Stay up-to-date on new developments in the field of neurodevelopment, recent discoveries, events and everyday life at the laboratory.
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Congratulations to Charles Lepage, Honors student and future PhD student, on obtaining the Undergraduate student research award from the NSERC as well as the supplement for this same award!
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Congratulations to Kassandra Roger, PhD student, on obtaining the Doctoral training scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) !
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Congratulations to Sarah Provost, PhD student, on obtaining the Doctoral training scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) !
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Congratulations to Dre Gallagher, Phetsamone Vannasing and Alejandra Hüsser for their webinar presentation on fNIRS use in epilepsy in collaboration with NIRX. To watch the webinar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C63oyeID30
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Congratulations to Alejandra Hüsser, PhD student, on obtaining the Maternity scholarship from the University of Montreal! Congrats for the birth of our first LION baby!
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Congratulations to Sarah Provost, PhD student, on obtaining the Jean-Marc Chevrier Scholarship from the University of Montreal’s psychology department.
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Congratulations to Isabelle Gaudet, PhD student, on obtaining the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation scholarship as well as a the Bourse de fin d’études doctorales from the University of Montreal.
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Here you can find the 3rd newsletter of the LION lab (French only). Discover more on the influence of various pediatric conditions on brain function. You will find articles on the preliminary results of the Congenital Heart Disease project (written by Sarah Provost) and the Malnutrition project (written by Kassandra Roger) as well as our new PrémaSucré project (written by Janie Damien).
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Congratulations to Kassandra Roger, PhD student, on obtaining the MITACS research scholarship as well as the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation scholarship.
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Congratulations to Alejandra Hüsser, PhD student, on obtaining the Savoy Foundation scholarship who allocate financing for epilepsy research projects.
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Congratulations to Phetsamone Vannasing on winning the Research Professionals Excellence Awards from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). Her expertise, devotion and her remarkable contribution in the training of the next generation makes her an incredible and essential member of our team. We are lucky to have you!
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Congratulations to Dr. Anne Gallagher on obtaining a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). This 5-year grant will allow us to pursue the ELAN project!
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Congratulations to Yara Maalouf, trainee and incoming PhD R/I candidate in Neuropsychology in the laboratory, for receiving an undergraduate research scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), as well as the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarshipfrom the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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Congratulations to Alejandra Hüsser for receiving the Scholarship for End of Ph.D. Studies of the Faculty for Graduate and Postgraduate Studies (GPS)
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Congratulations to Kassandra Roger for receiving the Mitacs Globalink Research Award
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Congratulations to Dr. Anne Gallagher on obtaining a Canada Research Chair in Child Neuropsychology and Brain Imaging
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Here you can find the second newsletter of the LION lab (French only). You will be able to discover more on the influence of the prenatal environment on brain and language development. The first article is based on the ELAN project and is written by Laura Caron-Desrochers, and the second is written by Kassandra Roger, both Ph.D students at the lab.
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Congratulations to Alejandra Hüsser and Solène Fourdain for the renewal of their scholarship for foreign students from the QBIN (Quebec Bio-Imaging Network)
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Congratulations to Dr. Anne Gallagher, Dr. Elana Pinchefsky, Dr. Gregory Lodygensky and the entire LION team for a major CIHR funding for the visual and cognitive development of premature infants.
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Congratulations to Kassandra Roger on obtaining a CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation Scholarship
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We would like to welcome four new interns and research assistants to our lab: Laurie Décarie-Labbé, Clémence Noiseux, Mathieu Bissonnette and Yara Maalouf! They will work on various ongoing projects in the lab.
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Congratulations to Kassandra Roger, a doctoral student in our lab, for receiving a scholarship from the International internship program Quebec-Cuba of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) !
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Congratulations to Janie Damien, a doctoral student in our lab, for receiving a scholarship for Doctoral Training from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS).
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Congratulations to Sarah Provost, a doctoral student in our lab, for receiving the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master’s Program) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Dre Gallagher receives funding from the Savoy Foundation for a project on functional brain connectivity and the neuropsychological profile after a first crisis.
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Congratulations to Dr. Anne Gallagher on obtaining a FRQS Junior Fellow-Researcher Salary Award.
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Julie Tremblay, ing., Anne Gallagher and Eduardo Martinez-Montes obtain funding from the Ministry of International Relations and the Francophonie for a project on the integration of multimodal brain imaging data in NIRS and EEG.
