MSc Agnes Wong Examining Audiovisual Integration in Amblyopia using the Sound-Induced Flash Illusion
Dunja Knezevic MSc Romina Mizrahi Imaging Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Neuroinflammation, Beta-Amyloid and Glutathione
Joanna Soczynska
PhD Sidney Kennedy
Exploring the Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in the Pathophysiology, Cognitive Dysfunction and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Integrative Evidence Provided by a Proof-of-Concept Study with Adjunctive Minocycline
Joshua Gnanasegaram
MSc Karen Gordon Characterizing vestibular stimulation in children with cochlear implants
Kenda Alhadid MSc Taufik Valiante Cerebrovascular Reactivity (CVR) in mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (mTLE)
Kristin Vesely MSc Tom Schweizer Driving Performance and Underlying Brain Activation Patterns in Chronic Stroke Patients
Megan Hird MSc Tom Schweizer Investigating Simulated Driving Behaviour and Brain Activation in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Sarah Coakeley MSc Antonio Strafella
PET imaging of pathological tau in progressive supranuclear palsy
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Laura MacNair PhD Janice Robertson
Characterization of Loss- and Gain- of Function Mechanisms of TDP-43 Pathology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia
Medical Biophysics
Kiran G. Beera MSc Brian Nieman The impact of focal radiation damage on whole-brain development in the mouse
Music
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Veronica Vuong MA Michael Thaut The Effects of Rhythmic Sensory Stimulation on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Pilot Study
Shannon Duane MA Michael Thaut N/A
Sophia Christopher
MA Michael Thaut N/A
Cynthia Kaarto MA Michael Thaut N/A
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Andrew Patrick Burke
MSc David Hampson
A Neurodevelopmental Study of Mice following In Utero and Early Postnatal Exposure to Imidacloprid, A Neonicotinoid Pesticide
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Fenika Kapadia MSc Etienne Sibille High-Throughput Analysis of Age-Dependent Protein Changes in Layer II/III of the Human Orbitofrontal Cortex
Physiology
Andrew Barszczyk
PhD Zhong-Ping Feng
Caltubin - A Novel Regulator of Neuronal Microtubule Assembly in Mammals
Colleen Gillon MSc Sheena Josselyn
Development of a Viral Toolbox to Study the Role of m6A RNA Methylation in Memory
Diellor Basha MSc William D Hutchison
The characterization of beta oscillatory activity in the motor thalamus of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease patients
Doris Lam PhD Lyanne Schlichter
Expression and Function of Kir2.1 and Kv1.3 Channels in Cytokine-induced Activation of Rat and Mouse Microglia: A Tale of Two Rodents
Flora Nasri MSc Martin Wojtowicz
The Short-term and Long-term Effects of High-fat Diet on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Husain Shakil MSc Steven Prescott Hyperexcitability in Pain Processing Neurons: Pathological and Compensatory Mechanisms
Ji-Sun Kim MSc Zhong-Ping Feng
The Role of Ryanodine Receptor on Neurite Outgrowth under Physiologic and Hypoxic Stress Conditions.
Robert Chen PhD Elise F. Stanley Ultrastructural Analysis of the Role of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Intracellular Domains in Synaptic Vesicle Tethering at Presynaptic Terminals
Sammen Huang MSc Hong-Shuo Sun
Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2) Channel Plays a Role in Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury
Shakira Brathwaite
MSc R.L. Macdonald The role of Toll-like receptor 4 in the pathogenesis of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
Psychology
Adam Ramsaran MA Paul Frankland Optically imaging forgetting in the hippocampus
Alexander Jacob MA Sheena Josselyn
Coallocation of Appetitive and Aversive Memories in the Lateral Amygdala
Alexandra Decker
MA Donald Mabbott Hippocampal subfield volumes and relations to associative memory in children and adolescent survivors of pediatric brain tumors
Amy Ann Wilkinson
PhD Margot Taylor Attention and Inhibitory Control in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: Outcomes and Prediction Using Biomarkers
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Jessica Arsenault
PhD Bradley Buchsbaum
What was I Thinking? Using Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis to Identify Shared Neural Representations Between External and Internal Speech
Samantha Gauvreau
MA Donald Mabbott Neural Network Disturbances in Paediatric Brain Tumour Survivors
Public Health
Maelle Marchand MSc Howard Hu Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Attention Deficits in Children
Rehabilitation Sciences
Alana Tibbles MSc Robin Green Past history of substance misuse impedes recovery of attention after moderate-severe traumatic brain injury
Alicia Paniccia MSc Sally Lindsay Exploring the experiences of youth and young adults with ABI as they transition towards work-related roles
Rachel Downey MSc Paul Comper An evaluation of the clinical utility of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool-3 (SCAT3) in varsity athletes.
Timothy Lam MSc Joyce Chen Exploring the Relationship between Motor and Frontoparietal Brain Networks in Upper Limb Motor Outcome Post-Stroke
Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2017.
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Appendix 5: Neuroscience Course List
Neuroscience courses offered by CPIN and the participating academic units are listed
below. Not all courses are offered each year.
CSC 2515 Intro to Machine Learning
CSC 2506 Uncertainty and Learning
CSC 2523 Object Modeling and Recognition: Deep Learning in Computer Vision
DEN 1060H Oral Physiology: Sensory and Neuromuscular Function
HDP 1238H Special Topics in Human Development & Applied Psychology: Neuroscience &
Education: Bridging the Gap
HDP 3286H Developmental Neurobiology
JEB 1444H Neural Engineering
JEB 1451H Neural Bioelectricity
JNP 1017H The Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology
JNP 1018H Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour
JPM 1005Y Behavioural Pharmacology
JPY 1007Y Neuropharmacology of Neurotransmitter Receptors
JYG 1555H Topics in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
MSC 1006H Advanced Neuroanatomy
MSC 1081H Studies in Schizophrenia
MSC 1085H Molecular Approaches to Mental Health and Addictions
MSC 1086H Integrative perspectives in Consciousness and Self-Awareness
MSC 1087H Neuroimaging Methods Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MSC 1088H Brain Positron Emission Tomography
MSC 6000H Special Topics in Anatomy
NEU 1000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Master's) (Credit/No Credit)
NEU 2000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Doctoral) (Credit/No Credit)
PCL 1012H Cognitive Neuropharmacology
PSL 1024H Advanced Topics: Endocrinology and Neuroendocrinology
PSL 1026H Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology
PSL 1047H Advanced Topics: Somatosensory and Pain Neuroscience
PSL 1050H Advanced Topics: The Hippocampus from Cell to Behaviour
PSL 1053H Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function
PSL 1068H Advanced Topics: Molecular Basis of Behaviour
PSL 1071H Advanced Topics: Computational Neuroscience
PSL 1075H Biology In Time
PSL 1441H Systems Level Neuroplasticity
PSL 1445H Mechanistic Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience
PSL 1446H Molecular & Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders
PSL 1452H Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function
PSY 4706H Human Brain Neuroanatomy
PSY 5101H Mechanisms of Behaviour
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PSY 5103H Learning and Plasticity
PSY 5104H Neuropsychology
PSY 5110H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience I
PSY 5111H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience II
PSY 5112H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience III
PSY 5120H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation I
PSY 5121H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation II
PSY 5130H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology I
PSY 5131H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology II
PSY 5132H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology III
PSY 5201H Audition
PSY 5202H Vision
PSY 5203H Higher Cognition
PSY 5204H Attention
PSY 5205H Memory
PSY 5210H Advanced Topics in Perception I
PSY 5211H Advanced Topics in Perception II
PSY 5212H Advanced Topics in Perception III
PSY 5220H Advanced Topics in Cognition I
PSY 5221H Advanced Topics in Cognition II
PSY 5222H Advanced Topics in Cognition III
PSY 5310H Advanced Topics in Development I
PSY 5311H Advanced Topics in Developmental Neuroscience II
REH 1510H Disordered Restorative Motor Control
REH 5100H Introduction to Cognitive Rehabilitation Neuroscience I: Basic Science to Clinical
Applications
REH 5102H Cognitive Rehabilitation Neuroscience II
Other Courses
Courses not specifically in neuroscience, that do not fulfil the program requirements as
neuroscience courses, but might be useful for neuroscience students, are listed below.
JBL 1507H Biochemistry of Inherited Disease
JDB 1025Y Developmental Biology
PHM 1122H Fundamentals of Drug Discovery
PSY 5102H Motivational Processes
SLP 1522Y Speech Physiology and Acoustics
SLP 1533Y Aphasia
SLP 1534Y Motor Speech Disorders
SLP 3001H Theoretical Foundations of Communication Sciences
+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following
academic session in which course is offered.
