Amazing Brain Science Talks 2025

Schedule

Sat Nov 08 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Grande Bibliothèque de BAnQ | Montréal, QC

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An event presented by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL), Brain Canada Foundation and the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI)
About this Event

Discover the incredible potential of the brain

Join us to hear about personalized therapy for anxiety, aging and healthy sexuality, a new way to care for concussions and more through short, engaging talks by Canadian brain health experts, clinicians and speakers with lived experience. After the talks, discover the variety of exciting work being done by Montreal-based students in different areas of brain health during a reception and poster session. All the talks will include French subtitles. For more information about the Amazing Brain Science Talks, visit our website.


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An event presented by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives, Brain Canada and the Brain-Heart Interconnectome.

is an interdisciplinary program, funded by the Government of Canada and Quebec, built on McGill University's global leadership in interdisciplinary neuroscience that uses big data analysis to reveal the fundamental mechanisms underlying normal brain function and brain disorders. HBHL aims to accelerate translational discoveries and create a global centre of excellence in neuroinformatics at McGill to improve brain health in Canada and around the world.

is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing brain research in Canada and fostering collaboration among researchers, funding agencies, and other stakeholders to accelerate scientific discoveries.

is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary research program based at the University of Ottawa, aimed at accelerating prevention, detection, treatment and care of brain-heart disorders, funded through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

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Découvrez le potentiel incroyable de votre cerveau

Soyez des nôtres à l'événement Amazing Brain Science Talks pour assister à des conférences éclair stimulates par des expert·es canadien·nes en santé cérébrale, des clinicien·nes et des porte-paroles témoignant de leur expérience vécue. Les thèmes abordés comprennent les thérapies personnalisées pour l'anxiété, le vieillissement et une sexualité saine, de nouvelles méthodes pour traiter les commotions cérébrales et plus encore. Après les conférences, profitez d'une réception et d'une séance d'affiches pour découvrir les recherches menées par des étudiant·es montréalais·es dans différents domaines de la santé cérébrale. Veuillez noter que les conférences se dérouleront en anglais, accompagnées de sous-titres en temps réel en français. Pour plus d'informations sur les conférences Amazing Brain Science Talks, veuillez visiter notre site web.


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Un événement présenté par Cerveau en santé, vie en santé (HBHL), la Fondation Brain Canada et le Brain-Heart Interconnectome.


est un programme interdisciplinaire à l’Université McGill consacré à faire progresser la recherche sur la santé du cerveau. HBHL investit dans les personnes, les projets et les infrastructures pour soutenir les neurosciences à McGill, ayant alloué plus de 73 millions de dollars pour des laboratoires, des équipes de recherche, le recrutement de professeur·es-chercheurs·euses, des bourses d’études, des activités de sensibilisation et plus encore. Les efforts de HBHL sont rendus possibles grâce au soutien des gouvernements du Canada et du Québec.

est un organisme caritatif national dédié à la progression de la recherche sur le cerveau au Canada qui favorise la collaboration entre les chercheurs·euses, les organismes de financement et d’autres acteurs afin d’accélérer les découvertes scientifiques.

est un programme de recherche interdisciplinaire novateur basé à l'Université d'Ottawa qui vise à accélérer la prévention, la détection, le traitement et les soins des troubles cérébro-cardiaques. BHI est financé par le Fonds d'excellence en recherche Apogée Canada.


Agenda

🕑: 01:00 PM
Introduction to the Amazing Brain Science Talks
Host: Viviane Poupon
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Cracking the concussion code: Rethinking how we care for concussions
Host: Roger Zemek
🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
The power of knowledge: A patient perspective on genetic testing and research
Host: Kris Noakes, Community Advocate
🕑: 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
A new lens on youth bipolar disorder: The heart-brain connection
Host: Benjamin Goldstein
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
The little blue hope: Can a heart drug heal the injured brain of a baby?
Host: Pia Wintermark
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Q&A Session 1
Host: Moderated by Viviane Poupon
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Intermission
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
What older people living with HIV can teach us about brain health
Host: Lesley Fellows
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Ageless pleasure: Redefining sexuality in later life
Host: Philip Jai Johnson
🕑: 03:00 PM
One breath at a time: Anxiety relief and the brain-heart connection
Host: Georg Northoff
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Q&A session 2
Host: Moderated by Peter Liu
🕑: 03:30 PM
Closing remarks
Host: Peter Liu
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Meet and Greet / Brain Health Posters

Info: Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the speakers and Montreal-based students will showcase their brain health research through posters.


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