HBHL has funded 20 undergraduate student research internships (valued at $10,000 each) in brain and mental health research.
This funding compensates students for their research over the course of 16 weeks (between May 2024 to August 2024) and provides them with the opportunity to gain valuable research and networking experience. All funded projects are aligned with one of HBHL’s research themes.
2024 HBHL Undergraduate Summer Research Internship
Open competition launched in February 2024.
HBHL RESEARCH THEME |
RECIPIENT | SUPERVISOR | PROJECT TITLE |
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2 |
Aiden (Jihong) Lee |
Majid Mohajerani |
The effect of tactile stimulation on AD-like symptoms of mice |
2 |
Alyssa Abou-Chakra |
Alanna Watt |
Evaluating the expression of BDNF in the ARSACS cerebellum |
4 |
Audrée Bujold |
Massimilliano Orri |
Investigating sex differences in the association between prenatal exposure to tobacco and trajectory of depressive symptoms from childhood to adolescence: a longitudinal cohort study |
1 |
Carolina Zveiris |
Boris Bernhardt |
Evaluating systematic review automation in epilepsy using chatGPT |
2 |
Finn Creeggan |
Jack Antel |
GliaScope MS: A comprehensive analysis of the epigenetic and transcriptomic landscapes of CNS glia cells to assess their propensity for autoimmune targeting in Multiple Sclerosis |
3 |
Georgia Chen |
Masha Prager-Khoutorsky |
The role of hypothalamic adult-born neurons in the regulation of thirst and blood pressure |
2 |
Hannah Buchanan |
Arkady Khoutorsky |
APOE polymorphisms affect microglial reactivity in response to nerve injury, modulating the development of neuropathic pain |
1 |
Ivy Guo |
David Benrimoh |
Modeling mood episodes in bipolar disorders through digital phenotyping |
4 |
Logane Dupont |
Martin Lepage |
Bringing nature into a psychiatric ward: virtual travel for inpatient care in people with lived experience of a severe mental disorder |
2 |
Lucky Wang |
Ji Zhang |
Exploring the direct impact of aging-associated systemic inflammation on microglia function |
2 |
Lucy Han |
Jean-Francois Poulin |
Assessing the selective vulnerability of dopamine in a new model of Parkinson’s Disease |
4 |
Nicole Iordache |
Sarah Racine |
Exploring associations between conceptualizations of thought-shape fusion and “feeling fat” |
4 |
Pamela Fankem |
Charlotte Usselman |
Exploring the relationship between heart rate variability and depressive symptoms in females with PCOS |
1 |
Parnia Akhavansaffar |
David Benrimoh |
Deep phenotyping and digitalization in patients with psychosis |
2 |
Riv Beauchesne |
Sylvia Villeneuve |
The effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on the rate of progression of Alzheimer's Disease |
3 |
Robin Steedman-Braun |
Jonathan Britt |
The effect of adolescent cannabis exposure on flexible decision making |
3 |
Victor Dekarli |
Xiaoqian Chai |
Self-referential episodic memory in children with autism |
1 |
Yifan Zhao |
Anmar Khadra |
Understanding the impact of noradrenaline on cerebellar interneuron excitability through mathematical modelling |
2 |
Yuxin Xie |
Yang Zhou |
Construct and test novel AAV vectors for fine-tuning of FXN gene in cell culture |
3 |
Zhengze Jiang |
Tomoko Ohyama |
Elucidating the role of basin-2 interneuron in drosophila pain circuits |