Thursday, December 19, 2024 Preparing for the future of brain health at Sunnybrook

As the finishing touches are put on the new Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre at Sunnybrook, scheduled to open in January 2025, planning for the first day of operations is well underway.
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Friday, June 21, 2024 Leadership Announcement: Chief, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program

Dr. Nir Lipsman is appointed as the new Chief, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, effective July 1, 2024.
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Friday, September 29, 2023 Dr. Sean Nestor awarded Future Leaders grant

Congratulations to Dr. Sean Nestor, clinician investigator and interventional psychiatrist at Sunnybrook’s Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, on receiving the 2022 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research grant from Brain Canada, a national convenor of those who support and advance brain research.
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 Dr. Ayal Schaffer co-authors major New England Journal of Medicine study on treatment of Bipolar I Depression

Dr. Ayal Schaffer, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Associate Scientist with the Sunnybrook Research Institute, has co-authored a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looking at adjunctive antidepressant maintenance in bipolar depression.
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 The future of innovative brain therapy

Dr. Nir Lipsman, director of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, in Metroland Media speaking about novel treatments for challenging brain disorders. Plus, a patient shares on how deep brain stimulation for her post-traumatic stress disorder has made a difference in her life.
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