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- Join our next Centre for Analytics webinar with Dr. Frank Rudzicz on AI-driven mental health diagnosis through speech analysis. 📅 March 5, 12-1pm EST Dr. Rudzicz's work could enable earlier detection and monitoring of depression, bipolar disorder & anxiety. Register: tinyurl.com/cfa-frank-ru...
- Now on Brain-CODE: CAN-BIND's ENABLE (Enabling Neuroscience research Approaches for Brain, feeLings and Emotions) clinical platform. Dataset includes data from 400+ participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder across 9 Canadian sites. Explore the dataset at: braincode.ca
- Join us March 31 for our 40th OBI Public Talk — the finale of our Breakthroughs in Brain Science series! 🧠 Innovative Treatments for Brain Health 📅 March 31 | 6-7:30 PM 📍 Toronto + livestream Researchers & innovators on emerging mental health treatments. Register: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
- Heading to Canada's top health science investment forum next week! 🧠 OBI at #OBIOInvestmentSummit (Feb 3-5). Five portfolio companies pitch: Yellowbird Diagnostics, LUCID, Sonaro, Vena Medical & AiimSense — showcasing Ontario's brain health innovation ecosystem. www.obioinvestmentsummit.com
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- 🧠 Registration open for BrainHack Toronto 2026! Join us Jan 19-21 to collaborate & advance AI-driven approaches to brain data, supported through OBI's Centre for Analytics: www.eventbrite.com/e/brainhack-... With partners: @uhn.ca @kcnhub.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social
- Now on Brain-CODE: New EpLink dataset on temporal lobe #epilepsyresearch to predict surgical outcomes + cognitive side effects. Led by @uhnresearch.ca & @westernu.ca researchers, connecting brain features with outcomes for AI-driven personalized care. 🧠 More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
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- 🧠 A New Blueprint for Brain Health: our open access book with @springernature.com on community-led evaluation transforming #brainhealth via OBI's GEEK program backing 20+ #community initiatives since 2019. Edited by Sridharan, Antflick, Scott & Nakaima. ▶️ link.springer.com/book/9783032...
- Alliance members gather today to reflect on a year of impactful dementia research and innovation initiatives and set goals for an even stronger year ahead. Together, we’re building a unified path for dementia research and innovation in Canada. 🤝🧠✨ #AVoiceForHealthyBrainAging
- From data to discovery: Brain-CODE transforms brain health research 🧠 With datasets from nearly 30,000 participants across concussion, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy & neurodegenerative diseases—OBI’s platform is fueling global research. More: tinyurl.com/brain-code-y...
- 🧠 New on Brain-CODE: groundbreaking dataset on how the brain processes language when affected by Alzheimer's, stroke & dementia. Led by Dr. Jed Meltzer (@baycrest.bsky.social) through the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI), an OBI research program. tinyurl.com/ondri-data
- Collaboration is key to advancing dementia research. Tomorrow we're joining the Dementia Research & Innovation Funders Alliance Meeting with @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social & @braincanada.bsky.social for CIHR's Brain Health & Cognitive Impairment in Aging Initiative. More: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53676.html
- Missed our Public Talk on AI in Brain Health Advances? The replay is now available! 🧠 Hear from OBI's Centre for Analytics innovators on how they're harnessing AI, deep learning and neurodata analytics to transform brain health research and care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzk9... #brainhealth #AI
- As 2025 wraps up, we’re celebrating another year of breakthroughs in #brainhealth. Explore our 2024-25 Year in Review to see how Ontario is advancing knowledge, supporting community care, growing neurotech, and powering neuroinformatics. More: tinyurl.com/obi-2024-2025
- 🧠 How is AI transforming brain health research? Join our Nov 3 Public Talk: AI in Brain Health Advances. Our panel will showcase groundbreaking work with our Centre for Analytics, demonstrating how AI & deep learning are driving innovation in neuroscience. Register: eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
- Join us for our next Centre for Analytics Webinar featuring Dr. Clement Ma! 📅November 11, 2025 🕛12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST 🖥️Online Discover how AI and advanced analytics are accelerating early diagnosis and transforming mental health treatment and care. Register now: eventbrite.ca/e/centre-for...
- 💡 Calling Ontario researchers! $100K from @computeontario.bsky.social is available for data analytics training. Up to 4 grants of $25K each to develop courses in computational neuroscience, neuroanalytics data analysis & Indigenous data sovereignty. ⏰ Apply by Nov 6: tinyurl.com/funding-comp...
- AI is revolutionizing brain health – and you're invited to see how. 🧠 OBI’s next Public Talk, AI in Brain Health Advances, is next Monday, Nov 3. Partner booths 5 PM | Talk 6 PM | Live Q&A In-person tickets are sold out, but you can still join virtually! 🔗 RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
- Excited for today’s envisAGE Forum - Fueling AgeTech Innovation: Connect with Funders, Collaborate & Transform at 2:40 pm! Caitlin Siu (OBI) will join NRC, Can Health Network & @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social to explore how collaboration fuels #AgeTech #innovation. More: www.envis-age.ca/en/program-f...
