Brain Resilience Workshop
May 15-17 2023, 911³Ô¹Ï Vancouver Campus and Online
The INN hosted a three-day workshop in May 2023 where we brought together leading experts in brain resilience. This workshop covered several aspects of what determines brain resilience, from cells and circuits, to social and cultural factors. The three days were thematically organized as follows:
Day 1: Resilience & Mental Health
Keynote talk:
, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ideas talks:
Molly Cairncross, 911³Ô¹Ï
Kalina Christoff, University of British Columbia
Prabhjot Dhami, 911³Ô¹Ï
Faranak Farzan, 911³Ô¹Ï
Özge Nilay Yalçın, 911³Ô¹Ï
Day 2: Cell & Circuit Mechanisms in Resilience
Keynote talk:
, University of British Columbia
Ideas talks:
Gunnar Blohm, Queen's University
Brian Christie, University of Victoria
Ben Saunders, University of Minnesota
Marie-Ève Tremblay, University of Victoria
Nicholas Weilinger, University of British Columbia
Day 3: Resilience Across the Lifespan
Keynote talk:
Grace Iarocci, 911³Ô¹Ï
Ideas talks:
Theodore Cosco, 911³Ô¹Ï
Jasmeer Chhatwal, MGH Harvard Medical School
Brianne Kent, 911³Ô¹Ï
Josh Neudorf, 911³Ô¹Ï
Gagan Wig, University of Texas Dallas
There were also in-person poster sessions to showcase BC's neuroscience and neurotechnology research.