Announcing the 1st #OBIPublicTalk of 2026-2027! Join us on September 12th at 2 PM for a free moderated discussion from scientific experts and patient partners. 📅 RSVP for "Beyond the Diagnosis": braininstitute.ca/news-events/2026/future-of-neurodiversity #BrainHealth #Neurodiversity #Autism #ADHD
Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
@ontariobrain.bsky.social
Establishing Ontario as a world leader in brain research, commercialization and care. braininstitute.ca
Hear from OBI CEO Tom Mikkelsen in an article with the Toronto Sun about the #TruSelfChallenge. The Dawn DTx app with Mobio Interactive makes understanding your stress simpler. Read about how you can use the app today 👉 torontosun.com/health/canad... #BrainHealth #DigitalTherapeutics #DawnDTx
Canadians can measure stress with ease via new app
World Brain Day on Wednesday sees the launch of a new App to measure your stress levels with a facial features photo scan on a smartphone.
torontosun.com
Remove the guesswork from understanding your stress. Use Dawn DTx app every day for five days to generate real evidence and a personalized stress report at the end. Join the challenge today: braininstitute.ca/world-brain-... #WorldBrainDay #BrainHealth #DawnDTx #TruSelfChallenge
On July 22, our #BrainHealth ambassadors are taking on the TruSelf Challenge. Over five days, their teams will use the Dawn DTx app to gain personalized insights into how stress affects their everyday lives. 🧠 Join today: braininstitute.ca/world-brain-... #WorldBrainDay #DawnDTx #TruSelfChallenge
⏰ LAST CHANCE to register for our webinar with Epiloid Biotechnology. Today at noon, learn more about their machine learning tool, which could eliminate the usual uncertainties around epilepsy care. 🔗Register here: braininstitute.ca/news-events/... #BrainHealth #Epilepsy #PrecisionMedicine
Experience brain health innovation right at your fingertips with the Dawn DTx app. Measure, reflect on, and recognize your stress. 🧠 Join the 5-Day Brain Health Challenge starting on World Brain Day 2026: braininstitute.ca/world-brain-... #WorldBrainDay #BrainHealth #DawnDTx #TruSelfChallenge
⚡Only one week left to learn how machine learning is shaping epilepsy care. Join OBI's Centre for Analytics and @EpiloidBio on July 16th for an informational webinar on their tool, which uses brain activity & genetic data to predict drug response. 🔗Register here: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Stress isn’t the problem. Misunderstanding it is. The Dawn DTx 5-Day Brain Health Challenge from Mobio Interactive gives you a chance to pause and check in with yourself. ⬇️ Download the Dawn DTx app here: braininstitute.ca/world-brain-... #WorldBrainDay #BrainHealth #DawnDTx #TruSelfChallenge
Mark your calendar. This World Brain Day, July 22, OBI and portfolio company Mobio Interactive launch the Dawn DTx 5-Day Brain Health Challenge. 📥Learn more at braininstitute.ca/world-brain-... #WorldBrainDay #BrainHealth #DigitalTherapeutics #DawnDTx #TruSelfChallenge
Cohort 3 of OBI's Analytics Initiatives consisted of SMEs with innovative approaches to brain health. Now, OBI's Centre for Analytics (CfA) is supporting a new generation of neuroanalytics projects. 📢 Apply for Cohort 4 by this Sunday, July 5th: lnkd.in/gpTmaY5S #Neuroanalytics #BrainHealth
Machine learning algorithms can produce a shorter, sharper treatment selection process for epilepsy from brain activity data and genetic markers. Curious to know how? Join OBI and Epiloid Biotechnology on July 16th for an informational webinar. 🔗 Register here: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
💭 Curious how your Ontario small business, startup, or academic laboratory could start building your team's neuroanalytics skills and AI competencies? Applications for OBI's Centre for Analytics Cohort 4 close Sunday, July 5th at 11:59 PM E.T: lnkd.in/gpTmaY5S #Neuroanalytics #BrainHealth
Read perspectives from OBI and partners on how Canada can and should skillfully leverage its data to drive brain health research. 📋 Access the article in Maclean’s and online: www.healthinsight.ca/life-science... #BrainHealth #HealthAI #FederatedLearning #Innovation #CanadaAIStrategy
OBI portfolio company Yellowbird Diagnostics completed their first in-human clinical trial for NeuCaVis™, their novel fructose-labelling radiotracer bringing precision to conventional inflammation imaging. 🔗 Read the news here: www.newsfilecorp.com/release/3022... #BrainHealth #MedicalDiagnostics
Yellowbird Diagnostics Completes Dosing in First-in-Human Phase 1 Trial of NeuCaVis(TM)
Novel F18 PET imaging agent designed to identify inflammation.Program advancing toward Phase 2 patient studiesOttawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 22,...
newsfilecorp.com
Coordinated investment, national impact. @braincanada.bsky.social is investing $10.57M in four Ontario research platforms, two built on our @POND and CAN-BIND programs.
🧠 Apply to the fourth cohort of the CfA's Analytics Initiatives and receive $80k in funding towards a open data project on brain health. 🔗 Learn more: braininstitute.ca/research-dat... #Neuroanalytics #BrainHealth
🔔 Reminder for the information webinar on applications to OBI's Centre for Analytics (CfA) Initiatives, happening from 12 PM to 1 PM E.T. today! Read more and apply here ➡️: braininstitute.ca/research-dat... #Neuroanalytics #BrainHealth #Neuroscience #ArtificialIntelligence #DataScience
Call for editorials! CSPC invites submissions exploring the opportunities, challenges, and implications of Canada’s new AI Strategy, including its potential impact on industry, government, academia, and civil society. Deadline July 9, 2026: https://ow.ly/epZu50ZaB1x
Accelerating responsive dementia care with the Canada Blood-based Biomarkers (BBM) Readiness & Pathway Development initiative, in partnership with the Weston Family Foundation & Alzheimer Society of Ontario. 🔗Learn more: westonfoundation.ca/weston-brain... #BrainHealth #Dementia #BloodBiomarkers
Learn about lifestyle changes to live dementia-free and connect with community programs in this event from the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA). Free, open to all, and lunch will be provided at no cost. 🔗 Register now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/empowering... #BrainHealth #Dementia #HealthyAging
🧠Applications are now open for the fourth cohort of the OBI's Centre for Analytics. Startups or small businesses participating receive up to $80k in funding, access to OBI's Brain-CODE platform, & technical assistance to advance an open data project on brain health. (1/3)
When dementia care is coordinated, people get help faster. Great to see the Alzheimer Society of Ontario and The Brainwell Institute launch the Ontario Dementia Task Force, building a clearer path to care for people living with dementia and their caregivers. 🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/ontario-task...
New Task Force to Develop Roadmap for Dementia Care Coordination in Ontario
GlobeNewswire Press Release.
tinyurl.com
Canada's federal AI Strategy will invest up to $100M to scale Vital, St. Michael's health data platform nationwide. More connected data = faster discoveries & better care.🎉 ➡️ Read our full statement on this milestone: braininstitute.ca/news-events/... #BrainHealth #HealthAI #DataSovereignty
Possibility Neurotechnologies is working towards an #AccessibleCanada. Learn more about Think2Switch™, their mobile app that turns brain activity into action on CBC’s The National. ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlqH... #NationalAccessAbilityWeek #NAAW2026 #NeuroTech #BrainHealth
How brain-computer interfaces are helping kids with disabilities
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtube.com
Accessibility isn't a feature. It's a foundation. This #NationalAccessAbilityWeek (May 31–June 6), OBI is spotlighting the people and programs making brain health more accessible for everyone. Learn more about how OBI drives change: braininstitute.ca #NAAW2026 #AccessibleCanada #BrainHealth
🎉 A historic moment set to redefine science education in Ontario. Thank you to long-time partner @onsciencecentre.bsky.social for including us in building Ontario's newest home for science education, opening at Ontario Place in 2029. Read the full news release: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
OBI has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) & @ccsacanada.bsky.social, bringing together three organizations committed to advancing brain health research, evidence-informed policy, & sustainable economic development. 🔗 t.co/o0ukJfBBTj
https://euromed-economists.org/emea-the-canadian-centre-on-substance-use-and-addiction-and-the-ontario-brain-institute-sign-mou/
t.co
We celebrate International Clinical Trials Day in recognition of those who make clinical research possible. To everyone contributing to this work across Canada: thank you. 🔗 Learn more about this year's campaign by @clinicaltrialon.bsky.social: ctontario.ca/ictd2026 #ICTD2026 #BrainHealth
We are excited to share the latest publication in @jamanetworkopen.com 🎉This study examind over 600K Ontatians across all ages that were diagnosed with a concussion. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation
This cohort study of patients with concussion assesses whether individual socioeconomic and neighborhood-level markers of marginalization are associated with first location of concussion presentation ...
jamanetwork.com
On Friday, May 8, we can't wait to see you at the #FriedmanBrainInstitute's 18th Annual Neuroscience Retreat. Hosted by @brainbodylab.bsky.social & Sarah Stanley, we are super excited to celebrate our remarkable #MountSinai #Faculty #Postdocs #Students & #Staff at NYC's Historic Riverside Church🧠🔬🎉