BRC hosts Brain Awareness Week event: Slam Your (Neuro)Science!

Left to right: Shima Dolek, Jersey Smith, Dr. Perrot, Rachel Gibbs, Dylan Miller, Ernest Ng, Dr. Dumas

As a part of Brain Awareness Week 2022, the Brain Repair Centre hosted their inaugural Slam Your (Neuro)Science! Competition, which was held in-person at the BRC on March 16. This is the first in-person event as a part of Brain Awareness Week, and the first-ever competition of its kind.

The objective of the competition is for students to present their research in an engaging, clear and concise way in order to communicate science research to a wider audience. Undergraduate students enrolled in neuroscience-focused independent research projects were invited to take part and were scored on presentation, timing, and clarity of communication to the audience.

Winners of the 2022 SLAM:

1st: Rachel Gibbs (Supervisor: Dr. Leslie Phillmore)

2nd: Ernest Ng (Supervisor: Dr. Shaun Boe)

3rd: Jersey Smith (Supervisor: Dr. Sophie Jacques)
3rd: Shima Dolek (Supervisor: Dr. Sean Barrett)

The winners were awarded cash prizes chosen by a panel of judges which was made up of the following:

• Dr. Tara Perrot, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

• Dr. Laura Dumas, Post-Doc, Department of Medical Neuroscience

• Dylan Miller, PhD candidate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience