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2006


  • 2006 New Siemens 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner Installed
    Donations by Jack and Anne Weinbaum, Sam and Ida Ross, and the Rotman Family Foundation, and funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation CSR, have made the addition of this high-tech scanner possible. 

    The presence of this state-of-art MRI technology alongside the magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG) technology already present at Baycrest enables researchers to obtain a comprehensive view of brain function, which will greatly aid in decoding the networks of underlying neural activity mediating cognition and how these systems change as one ages or how they are impaired in cognitive dementias, disorders, brain injury and stroke.

  • 2006 Ensuring Cutting Edge Research with the Establishment of an International Scientific Advisory Committee
    The RRI International Scientific Advisory Committee is comprised of international scientists (C.A. Barnes, University of Arizona; S. Grafton, Director, Dartmouth Functional Imaging Center, Dartmouth College; W. Jagust, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Berkeley, CA; and A. Yonelinas, University of California – Davis) to provide feedback and advice to the Director annually to ensure that the RRI remains at the forefront of research.

  • 2006 Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC)
    A Tier 2 CRC is a prestigious appointment of an exceptional emerging researcher acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.

    As a promising young scientist from the United States, Dr. Jennifer Ryan is appointed as the first Tier 2 CRC in recognition of her research using reaction time studies, eye movement paradigms and MEG, to examine memory performance of younger and older adults to determine how memory is organized and how it transforms with age and/or brain damage.