News and stories

The uOBMRI is pleased to announce the Saroj and Kishori Lal Family Scholarship call for proposals. 

From Parkinson's Disease to Stroke, our researchers were awarded project grants to support innovative research that have the potential to improve patient treatment and care. 

Want to know what the uOBMRI has been up to in the past year? Here's your chance-our 2018-2019 Annual Report is out now!

Congratulations to our members who were successful in CIHR's recent round of funding. We're excited to see what new discoveries will take place!

Congratulations to Dr. Ruth Slack! Dr. Slack, along with collaborators Dr. Louis-Eric Trudeau, Dr. David Park and Dr. Michelle Desjardin, was awarded a grant from the Krembil Foundation for $1,003, 002! The grant, "Reshaping Mitochondrial Efficiency and Integrity to Treat Parkinson’s Disease " aims to find a novel approach to treat PD. 

We're excited to announce this year's PRC awardees. A sincere thank you to our generous donors for their ongoing support of Parkinson's research and trainee research. 

Dr. Lara Pilutti runs the Clinical Exercise Physiology Lab at the University of Ottawa. The goal of her research program is to optimize the accessibility of physical activity and exercise for people with both progressive and relapsing-remitting MS. Her team is specifically interested in providing exercise programs for MS patients with a higher disability level or for those using assistive mobility devices such as walkers or wheelchairs.