- We asked 30+ patients, youth & families who advise our research programs what it’s really like to partner with OBI. Their feedback: fair compensation & accessible meetings work — but we need to close the loop so advisors see how their input drives change. 🧠 More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
- It’s #ScienceLiteracyWeek! Check out our collab with @onsciencecentre.bsky.social, featuring evergreen, evidence-based tips you can use daily. At OBI, we support informed decisions about your #brainhealth with tools, resources & public talks translating research into practice: braininstitute.ca
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- Calling all students & recent grads aiming to build Canada’s next leading startup! NEXT Canada is recruiting for Next 36, a Venture & Founder Development program that helps students and grads from any discipline launch their ventures. 🔔Deadline: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 ➡️More: www.nextcanada.com/next-36/
- Next OBI Public Talk: AI in Brain Health Advances 🧠 Join us with four innovators from OBI's Centre for Analytics who are taking AI from the research lab to real-world clinical impact. 🔹 November 3, 2025 🔹 6:00–7:30 PM 🔹 BMO Centre, Toronto Western Hospital | Online RSVP: braininstitute.ca/AI-talk
- ICYMI: We announced $500,000 in funding for #neurotechnology #innovation through the NERVE program, helping entrepreneurs move ideas from concept to commercialization. This year’s cohort tackles concussion detection, neurosurgery & neurodegenerative diseases. More: braininstitute.ca/programs-opp...
- Les inscriptions sont maintenant ouvertes pour notre prochaine conférence publique: L'IA au service de la #SantéDuCerveau. ⏰ Date: le 3 novembre 2025 à 18h00 🗓️ Lieu: Hôpital Toronto Western & diffusion en direct RSVP 👉 ow.ly/NXUY50WVgx8
- Registration is now open for AI in Brain Health Advances, our next OBI Public Talk! 🧠 ⏰ When: November 3, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. 🗓️ Where: Toronto Western Hospital & online Full details and registration info 👉 ow.ly/QcEQ50WVgqp #BrainHealth #AI #Innovation #Ontario
- Many Canadians wait years for a #dementia diagnosis due to complex care pathways. Through our CORTEX program, we partner with communities to test + co-develop #neurotech. So far, 1430 reached via the Canadian Dementia Registry. Learn more from our #AAIC2025 poster: braininstitute.ca/docs/AAIC202...
- 🧠 AAIC For All is tomorrow! This free event brings the latest in dementia & Alzheimer’s research directly to clinicians + community members. Hear from global experts & @alzassociation.bsky.social as they break down top findings from #AAIC2025 into actionable insights. 🔗 www.alz.org/aaic-for-all
- What’s better than having exciting #brainhealth news delivered straight to your inbox? Our Brainnovations newsletter drops this week - featuring news, events & stories that showcase Ontario as a global leader in brain research, commercialization & care. 🧠 Sign up: braininstitute.ca/stay-in-touch
- This weekend, team OBI is onsite in Toronto for events around the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference — the world’s largest dementia science gathering! 🧠 📍July 26: Jordan Antflick | CIHR Brain Health initiative 📍July 27: Christa Studzinski | AAIC Dementia Care #AAIC25 #brainhealth
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- 🚀 Calling AI startups & neuroscience labs across Canada — apply now! OBI’s Centre for Analytics is offering up to $80K in funding, data access & support for selected #neuroanalytics projects. 🧠 Info session: Tomorrow, July 22 @ 12PM ET 🔗 tinyurl.com/cfa-open-call #brainhealth #AI #datascience
- 🧠 We're investing $552K in 4 incredible organizations through OBI’s GEEK program! Since 2018, GEEK has helped bring evidence-informed care closer to home by supporting community-led programs with funding + evaluation expertise. Meet the 2025 'GEEKs': braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
- AI startups & neuroscience labs: OBI’s Centre for Analytics is recruiting for its next cohort! 🧠 Funding, data access & support for neuroanalytics projects driving innovation for better #brainhealth. 📅 Info session: July 22 at 12PM 🔗 Learn more & sign up: tinyurl.com/cfa-open-call #neuroanalytics
- 🧠 Join us July 18 for an innovation-driven webinar hosted by our Centre for Analytics featuring NetraMark, a Toronto startup using AI + brain data to redefine depression diagnosis and care. Powered by Brain-CODE, OBI’s neuroinformatics platform. Register to attend: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
- 🧠 AAIC For All will take place in Toronto on July 31, 9 AM–1 PM at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and online, offering dementia research insights for caregivers, individuals living with dementia, healthcare professionals, and all interested in #brainhealth. Register: tinyurl.com/AAIC-2025
- Happening this Thursday — learn how AI is transforming portable brain imaging 🧠📡 Join us June 26 at 12 p.m. ET for a #webinar with Dr. Ati Zarabadi of AiimSense winner of the Brain Health Challenge at Inventures 2025. 👉 RSVP now to save your spot: braininstitute.ca/news-events/... #BrainHealth
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- Canada’s most underused asset? #BrainCapital, the cognitive, emotional + social skills that drive innovation. 🧠 A new article calls for treating #BrainHealth like infrastructure, and platforms like OBI's Brain-CODE show what’s possible. Read more 👉 ow.ly/8WFe50WeHKI #datasharing #openscience
- The new Canadian Brain Economy Declaration calls on G7 nations to adopt a roadmap to strengthen #brainhealth, economic growth & health system—emerging from the G7 Brain Economy Summit. 🔗 braininstitute.ca/news-events/2025/canadian-brain-economy-declaration-urges-g7-leaders-to-strengthen-brain-health
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- G7 Canada Brain Economy Summit (Jun 14) will spotlight a global movement positioning #brainhealth as a national economic priority, with Canada leading the way. As OBI, we are proud to be at the forefront of this movement. tinyurl.com/brain-summit @cbrs-scrc.bsky.social @sciencepolicy.bsky.social
- June is #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth, a time to recognize the urgent need to advance care, #research & understanding. 🧠 Our Brain Health in Ontario project highlights key insights on traumatic brain injury, including prevalence, demographics & co-occurring disorders: braininstitute.ca/resources/br...
