Media Coverage
Centre members frequently receive media attention for their research developments and findings. Here are links to some of the media coverage from 2011:
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - Archived Lists
Communications or media inquiries: communications@brain.ubc.ca
January 2011
- Lara Boyd, Department of Physical Therapy & Max Cynader, Brain Research Centre -- Forever young (Global BC)
- Weihong Song, Department of Psychiatry -- Alzheimer's, Down Syndrome gene identified by BC scientist (The Vancouver Sun)
- Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Centre for Hip Health & Mobility and School of Rehabilitation Sciences -- Phys ed: Brains and brawn (The New York Times)
- Judy Illes, National Core for Neuroethics -- The next big thing: Imaging genetics -- the ability to forsee brain disease? (CBC Radio)
- Neil Cashman, Division of Neurology -- New BC test a step toward earlier detection of Alzheimers (The Vancouver Sun; CTV News; CityTV; CBC French TV; Business in Vancouver magazine)
- Cheryl Wellington, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine -- Alzheimer's disease (CTV News)
- Lara Boyd, Department of Physical Therapy -- Damage found in brain 2 weeks after mini-stroke: B.C. researchers (Canadian Press)
- Cheryl Wellington, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine -- Dementia 2011 (CityTV)
- Liisa Galea, Department of Psychology -- Today's woman (Global TV)
February 2011
- Allan Young, Department of Psychiatry -- Mental illness in teens challenge educators (The National Post)
- Cheryl Wellington, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine -- Head to head: Your concussion questions answered (Globalnews.ca)
- Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Department of Physical Therapy -- Strength training does more than bulk up muscles (LA Times)
- Judy Illes, National Core for Neuroethics -- Aging brains present a growing set of challenges (The Vancouver Sun)
- Janet Werker, Department of Psychology -- Speaking two languages may help delay getting Alzheimer's (The Associated Press)
- Adele Diamond, Department of Psychiatry -- Two different realities about workplace flexibility (The Huffington Post)
- Janet Werker, Department of Psychology -- The benefits of bilingual education (The Vancouver Sun)
March 2011
- Janet Werker, Department of Psychology -- What bilingual babies reveal about the brain (MSNBC)
- Anthony Traboulsee, Division of Neurology -- Two provinces move on MS aftercare (The Globe & Mail)
- Anthony Traboulsee, Division of Neurology -- First pill for MS gets green light from Health Canada (The Globe & Mail)
- Jon Stoessl, Division of Neurology -- Gene therapy for Parkinson's shows promise (Calgary Herald)
- Michael Hayden, CMMT -- Canadian geneticist earns top honour for Huntington's research (The Globe & Mail)
- Max Cynader, Brain Research Centre -- How to keep your wits and live longer (Vancouver Magazine)
- Neil Cashman, Division of Neurology -- Fertility treatment urine, CJD linked (United Press International)
April 2011
- Janet Werker, Department of Psychology -- Being bilingual may boost your brain power (National Public Radio)
- Tim Murphy, Department of Psychiatry -- Shining a light inside the brain (The Globe & Mail)
- Weihong Song, Department of Psychiatry -- 5 new Alzheimer's-related genes identified, give researchers fresh direction (Canadian Press)
- Dean Foti, Division of Neurology -- Sudden impact, Part 1 (Global TV)
- Centre for Brain Health -- $15 million donated to brain facility (The Vancouver Sun)
- Centre for Brain Health -- The quiet philanthropy of a man from Tehran (The Vancouver Sun)
- Ian Mackenzie, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine -- King Ralph's long goodbye (The Globe & Mail)
- Kalina Christoff, Department of Psychology -- MRI technology used to treat anxiety, depression (The Vancouver Sun)
- Anthony Traboulsee, Department of Neurology -- 'Liberation' therapy patients under lens at UBC (Canadian Press)
- Janet Werker, Department of Psychology -- Being bilingual may boost your brainpower
(National Public Radio)
May 2011
- Centre for Brain Health -- A mother's lesson in charity, a son's enduring legacy
