Project 01: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)/Concussion with a focus on early childhood

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Psychology, neuropsychology, neurosciences, health sciences, rehabilitation.

Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury, concussion, pediatric, early childhood, neuroimaging, biomarkers, sleep, stress.

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Project 02 : Dancing in the Metaverse

Research Axis: Musculoskeletal Health, Rehabilitation and Medical Technologies

Targeted study programs: Physical activity sciences or related field.

Keywords: Pediatric rehabilitation, virtual reality, metaverse, cerebral palsy, dance.

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Project 03 : Leveraging Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Specific T and NK cell Promoters as a Disruptive Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma

Research Axis: Immune Diseases and Cancer

Targeted study programs: Microbiology and Immunology. Molecular Biology or related fields

Keywords: Immunotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell, cell engineering, glioblastoma, cancer, cell therapy.

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Project 04 : Understanding Rare Genetic Variation and Disease Risk: A Global Neurogenetics Initiative

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Genomics, genetics, bioinformatics or related field.

Keywords: Neurogenetics, psychiatry, neuroimaging, genomics, genetic variants, sequencing, cognition, data sciences, programming.

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Project 05: Neurodevelopmental NIRS and EEG

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Biomedical sciences, psychology, neuroscience, or related discipline

Keywords: Pediatric neuropsychology; Language; Development of brain networks; Functional neuroimaging; Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Electrophysiology (EEG); Epilepsy; Congenital heart disease; Prematurity.

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Project 06 : Clinical and electroencephalographic phenotyping of populations of children with neurodevelopmental disorders

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Engineering, mathematics, biomedical sciences, psychology, psychoeducation, or related discipline.

Keywords: EEG data, human electroencephalographic signal processing, neurodevelopmental disorders, brain development, autism, epilepsy, intellectual disability

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Project 07 : Intégration des technologies interactives dans la réadaptation pédiatrique de précision

Research Axis: Musculoskeletal Health, Rehabilitation and Medical Technologies

Targeted study programs: Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist, Speech language pathologist, Rehabilitation Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Translational Research, or Statistics.

Keywords: Rehabilitation; pediatrics; interactive technologies; virtual reality; knowledge translation; precision medicine; artificial intelligence.

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Project 08 : T cell responses in chronic viral diseases

Research Axis: Immune Diseases and Cancer Axis

Targeted study programs: Immunology or related field.

Keywords: Viral infection, tumor, immune response, animal experimentation, cytometry.

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Project 09 : Neuromodulation for motor recovery in children

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, biomedical technology, medicine, medical sciences, neuroscience, rehabilitation or related disciplines.

Keywords: Therapy, neurotrauma, medical technology, artificial intelligence, movement, paralysis, neurotechnology.

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Project 10 : Genetic Defects of Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs)

Research Axis: Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health

Targeted study programs: Biochemistry, Cell Biology or Neuroscience.

Keywords: Murine models, neuroscience, physiology, genetics, therapeutic approach, stem cells.

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Project 11 : Engineering of NK Cells for the Elimination of Senescent Cells

Research Axis: Immune Diseases and Cancer

Targeted study programs: Immunology, Cell Biology or related field.

Keywords: Senescence, immunesuppression, cell therapy, cancer, iPSC.

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Project 12 : GABAergic circuits role in autism spectrum disorders

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Neuroscience, computational neurosciences, or related field.

Keywords: Autism, intellectual disorders, cortical circuits, mouse models, inhibition, electrophysiology, high resolution imaging.

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Project 13 : Investigation of the genetic abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia using a multi-Omic approach

Research Axis: Immune Diseases and Cancer

Targeted study programs: Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or related fields.

Keywords: Genomics, myeloid leukemia, sequencing

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Project 14 : Understanding the interplay between the actomyosin and septin cytoskeletons during cytokinesis

Research Axis: Immune Disorders and Cancers

Targeted study programs: Cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics or a related field.

Keywords: Cytokinesis, actomyosin contractility, Anillin, septins, microscopy.

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Project 15 : Health services utilization and educational outcomes of adolescents with severe substance use disorders in Quebec

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, medicine, psychology, neurosciences, biomedical sciences, social sciences and related field.

Keywords: Adolescent, addiction, administrative data, hospitalization, substance abuse, overdose

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Project 16 : Use of Machine Learning for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Speech-Language Disorders in Children

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Speech-language pathology, Neuroscience, Cognitive science, Psychology, Biomedical sciences, Computer science.

Keywords: Speech-language disorders, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Computational Modeling, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Diagnosis, Intervention, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence.

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Project 19 : Sex differences in the molecular footprint of raphe neurons

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Neuroscience or related field.

Keywords: Raphe, hippocampus, serotonin, anxiety, sex differences, scRNAseq.

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Project 20 : Longitudinal and Multivariate Data Analyses

Project 21: A study of factors that disrupt brain development (C-PIP)

Project 22: Adaptation and evaluation of brief, personality-targeted interventions for university students (UniVenture)

Research Axis: Brain and Child Development

Targeted study programs: Biostatistics, epidemiology, genetics, computer science, medicine, psychology, neuroscience, biomedical sciences, social sciences, public health, human sciences.

Keywords: Adolescent, children, addiction, cannabis, substance abuse, neuroimaging, cohort study, longitudinal dataset, addiction, brain development, child development, longitudinal datasets, mental health, Canadian Pediatric Imaging Platform (C-PIP), emerging adults, cannabis, personality, academic achievement.

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Project 24 : Real-life effectiveness on children’s health and on climate of new therapeutic approaches for asthma

Project 25 : Development and validation of an interpretation algorithm of oscillometry, a novel lung function test for children with asthma

Project 26 : Efficacy and safety profile of pre-emptive high dose of inhaled corticosteroids in the prevention of asthma attacks in young children with asthma

Research Axis: Infectious Diseases and Acute Care

Targeted study programs: Medicine, biostatistics, pharmacoepidemiology, epidemiology, biomedical sciences

Keywords: Asthma, Pharmacoepidemiology, new therapeutic approaches, corticosteroids.

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Project 27: Targeting Stem Cells for the Treatment of Muscular Diseases

Research Axis: Musculoskeletal Health, Rehabilitation and Medical Technologies

Targeted study programs: Biomedical sciences, physiology-pharmacology, microbiology, neuroscience, or related programs.

Keywords: Stem cells, regeneration, muscle diseases, precision medicine, myogenesis, inflammation, fibrosis.

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Project 29 : Functional Genomics of High Fatality Pediatric Leukemia

Research Axis: Immune Diseases and Cancer Axis

Targeted study Program: molecular biology, pharmacology, bioinformatics.

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