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Discovery eyes how brain sorts unwanted sounds

Discovery eyes how brain sorts unwanted sounds

A door slamming. Construction outside your window. The hum of an overhead light fixture. Our brain is constantly inundated with an overabundance of sensory information, requiring it to sort out unwanted sounds in order to focus on the task at hand. While the sounds...

Genetic testing rates for ovarian cancer low across Ontario

Genetic testing rates for ovarian cancer low across Ontario

Nearly 3,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year. Often undetected, until it progresses to late stages, the disease is the fifth most common – and the most serious – cancer in women. Symptoms of ovarian cancer generally appear after it has...

Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition

Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition

Tamara Tavares, a graduate student in the Emotional Cognition Lab (ECL) of Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, took the top spot in Western’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last week, tackling the complex world of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a...

Common prostate drug could increase risk of depression, self-harm

Common prostate drug could increase risk of depression, self-harm

While they might not increase the risk of suicide, as previously claimed, common medications used to treat an enlarged prostate in men may, in rare cases, increase the risk of depression and self-harm in some individuals, said a Western researcher. The potential...

Commentary: Celebrating Sanwal’s amazing legacy

Commentary: Celebrating Sanwal’s amazing legacy

The field of biochemistry has changed dramatically over the past 65 years. One person who has not only witnessed this change but also contributed to the change is Dr. Bishnu (Bill) Sanwal. Sanwal came to Western in 1973 to serve as Chair of the Department of...

Chance encounter leads to changed lives

Chance encounter leads to changed lives

An unplanned meeting at a friend’s party led to Meera Karajgikar’s volunteer work with London’s Nepalese community, assisting Nepali and Bhutani refugees adjust to life in Canada. An employee of Western since 2004, Karajgikar met Indu Tamang, a 34-year-old Nepali...

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Western French Studies professor Henri Boyi and Medicine/Microbiology & Immunology professor Lakshman Gunaratnam, along with alumnus Navjeet ‘Bob’ Dhillon, have been named finalist for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for 2015. The annual event, given out...

UWOFA awards annual scholarships to outstanding students

UWOFA awards annual scholarships to outstanding students

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...

Western faculty earn top university distinctions

Western’s latest honorees of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers. Honoured this year with the university’s top award for faculty are Jeremy McNeil, Biology; Cheryl Forchuk, Nursing; and Michael Rieder, Paediatrics, Medicine, and Physiology & Pharmacology.

Discovery eyes how brain sorts unwanted sounds

Discovery eyes how brain sorts unwanted sounds

A door slamming. Construction outside your window. The hum of an overhead light fixture. Our brain is constantly inundated with an overabundance of sensory information, requiring it to sort out unwanted sounds in order to focus on the task at hand. While the sounds...

Genetic testing rates for ovarian cancer low across Ontario

Genetic testing rates for ovarian cancer low across Ontario

Nearly 3,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year. Often undetected, until it progresses to late stages, the disease is the fifth most common – and the most serious – cancer in women. Symptoms of ovarian cancer generally appear after it has...

Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition

Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition

Tamara Tavares, a graduate student in the Emotional Cognition Lab (ECL) of Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, took the top spot in Western’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last week, tackling the complex world of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a...

Common prostate drug could increase risk of depression, self-harm

Common prostate drug could increase risk of depression, self-harm

While they might not increase the risk of suicide, as previously claimed, common medications used to treat an enlarged prostate in men may, in rare cases, increase the risk of depression and self-harm in some individuals, said a Western researcher. The potential...

Commentary: Celebrating Sanwal’s amazing legacy

Commentary: Celebrating Sanwal’s amazing legacy

The field of biochemistry has changed dramatically over the past 65 years. One person who has not only witnessed this change but also contributed to the change is Dr. Bishnu (Bill) Sanwal. Sanwal came to Western in 1973 to serve as Chair of the Department of...

Chance encounter leads to changed lives

Chance encounter leads to changed lives

An unplanned meeting at a friend’s party led to Meera Karajgikar’s volunteer work with London’s Nepalese community, assisting Nepali and Bhutani refugees adjust to life in Canada. An employee of Western since 2004, Karajgikar met Indu Tamang, a 34-year-old Nepali...

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Trio nominated for RBC Immigrant Award

Western French Studies professor Henri Boyi and Medicine/Microbiology & Immunology professor Lakshman Gunaratnam, along with alumnus Navjeet ‘Bob’ Dhillon, have been named finalist for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for 2015. The annual event, given out...

UWOFA awards annual scholarships to outstanding students

UWOFA awards annual scholarships to outstanding students

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...

Western faculty earn top university distinctions

Western’s latest honorees of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers. Honoured this year with the university’s top award for faculty are Jeremy McNeil, Biology; Cheryl Forchuk, Nursing; and Michael Rieder, Paediatrics, Medicine, and Physiology & Pharmacology.