(The Globe and Mail) - Anthony Traboulsee Department of Neurology -- Multiple Sclerosis patients navigate the minefield of for-profit care (The Globe and Mail)
- Max Cynader, Brain Research Centre -- Brain Fitness (CBC/BC Almanac)
- Max Cynader, Brain Research Centre -- Brain Wave (North Shore Observer)
June 2011
- Helen Tremlett, Department of Medicine -- Pregnancy safe for most women with MS: Study (US News and World Report)
July 2011
- Matt Farrer, Dept. of Medical Genetics -- UBC researcher identifies gene mutation linked to late-onset Parkinson's (Winnepeg Free Press)
- Neil Cashman -- Division of Neurology -- Brain wasting disease research gets $2.9M in funding (CBC.ca)
- Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Department of Physical Therapy -- How exercise can keep the brain fit (New York Times) Eight ways to get your body and brain into top shape (Seattle Times)
August 2011
- Jon Stoessl, Divsion of Neurology -- Experimental therapies for Parkinson's disease: Why fake it? (Nature online)
- Brain Research Centre -- Ladysmith student studies with Heart and Stroke Foundation (Ladysmith Chronicle)
- Brain Research Centre -- Nanaimo student helps with biomedical research (Canada.com)
- Timothy Oberlander -- SSRI exposure In utero alters neurobehavioral development but clinical Implications, if any, are unclear (Medscape.com)
September 2011
- Wilfred Jeffries -- UBC Research Points to New Alzheimer's Finding (Vancouver Sun)
- Naznin Virji-Babul -- Concussions and remembering on Sept. 11 (CBC radio)
- Matthew Farrer -- UBC makes another Parkinson's gene discovery (Kingston Whig-Standard)
- Nina Di Pietro -- The puzzles of autism (Vancouver Sun)
- Max Cynader -- Concussions and your brain (Fanny Keifer Show Studio 4)
- Clyde Hertzman -- UBC receives $1.2 million to monitor child development across Canada (Canada.ca)
- Jane Roskams -- New type of spinal cord stem cell discovered: research provides new target for regenerating parts of the central nervous system (Science Daily)
- Ian Mackenzie -- Common genetic defect causes ALS and a form of dementia - study (Vancouver Sun)
- Neil Cashman -- Scientists find weak link in ALS progression (Toronto Sun)
- Adele Diamond -- Goldie Hawn plunges into brain science (Scientific American)
- Clyde Hertzman, Human Early Learning Partnership -- Get in early and get it right (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
October 2011
- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health -- Tue, Oct 11: Ground is broken at UBC for a new brain health research and treatment facility (Global TV)
- Bill Honer -- Mental health commission struggles to find balance in developing strategy (National Post)
- Janet Werker -- Hearing bilingual: How babies sort out language (New York Times)
- Patricia Baird -- Essay: Adapting successfully to an older population (The Province)
- Teresa Liu-Ambrose -- Eight ways to get your body and brain into top shape (Seattle Times)
- Ruth Grunau and Steven Miller -- Pre-term babies' exposure to steroids associated with impaired brain growth (ScienceDaily)
- Jack Taunton, Division of Sports Medicine -- The race is over now what? (Globe & Mail)
- Dean Foti, Behavioural Neurology and James McLarnon, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics -- One word: 'brutal' (The Province)
- Peter Cripton, Department of Mechanical Engineering/Department of Orthopaedics -- Why don't woodpeckers get concussions? (thestar.com)
- Michael Hayden, CMMT -- Gairdner award winner credited with saving millions of children (The Globe & Mail)
November 2011
- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health -- Unifying new Centre for Brain Health joins exisiting facility through integrated skyway (World Architecture News)
- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health -- Translational Medicine Design (Urban Land)
December 2011
- Jack Taunton -- Taunton honoured for his contributions (Richmond News)
- Dessa Sadovnick -- Rare gene links vitamin D and multiple sclerosis (BBC News)
- Anthony Traboulsee, Dessa Sadovnick -- B.C. to track results of controversial MS vein therapy (The Vancouver Sun)
- Neil Cashman -- Could a simple shot in the arm help treat Alzheimer's? (Globe and Mail)
- Adele Diamond -- Children at a Manhattan Public School Learn Techniques to Relax (Huffington Post)