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Congratulations to Sarah Provost, a doctoral student in our lab, for receiving a doctoral scholarship from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies of the Université de Montréal !
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We would like to welcome three new students in our lab : Janie Damien, Sarah Provost, and Kassandra Roger !
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Congratulations to Laura Caron-Desrochers for receiving the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship as well as the FRQNT Scholarship!
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Congratulations to Dr Emmanuelle Dionne-Dostie, co-directed by Dr Gallagher, for the successful completion of her thesis defense regarding the Development of audiovisual integration from infancy to adulthood using electrophysiology.
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Drs Anne Gallagher, Pedro Valdes-Sosa (Cuba), Janina Galler (USA), and Cyralene Bryce (Barbados) receive financing from Quebec Bio-Imaging Network (QBIN) for an international pilot study to identify cerebral markors of child malnutrition in a Barbados cohort.
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We would like to welcome three new research assistants in our lab: Sarah Kraimeche, Maxime Richter, and Daniella Vilaire! They will work on different projets on typically developing infants and children with epilepsy.
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Congratulations to Solène Fourdain, a doctoral student in our lab, for receiving the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network (RBIQ) International Student Scholarship!
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We are pleased to announce the creation of our seasonal newsletter in which you will find educational articles and preliminary results of the current studies conducted in our lab. Here is the first LIONLAB newsletter!
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Dr. Anne Gallagher has been awarded the Louise Rousselle Trottier Award from the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. This research award is presented to a young researcher in cardiovascular disease and was granted to her for the project “Functional brain connectivity in infants with congenital heart disease: a predictor of neurodevelopmental outcomes?”.
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Congratulations to Solène Fourdain, a doctoral student in our lab, for her doctoral scholarship from the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation!
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Dr. Anne Gallagher receives a Grant-in-Aid from the Heart and Stroke Foundation for her project “Functional brain connectivity in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD): A predictor of neurodevelopmental outcomes?”
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Drs. Anne Gallagher and Eduardo Martinez-Montes, from the Centro de Neurociencias de Cuba, receive new joint funding from the FRQNT and the FRQS for a short Cuba-Quebec scientific mission.
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Dr. Anne Gallagher has been awarded the Junior Investigator Award from the Canadian League Against Epilepsy (CLAE / LCCE). This award was presented to her in recognition of her outstanding contribution to epilepsy research.
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Congratulations to Emmanuelle Dionne-Dostie, a doctoral student in our lab, for her doctoral scholarship from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FESP) at Université de Montréal!
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Congratulations to Laura Caron-Desrochers, a master’s student in our lab, for her Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)!
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27 students and postdoctoral fellows from Université de Montréal at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center receive a scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ).
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Congratulations to Solène Fourdain, a doctoral student in our lab, for receiving three scholarships this year: the Merit Scholarship of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FESP) at Université de Montréal, the “Coup de pouce santé” from the Caisse Desjardins, and the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network (RBIQ) International Student Scholarship!
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Congratulations to Natacha Paquette, a student co-supervised by Dr. Gallagher, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis!
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Drs. Anne Gallagher and Lionel Carmant receive funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for a project on the impact of early intervention in neurodevelopment for children with congenital heart disease.
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Dr. Anne Gallagher is presented as a rising star in epilepsy research by the Canadian League Against Epilepsy, a distinction that demonstrates her rigour and scientific determination.
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$3 million in funding for research infrastructure at Université de Montréal, including FCI Leader funding to Dr. Gallagher’s LION Lab.
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The risk of language difficulties in premature infants is detectable at three months of age.
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Drs. Anne Gallagher and Sarah Lippé receive funding from the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network (QBIN) for a pilot project on the study of functional brain connectivity in 4-month-old babies with congenital heart disease.
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Six researchers and one student at CHU Sainte-Justine receive NSERC funding.
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Progress in Prematurity: Imaging Innovation (pp. 49–51)
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A country united for baby brain health
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Congratulations to Emmanuelle on her scholarship for the dissemination of research results from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at Université de Montréal!
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Dr. Anne Gallagher receives major funding from CIHR and FRQS. Click here to read the article
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Three new researchers at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center for the 2013 academic year. Click here to read the article
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We congratulate Emmanuelle Dionne-Dostie for obtaining the Doctoral Fellowship of the Fonds de recherche du Québec en santé (FRQS)!
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Dr. Anne Gallagher receives funding from the Savoy Foundation for a project on preclinical detection of infantile spasms.