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Appendix 6: Trainee Awards 2016-2017
Name Program Supervisor (s) Awards received between July 2016 to June 2017
Applied Psychology and Human Development
Lee Propp MA Anne-Claude Bedard Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Health Institutes of Research
Biochemistry
Angus Lau MSc Joel Watts Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
Cell and Systems Biology
Afif Aqrabawi PhD Junchul Kim Sheila Freeman Graduate Award in Zoology
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Anup Tuladhar PhD Molly Shoichet Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
Seyed Mohammad Amin Kamaleddin Ezabadi
PhD Steven Prescott Milligan Graduate Fellowship Ontario Trillium Scholarship
Stephanie Cheung PhD Deryk Beal Wildcat Graduate Scholarship
Institute of Medical Science
Alexandre Boutet PhD Andres Lozano OTSS-Mergelas Family Graduate Student Scholarship in Medical Imaging PGME Awards (Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine and the Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship)
Ayan Dey PhD Brian Levine Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship CPSR Trainee Award, Heart and Stroke Foundation
Carina Patricia De Barros Freitas
PhD Evdokia Anagnostou Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business & Professionals (FPCBP) Scholarship Ph.D. Scholarship from The Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT)
Emily Underwood MSc Mary Tierney Ontario Graduate Scholarship Canadian Federation of University Women Memorial Fellowship
Foad Taghdiri MSc Carmela Tartaglia Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
James Saravanamuttu
MSc Robert Chen Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Health Institutes of Research
Melissa Polonenko PhD Karen Gordon Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship
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Mikaeel Valli MSc Antonio Strafella Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Health Institutes of Research
Petri Takkala PhD Steven Prescott Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation Graduate Awards, OSOTF Restracomp Training Fellowship, Sick Kids Research Institute
Sarasa Tohyama MSc Mojgan Hodaie Pain Scientist Scholarship International Student Entrance Award
Yena Lee MSc Roger S. McIntyre DB Award
Zihang Pan MSc Roger McIntyre Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Health Institutes of Research
Brenda Varriano MSc Carmela Tartaglia Institute of Medical Sciences Entrance Scholarship
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Jasmine Carter MSc Walter Swardfager Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Student Scholarship Dr. Bernard Lau Memorial Scholarship
Physiology
Aeen Ebrahim Amini
MSc Graham Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute-OSOTF Studentship
Frances Xia PhD Paul Frankland NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship
Moushumi Nath MSc Paul Frankland Restracomp Training Fellowship, Sick Kids Research Institute Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Ashley Waito PhD Catriona Steele Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Student Scholarship University of Toronto Fellowship
Dana Swarbrick MSc Joyce Chen Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Health Institutes of Research
Tyler Saumur MSc George Mochizuki Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Note: The list was generated based on information in the current records at the CPIN office
Appendix 7: Trainee Publications 2016-2017
Name Program Supervisor (s) Publications between July 2016 to June 2017
Applied Psychology and Human Development
Lee Propp MA Anne-Claude Bedard
Ludmer, J. A., Sanchez, M., Propp, L., & Andrade, B. F. (2017). Comparing the multicomponent Coping Power program to individualized parent-child treatment for improving the parenting efficacy and satisfaction of parents of children with conduct problems. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-9.
Cell and Systems Biology
Afif Aqrabawi PhD Junchul Kim Aqrabawi, A., Browne, C., Garand, D., Dargaei, Z., Khademulla, C.S., Woodin, M.A., & Kim, J.C. (2016). Top-down modulation of olfactory-guided behaviours by the anterior olfactory nucleus pars medialis and ventral hippocampus. Nature Communications.
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Anup Tuladhar PhD Molly Shoichet Pakulska M.M., Elliott Donaghue I., Obermeyer J.M., Tuladhar A., McLaughlin C.K., Shendruk T.N., Shoichet M.S. (2016). Encapsulation-free controlled release: electrostatic adsorption eliminates the need for protein encapsulation in PLGA nanoparticles, Science Advances, 2: e1600519; doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600519
Seyed Mohammad Amin Kamaleddin Ezabadi
PhD Steven Prescott Kamaleddin M.A. Nano-ophthalmology: Applications and considerations.Nanomedicine. (2017) May;13(4):1459-1472. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.02.007. Epub Feb 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 28232288. Kamaleddin M.A. (2017). Molecular, biophysical, and pharmacological properties of calcium-activated chloride channels. J Cell Physiol. Jan 25. doi:10.1002/jcp.25823. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 28121009. Kamaleddin M.A. The paradoxical pro- and antiangiogenic actions of resveratrol: therapeutic applications in cancer and diabetes. (2016) Ann N Y Acad Sci. Dec;1386(1):3-15. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13283. Epub 2016 Nov 23. PubMed PMID: 27880855. Bakhshandeh B, Kamaleddin MA, Aalishah K. (2017). A Comprehensive Review on Exosomes and Microvesicles as Epigenetic Factors. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther.;12(1):31-36. Review. PubMed PMID: 27396390.
