After consultation with MLHealthUnit and health and safety experts, #WesternU will continue its vaccination policy for the spring and summer terms, to be reviewed by Sept 1. Masks are required indoors through June, with a decision on the summer term to follow.

A big thank you to @teacherkittmer , Jill Graham and Jackson Wilson for an in class demonstration of how to spiral some of our sound wall strategies into read alouds. It’s been great to collaborate face to face 📕😊 TVDSB Speech-Language Pathology Services Thames Valley DSB TVDSBLiteracy

📢 Abstract submission deadline extended to October 25th 2022! Submit now and present your work at the Canadian Consciousness research symposium! 👉 November 8-9 2022 👉 keynotes by Anil Seth and Brian Edlow 👉 FREE registration …sness-research-symposium.yolasite.com

It’s new paper day! How COVID-19 infection affects your memory, attention, decision-making and mental health. Despite the promo video, this one was no walk in the park. @conorwild Rick Swartz Loretta Norton #davidripsman Western University Western BrainsCAN news.westernu.ca/2022/10/long-c…

Prof. Bleck talking about Loretta Norton, Teneille Gofton, Derek Debicki & Prof. Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRS's work on #FunctionalNeuroimaging in #ICU during his #keynote address at #NCS2022 JWMarriottSanAntonio Kudos to #NeurocriticalCare team London Health Sciences Centre Western Centre for Brain and Mind Western University

So the Ford govt is taking $365 MILLION out of schools & classrooms in order to hand it out to parents for... Tutoring? iPads? Cost of Living? Lecce couldn't clearly say what this money is for... But we know where it's really needed and that's in the classroom! #OntEd #EQAO

Tomorrow is Elections Day – get out and vote! When you do, please think about school board trustees and encourage your friends to do so as well. London.ca/elections Please make sure to do your research! lauragonzalez.ca #LdnOnt #LdnVotes #TVDSB

A hierarchical language-based #fMRI protocol predicts outcomes for patients with acute severe brain injuries. More evidence that we should be looking for covert cognition in the #ICU. Congrats Loretta Norton, Prof. Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRS and team at Western Centre for Brain and Mind Western University London Health Sciences Centre Curing Coma

An exciting week at London Health Sciences Centre piloting our fMRI sequences on this brand new scanner at University Hospital. We are just about ready to resume scanning unresponsive ICU patients to look for signs of preserved consciousness w/ Loretta Norton , Prof. Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRS, & team.

Honoured to be part of #worldcomaday Curing Coma. We are excited to share our work using fNIRS to assess covert consciousness in comatose patients. Prof. Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRS Loretta Norton Karnig Kazazian Matthew Kolisnyk Sergio Novi Androu Abdalmalak Reza Moulavi-Ardakani #WesternU CNS London Health Sciences Centre

How much screen time is too much? What does this mean for children’s mental health? Don’t miss a conversation with Dr. Emma Duerden developingbrain on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. Register👉bit.ly/fwbcws12 #WesternU #TVDSB #LDCSB TVPIC TVCouncil of H&S

We stand united with #UWaterloo against gender-based violence, hatred & bigotry, committed to fostering an inclusive, safe, welcoming place for everyone. We will work tirelessly to create an environment where we all can thrive, feel safe and be safe.

Will a patient on life support end up in a vegetative state or wake up? Using an algorithm, #WesternU's Prof. Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRS, Loretta Norton, Karnig Kazazian & Matthew Kolisnyk were able to accurately predict a patient’s possible recovery after a brain injury. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Can a machine learning algorithm predict who is going to recover from a serious brain injury in the ICU? *spoiler* Yes, it can. Brilliant work by Karnig Kazazian Matthew Kolisnyk Loretta Norton link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Dr. Loretta Norton, Assistant Professor of Psychology, is leading a research team, including two King's at Western alumni, to better predict recovery after severe brain injuries. Read more about her research in the latest issue of the King’s Herald. kings.uwo.ca/alumni/stay-in…

I have funding for a post-doc fellowship, focusing on fNIRS methods for the assessment of consciousness after brain injury. Up to 3 years. Come and work with us! Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy #fNIRS? Western University

Want to know how you can use functional near-infrared spectroscopy to detect consciousness? Let us show you (no paywall). Karnig Kazazian Matthew Kolisnyk Derek Debicki Loretta Norton Sergio Novi pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Check out our latest work now out in @PNASnews 🚨⤵️ fNIRS: a novel tool for detecting consciousness after acute severe brain injury pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… We examine the reliability of fNIRS in 100+ datasets across 6 tasks then use fNIRS to detect covert awareness in the ICU

London, Ontario researchers develop tool to detect consciousness in the ICU. Go team! Karnig Kazazian Derek Debicki Loretta Norton Matthew Kolisnyk Rickson Mesquita Sergio Novi Western University london.ctvnews.ca/local-research…