- 🧠 Want a front-row seat to the future of #brainimaging? Join us on June 26 for a Centre for Analytics webinar with AiimSense, winner of the Brain Health Challenge at Inventures 2025, using deep learning AI to enhance brain scans for better diagnosis & treatment. 🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/centre-for...
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- Shining a light on metabolic #psychiatry with Metabolism & Mental Health public talk. We teamed up with SOBP, @baszuckigroup.bsky.social, @uoft.bsky.social & Mito2i to explore this field featuring experts from @harvard.edu, UofT & @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social 🧠 🎥: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hQ6...
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- 🚨 The Canadian Neuroanalytics Scholars (CNS) Program is now accepting applications, training postdocs in #analytics + #neuroscience. We’re proud to support it with @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social + others. 🗓 Notice of Intent deadline: June 6, 2025 More: albertaneuro.ca/funding-prog... #AI #BrainHealth
- Honoured to host Minister Nolan Quinn at OBI with partners from EpiSign, CP-NET, SickKids & Holland Bloorview. A true reflection of our team science approach to improve brain health for the 1 in 3 affected. Thank you, Minister, and the Government of Ontario for your partnership & continued support!
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- What if brain scans were cheaper, faster, and more accurate? 🧠 Join us June 26 at 12 p.m. for a dynamic webinar with Atefeh Zarabadi of Aiimsense + OBI’s Centre for Analytics on AI-powered imaging breakthroughs. RSVP today: braininstitute.ca/news-events/... #AI #BrainHealth #Innovation
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- Reposted by Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)Our final keynote speaker for the CCN-RCC 5th Annual Meeting is Dr. Carrie Esopenko (@cesopenko.bsky.social). Dr. Esopenko will speak about intimate partner violence, global collaboration and @enigmaipv.bsky.social. Full program: www.ccn-rccevent.com/agenda
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- We're proud to feature Dr. Azadeh Kushki of POND Network, part of OBI’s Integrated Discovery Programs, advancing data-driven care for youth with autism & ADHD. Her work puts neurodiverse individuals at the center of personalized care. 🧠 🔗 pond-network.ca #BrainHealth #OBINetwork
- 📣 Happening Thursday, May 15 at 1:30 PM ET! Join OBI’s informatics team—Rae Price, Heena Cheema & Julia Lei—for “Best Practices in Data Governance – Lessons from Brain-CODE”, offering guidance in navigating data stewardship. 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e81c70... #BrainHealth #DataGovernance
- Join the 12th Annual Concussion Research Symposium on May 23—an accredited event by @royalcollege.bsky.social & supported by @michenerinstitute.bsky.social, @uhn.ca. Featuring the contribution of Dr. John Leddy, a member of OBI’s TRANSCENDENT program. 🧠 events.myconferencesuite.com/ConcussionSy...
- We are excited to team up with @computeontario.bsky.social for Summer School 2025! Join this free online program (June 2–20) to explore advanced computing, AI, #neuroanalytics + #brainhealth innovation—designed for researchers, students & professionals. 🧠 More: www.computeontario.ca/2025-summer-...
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- TRANSCENDENT research program—part of OBI’s Integrated Discovery Program network—recently published their protocol paper in @bmj.com! TRANSCENDENT combines clinical, demographic & biomarker data to transform #concussion diagnosis + monitoring to improve outcomes. 📃: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4...
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- This #YouthMentalHealthDay, we’re highlighting the need to support youth navigating multiple mental health conditions. Our CALM studies how these conditions evolve to develop tailored interventions. CALM is recruiting youth aged 11-24 at @machealthsci.bsky.social More: 📧 calmstudy@hhsc.ca
