UBC researchers are embracing neurodiversity while tackling the challenges that people with autism spectrum disorder face. Roughly one in 50 Canadian children is diagnosed with autism spectrum...

UBC researchers are revealing how the brain creates, stores and retrieves memories, opening the door to new treatments for PTSD, Alzheimer’s disease and autism spectrum disorder.

I am in my first year of the MSc Neuroscience Program working with Dr. Cheryl Wellington in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. My thesis project leverages NIH U01 funding to

Translational research that focuses on the neuro-immunology of Schizophrenia, with the goal of elucidating potential targets for novel therapies to improve patient outcomes. Primary interest in the

My project investigates a novel cell in the cortex of the brain, which uniquely expresses a hybrid of genes normally associated with distinct and separate cell types. As this cell has not been

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the leading cause of permanent neurological disability among young adults, affecting 1 in every 400 Canadians. MS is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease in