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Training of highly qualified researchers, clinicians, and informaticians, is an important component of À¦°óSMÉçÇø’s Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) initiative. Over the past year, HBHL’s training program has passed several important milestones.

Here are some of the highlights:

• The first HBHL fellowship competition was launched in March 2017 and resulted in 38 trainee awards (HBHL Fellows). The second competition is currently on-going (deadline for applications is Jan. 10, 2018), and is aimed at attracting new post-doctoral researchers to À¦°óSMÉçÇø.
• Many HBHL Fellows have received prizes, published their findings in peer-reviewed journals, and presented their research at national and/or international conferences over the past year. Click here to view some of these major achievements from HBHL Fellows, as well as of conference presentations and award ceremonies. Congratulations to all!
• A Trainee CommitteeÌýwas formed in September and consists of volunteers representing HBHL’s various research activities. TheÌýcommittee meets regularly and isÌýresponsible for organizing trainee events, such asÌýmonthly Get-Togethers, and the annual HBHL trainee Research Day scheduled for May 9, 2018.
• HBHL trainees come from diverse backgrounds and locations (from the main campus to various À¦°óSMÉçÇø-affiliated institutions across Montreal). The monthly HBHL Trainee Get-Togethers provide a platform for trainees to network with fellow trainees, to exchange ideas and to foster collaborations. The Get-Togethers are held at Thomson House and have featured presentations by both trainees and world-leading experts, as well as social activities.
• HBHL formed a partnership with Mitacs to help offer fellowships and internships to trainees seeking an onsite work / study experience, in a corporate, non-for-profit, or academic setting in Canada or abroad. Dr. ngerges [at] mitacs.ca (Noha Gerges), our HBHL-Mitacs Business Development Specialist, is and working with the À¦°óSMÉçÇø neuroscience community and industrial partners to encourage these excellent training opportunities.

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Upcoming HBHL training activities:

• The monthly HBHL Trainee Get-Togethers
• HBHL trainees’ inaugural Research Day on May 9, 2018
• HBHL Symposium on May 10, 2018
• New MSc and PhD fellowships competition to be launched in the Spring
• Skillsets program tailored to HBHL trainees will be launched in 2018

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