Brain Canada has selected Dr. Ryan Hoiland as part of its fifth cohort of Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research. This year, $2.1 million in funding has been awarded to 21 promising early-career researchers, each receiving a $100,000 grant.
Brain Canada’s flagship program continues to drive innovative research that has the potential to transform our understanding of the central nervous system and its impact on our health. The new funding will support Dr. Hoiland’s research to better understand the pathophysiology of hypoxic ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest.
“The project will couple high-frequency patient physiology data with proteomic analysis of tissue samples including blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain tissue,” says Dr. Hoiland, assistant professor at UBC Okanagan and investigator with the Centre with Chronic Disease Prevention and Management. “We hope to determine the specific disease processes that are associated with brain injury due to low brain oxygen levels in humans.”
This program is made possible by the Canada Brain Research Fund, an innovative arrangement with the Government of Canada, through Health Canada, and Brain Canada, and the Azrieli Foundation, as well as numerous major donors who believe that solving the brain’s mysteries will significantly improve the quality of life for people in Canada.