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Institute of Medical Science
Ayan Dey PhD Brian Levine Manoranjan B, Dey AK, Wang X, Kuzyk A, Petticrew K, Carruthers C, Arnold I. Role of non-government organizations in engaging medical students in research. J Investig Med. 2017 Mar;65(3):709-716. doi: 10.1136/jim-2016-000348. Epub 2017 Skinnider MA, Squair JW, Twa DDW, Ji JX, Kuzyk A, Wang X, Steadman PE, Zaslavsky K, Dey AK, Eisenberg MJ, Gagné ÈR, HayGlass KT, Lewis JF, Margetts PJ, Underhill DA, Rosenblum ND, Raymond LA. Characteristics and outcomes of Canadian MD/PhD program graduates: a cross-sectional survey. CMAJ Open. 2017 Apr 25;5(2):E308-E314.
Foad Taghdiri MSc Carmela Tartaglia
Taghdiri, F., Varriano B., and Tartaglia C. (2017). Assessment of Oculomotor Function in Patients With Postconcussion Syndrome: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation .
James Saravanamuttu
MSc Robert Chen Weiler J, Saravanamuttu J, Gribble PL, Pruszynski JA. (2016). Coordinating long-latency stretch responses across the shoulder, elbow, and wrist during goal-directed reaching. J Neurophysiol Nov 1;116(5):2236-2249.
Julia Kim MSc Ariel Graff-Guerrero & Philip Gerretsen
Kim, J., Schweizer, T.A., Fischer, C.E., Munoz, D.G. (2017). The role of cerebrovascular disease on cognitive and functional status and psychosis in severe Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis, 55(1), 381-389.
Marija Zivcevska
MSc Agnes Wong Lei, S., Goltz, H. C., Chen, X., Zivcevska, M., & Wong, A. M. (2017). The Relation Between Light-Induced Lacrimation and the Melanopsin-Driven Postillumination Pupil ResponseLight-Induced Lacrimation and PIPR. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 58(3), 1449-1454.
Melissa Polonenko
PhD Karen Gordon Polonenko MJ, Carinci L, Gordon KA, Papsin BC, Cushing SL. (2016). Hearing benefit and rated satisfaction in children with unilateral conductive hearing loss using a transcutaneous magnetic coupled bone conduction hearing aid. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Nov; 27(10):790-804. Polonenko MJ, Cushing SL, Gordon KA, Allemang B, Jewell S, Papsin BC. (2016). Stimulation parameters differ between current anti- and peri-modiolar electrode arrays implanted within the same child. Journal of Laryngology and Otology Nov/Dec; 130(11): 1007-1021. Polonenko MJ, Papsin BC, Gordon KA. (2017). Children with single-sided deafness use their cochlear implant. Ear Hear. 2017 May. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000452. [Epub ahead of print]
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Petri Takkala PhD Steven Prescott Takkala P, Zhu Y, Prescott SA. (2016). Combined changes in chloride regulation and neuronal excitability enable primary afferent depolarization to elicit spiking without compromising its inhibitory effects. PLoS Comput Biol Nov;12(11):e1005215.
Sarasa Tohyama
MSc Mojgan Hodaie Tuttle AH., Tansley S., Dossett K., Tohyama S., Khoutorsky A., Maldonado-Bouchard S., Stein L., Gerstein L., Crawhall-Duk H., Pearl R., Sukosd M., Leger P., Hardt O.M., Yachnin D., Austin J.S., Chan C.M. et. al. (2017). Social propinquity in rodents as measured by tube cooccupancy differs between inbred and outbred genotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. May 23;114(21):5515-5520. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703477114. Epub 2017 May 8.
