Welcome

Welcome

• Welcome• Brief introductions• Opportunities that await• Process of theme building• Establishing the Theme NAME• Next steps

Welcome

• What we hope to accomplish as team leaders

Brief Introductions

• Who we are?• What will be gained with Theme membership?• What we hope to contribute?

Opportunities that await

Process of theme building

Defining groups for:• collaboration, • optimizing research potential,• leveraging funding opportunities, • sharing common interest & technologies

Member-proposed groups

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Science• Cognitive Brain Network in Health and Disease• Mental Health• Brain Development Disorders• Neurosurgery• Epilepsy• Imaging and Interpretation• Functional Brain Imaging• Brain, Behaviour and Development• Neurodevelopmental disabilities• Developmental Neuroscience• Neurodegeneration• Movement disorders• Translational neuroscience• Sleep/Wake-Behaviours in children and youth with neurodevelopmental conditions• Group on interventions, services, supports and policies for children with neurodisability• Mental health and childhood neurodisability: improving child and family outcomes• Innovations in Neurological Care and Neurotechnology• Pharmacology• Biomarkers

Clusters across proposed groups(aim for 10-20/ group):

• Neuroimaging• Mental health• Neurodevelopment• Translational neuroscience?• Interventional neuroscience?• Stress regulation and childhood behavior• Neuropharmacology and biomarkers

Establishing the theme name

Establishing the theme name

……. how about:

‘Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health’

…thoughts? gut reactions?

Next steps

Purpose of Group Meetings

• Agree on collective scope/existing key interests

• Identify future aims to be enabled by new infrastructure and/or resources

• Identify key enablers within the group

CFRI Planning Approach & Timelines

May• Information Sessions• Theme Launch Meetings• Theme Meetings June• Group Meetings• Theme Lead/Group Lead Meetings July-August• Draft CFRI Strategic Framework• Review and Refinement October • Completed Framework to Foundation Board/PHSA