Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Celebrating 20 years of impact and innovation

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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

New clinical trial begins in Calgary to improve stroke care in Canada

UCalgary research selected by CIHR to investigate a drug designed to protect brain cells after an ischemic stroke

Six UCalgary faculty among Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women

List includes scientific director of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health

Family involvement in research leads to powerful outcomes

The Family Engagement in Research Course invites researchers and people with lived experience to help shape the future of neurodevelopmental research

35th ASTech Awards celebrate UCalgary research community and alumni

Annual awards recognize Alberta’s science and technology innovation sector

Hopewell M.I.N.D. Prize awarded for research into brain-computer interfaces

Cumming School of Medicine researchers Adam Kirton and Alicia Hilderley announced as 2024 recipients of $1-million injection in philanthropic funding

Class of 2024: First graduate of Computational Neuroscience program studies the ‘edge of chaos’

Taylor Kergan’s research aims to use machine-learned models for diagnosis and exploration in brain research

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