Torin Glass MSc Steven Miller Glass T.J.A., Chau V., Gardiner J., Foong J., Vinall J., Zwicker J.G., Grunau R.E., Synnes A., Poskitt K.J., Miller S.P. (2017). Severe retinopathy of prematurity predicts delayed white matter maturation and poorer neurodevelopment. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. May 23. pii: fetalneonatal-2016-312533. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312533. [Epub ahead of print]
Yena Lee MSc Roger S. McIntyre
McIntyre RS, Mansur RB, Lee Y, Japiassú L, Chen K, Lu R, et al. (2017). Adverse effects of obesity on cognitive functions in individuals at ultra high risk for bipolar disorder: Results from the global mood and brain science initiative. Bipolar Disord. Mar;19(2):128–134. Su JA, Cheng BH, Huang YC, Lee CP, Yang YH, Lu ML, et al. (2017). Bipolar disorder and the risk of fracture: A nationwide population-based cohort study. J Affect Disord. 23 Apr;218:246–252. Seo MK, Choi CM, McIntyre RS, Cho HY, Lee CH, Mansur RB, et al. (2017). Effects of escitalopram and paroxetine on mTORC1 signaling in the rat hippocampus under chronic restraint stress. BMC Neurosci. 26 Apr;18(1):39.
Zihang Pan MSc Roger McIntyre Pan Z, Rosenblat JD, Swardfager W, McIntyre RS. (2017). Role of proinflammatory cytokines in dopaminergic system disturbances, implications for anhedonic features of MDD. Curr Pharm Des.;23:1-8. Cha DS, Carmona NE, Mansur RB, Lee Y, Park HJ, Rodrigues NB, Subramaniapillai M, Rosenblat JD, Pan Z, Lee JH, Lee JG, Almatham F, Alageel A, Shekotikhina M, Zhou AJ, Rong C, Harrison J, McIntyre RS. (2017). Pain and major depressive disorder: Associations with cognitive impairment as measured by the THINC-integrated tool (THINC-it). Scandinavian Journal of Pain. Apr;15:62-67.
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Brenda Varriano
MSc Carmela Tartaglia
Taghdiri, F., Varriano, B., & Tartaglia, M. C. (2017). Assessment of Oculomotor Function in Patients With Postconcussion Syndrome: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. [EPub ahead of print] Varriano, B., Crouzat, F., and Clinicians at Maple Leaf Medical Clinic.Cardiovascular events (2016). A thing of the past? A real-life assessment in an inner-city Toronto clinic. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 19 (Suppl 7)
Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Farinaz Ghodrati
MSc Gerold Schmitt-Ulms
Brethour D., Mehrabian M., Williams D., Wang X., Ghodrati F., Ehsani S., Rubie E.A., Woodgett J.R., Sevalle J., Xi Z., et al. (2017). A ZIP6-ZIP10 heteromer controls NCAM1 phosphorylation and integration into focal adhesion complexes during epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Scientific Reports Jan;7, 40313 doi:10.1038/srep40313.
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Jasmine Carter MSc Walter Swardfager
Carter J., Cogo-Moreira ., Herrmann .,Merino D., Yang P., Shah B.R., Kiss A., Reitav J., Oh P.I. and Swardfager W. (2016). Validity of the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression scale in Type 2 diabetes. Joual of Psychosomatic Rerch Nov; 90:91-97.
Psychology
Julie Sato MA Margot Taylor Duerden, E.G., Lee, M., Chow, S., Sato, J., Mak-Fan, K., Taylor, M.J. (2016). Neural correlates of reward processing in typical and atypical development. Child Neurology Open, 3: 1-10. Urbain, C., Sato, J., Pang, E.W., Taylor, M.J. (2017). Temporal and spatial brain dynamics of socio-emotional regulation during a go/no–gotask in children. Devel Cogn Neurosci., 26: 62-68.
Zornitza Belchev
PhD Asaf Gilboa Belchev Z., Levy N., Berman I., Levinzon H., Hoofien D., Gilboa A. (2017). Psychological traits predict impaired awareness of deficits independently of neuropsychological factors in chronic traumatic brain injury. Br J Clin Psychol May, doi: 10.111/bjc.12134. [Epub ahead of print]
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Ashley Waito PhD Catriona Steele Valenzano T.J., Waito A.A., Steele C.M. (2016). Characterizing dysphagia and swallowing intervention in the traumatic spinal injury population. Dysphagia Jul;31(5):598-609.
Note: The list was generated based on information in the current records at the CPIN office
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Appendix 8: CPIN Trainee News in 2016-2017 (in order of appearance)
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Appendix 9: CPIN Faculty News in 2016-2017 (in order of appearance)
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2016 – 2017 Annual Report Published by Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) University of Toronto in July 2016 http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/ p.neuroscience@utoronto Annual Report Editors Suhail Asrar, M.D., Ph.D. Zhong-Ping Feng, M.D., Ph.D. Coverpage Design Suhail Asrar
CPIN Sponsors (2016-2017)