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2016 Breakthrough Challenge
Date
2016
Location
Toronto, Ontario
The 3rd annual Research Breakthrough Challenge where one researcher will be awarded $10,000 to further their study. This year's researchers bring issues like anorexia, sustainable healthcare and illness awareness to the forefront:
Yuliya Knyahnytska is currently working on a trial with patients who have severe treatment-resistant anorexia. She is using brain stimulation to see if they can help with the obsessive and compulsion elements that are so debilitating in eating disorders. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HytAsK-uY
Claire de Oliveira’s research looks at high-cost patients of the healthcare system, and makes recommendations on how to improve care and reduce the cost of frequent users.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzBpwmy1m0
Phil Garretson is focused on illness awareness, studying the brain to understand how the different areas of the brain relate to patients understanding of their illness, with a primary focus on Schizophrenia. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obYI9xCTF08
