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‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

An ‘escape box’, developed by Nicole Campbell and John Kelly at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, helps students work together to solve its puzzles within puzzles.

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Ivey Business School have designed a tool to help school boards decide if naloxone programs are the best use of resources.

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Seven teams of researchers have been awarded funding for transformational research projects in neuroscience, through the first round of the McGill-Western BrainsCAN collaboration grants.

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

The slow, precise demands of research can be frustrating - but there are times the work becomes personal, and then it takes on a greater urgency. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva, is researching the benefits of exercise for older adults with high blood pressure or...

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

You can’t describe Sophie Cowin without more than a mention of the epilepsy that relentlessly threatens her life. But you also can’t define the 17-year-old solely by her seizures.

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Matthew Leavitt was in San Diego, Calif., attending the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience – the world’s largest organization for researchers studying the brain – when he realized the palpable, negative effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Pollen DNA may clue-in forensic details

Pollen DNA may clue-in forensic details

For one Western researcher, DNA found in pollen grains can provide a fingerprint to determine their precise origin. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karass collaborated with research teams from Emory University in Atlanta and University of...

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

An ‘escape box’, developed by Nicole Campbell and John Kelly at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, helps students work together to solve its puzzles within puzzles.

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Ivey Business School have designed a tool to help school boards decide if naloxone programs are the best use of resources.

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Seven teams of researchers have been awarded funding for transformational research projects in neuroscience, through the first round of the McGill-Western BrainsCAN collaboration grants.

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

The slow, precise demands of research can be frustrating - but there are times the work becomes personal, and then it takes on a greater urgency. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva, is researching the benefits of exercise for older adults with high blood pressure or...

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

You can’t describe Sophie Cowin without more than a mention of the epilepsy that relentlessly threatens her life. But you also can’t define the 17-year-old solely by her seizures.

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Matthew Leavitt was in San Diego, Calif., attending the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience – the world’s largest organization for researchers studying the brain – when he realized the palpable, negative effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Pollen DNA may clue-in forensic details

Pollen DNA may clue-in forensic details

For one Western researcher, DNA found in pollen grains can provide a fingerprint to determine their precise origin. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karass collaborated with research teams from Emory University in Atlanta and University of...