MONTREAL/April 23, 2007—
Concordia's Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN), has been given an infrastructure grant of $1 million over four years by the Fonds de la recherchÈ en santÈ de Quèbec (FRSQ), the province's medical granting agency. These funds will enable the center to increase its research and training activities.
It's the first time a university without a faculty of medicine has been given such funding in the area of health. Since its founding in 1982, the CSBN has focused on the problem of addiction, initially drug and alcohol, but has since expanded to the broader area of appetite motivation.
ìIf you include cigarettes and alcohol, most people have experience with drugs. Everybody eats. Most people have sex,î said CSBN director, Barbara Woodside. ìWhat makes some people addicted or obese, and not others? What is it in their environment, their hormonal state, their circadian rhythms, their conditioning, that makes them vulnerable or resilient to these maladaptive behaviors?î
The successful proposal to the FRSQ is focused on the poor choices many people make with regard to their health. In order to understand the increase in cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes, the CSBN researchers say, we need to understand the processes underlying the maladaptive choices that contribute to them.
The FRSQ report remarked on the Centre's wide application to health issues, and noted how dynamic and active the CSBN is. It has 11 regular members, all faculty at Concordia, and six associate members: two at Concordia, two at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, one at UniversitÈ Laval and one at the Centre de recherche Fernand-SÈguin.
For more information, please contact Peter Shizgal at 514-848-2424 ext. 2191, PETER.SHIZGAL@concordia.ca or Jane Stewart at 514-848-2424 ext. 2193, JANE.STEWART@concordia.ca.
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Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
