A Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Lisa Saksida, PhD, is daring to ask: how can understanding the neurobiology of cognition lead to new treatments for brain disorders?

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Treating brain disorders

Treating brain disorders

A Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Lisa Saksida, PhD, is daring to ask: how can understanding the neurobiology of cognition lead to new treatments for brain disorders?

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Vaping Contrast

Vaping contrast

Grace Parraga, PhD, is using imaging technology to better understand the dire consequences vaping has on lungs.

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Paving the way for eating disorder treatments

Habits and eating disorders

Robarts scientists along with colleagues at Western and McGill University have uncovered information paving the way for eating disorder treatments.

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The impact of contact sport

The impact of contact sport

Robert Bartha, PhD, is using advanced MRI methods to show that even those athletes who do not suffer concussions show changes in their brains after a season of contact sport.

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Improving quality of life

Understanding empathy loss in dementia

High-field imaging technology is giving scientists a better picture of how frontotemporal dementia affects the brain and may provide ideas of how and when to treat patients.

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 Can we use DNA technology to improve lives?

Can we use DNA technology to improve lives?

One-third of Canadian deaths each year are the result of a heart attack or stroke. Dr. Robert Hegele is daring to ask: how can we use DNA technology to improve lives?

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Director’s Message

Robarts today and into the future

Robarts today and into the future

A Q&A with Robert Bartha, PhD, Acting Director of Strategy and Scientific Integration, sheds light on what’s been happening at and is in store for the Institute.

Next Generation

Enhancing care for kidney disease

Enhancing care for kidney disease

Dialysis saves people’s lives, but it can also be harmful. Dr. Fabio Salerno, a nephrologist and PhD Candidate, is using new imaging techniques to improve treatment and quality of life for people with chronic kidney disease.

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Continued success

Continued success

Robarts scientists continue to advance their research and receive national accolades for their accomplishments.

Events

Save the dates - Discover Robarts 2021

Save the dates - Discover Robarts 2021

Discover Robarts returns in 2021 with lectures on how COVID-19 has impacted other health issues.

Be Extraordinary

Be Extraordinary

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