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Meet the 2019 Discovery Award recipients

Lindsay Bodell, PhD
Lindsay Bodell, PhD
Department of Psychology, Western University
Negative Affect and Reward Processing in Individuals with Binge Eating
Arneet Saltzman, PhD
Arneet Saltzman, PhD
Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
Investigating the role of heterochromatin readers in genome stability
Benoit Laurent, PhD
Benoit Laurent, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke
Deciphering the epigenetic regulation of alternative splicing in neurons
Andrea Bombak, PhD
Andrea Bombak, PhD
Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick
Intersections of Weight Stigma in New Brunswick
Mahsa Jessri, PhD
Mahsa Jessri, PhD
Department of Food, Nutrition, and Health, University of British Columbia
Dietary Patterns and Food Policies: Measuring the Impact on Health
Daiva Nielsen, PhD
Daiva Nielsen, PhD
Department of Human Nutrition, McGill University
Characterization of the workplace food environment in Montreal Canada: New directions for gene-environment interaction and health research

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2019 Discovery Award Recipients

2019 Discovery Award Recipients

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The CIHR 2018 Gold Leaf Prize Ceremony

The CIHR 2018 Gold Leaf Prize Ceremony

Dr. Catharine Whiteside, Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Banting Research Foundation, met with Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor...

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Announcing our Honorary Patron: Her Excellency the Right Honorable Julie Payette

Announcing our Honorary Patron: Her Excellency the Right Honorable Julie Payette

The Banting Research Foundation is delighted to announce Her Excellency the Right Honorable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, as our Honorary Patron. The...

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