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Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Healthy brains for better lives

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Research

HBI is conducting ground-breaking research in key focus areas which improves brain health and increases quality of life.

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Members

Meet our members. HBI includes researchers from across 9 faculties at UCalgary, various departments and institutes.

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Trainees

HBI trainees are vital to the discoveries and research conducted at the institute. Our trainees come from a variety of backgrounds and skillsets.

In the news

Marijuana-fuelled ‘munchies’ – animals get them too, international study shows

Research has implications for helping people with appetite loss

Drs. Robert Newton and Alexander Lohman appointments

Dr. Newton reappointed head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Dr. Lohman appointed head of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy

The prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in 102 countries

Dr. Sheri Madigan and her team publish a comprehensive meta-analysis in The Lancet Public Health

Cultivating mentorship: Sheri Madigan’s decade in the Determinants of Child Development Lab

Personal experiences helped shape researcher’s drive to help mentees and families, alike

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