Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

The goal of this meeting is to bring together the neuroinflammation research community to share ideas, present discoveries and foster collaborations and interactions between groups working in diverse areas. These range from multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, stroke, viral infections of the nervous system, nerve injury and pain mechanisms, effect of obesity on neuroinflammation, role of maternal infections on brain development of the offspring leading to mental disorders, and others. This Annual meeting has been part of our CIHR funded Neuroinflammation Training Program for the past 10 years - the STIHR program, which has been discontinued. This meeting will bring together basic scientists doing cell and molecular work, clinician scientists, epidemiologists, and rehab professionals. It will foster greater interactions and collaborations between groups working on neuroinflammation across the country.