News Posts by Catherine Lebel

Dr. Catherine Lebel among the top 40 under 40 for her contribution to the field of pediatric MRI. Lebel has transformed the MRI scanning experience for preschool-aged children at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, allowing her to collect one of the largest samples of brain MRI data from this group in the world. ​

Pre- and post-partum maternal depressive symptoms are related to children’s brain structure in preschool
Catherine Lebel, Matthew Walton, Nicole Letourneau, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Bonnie J. Kaplan, Deborah Dewey |Biological Psychiatry, Available online 15 December 2015, ISSN 0006-3223

Brain metabolite levels and language abilities in preschool children​
Catherine Lebel, Frank P. MacMaster, Deborah Dewey
Brain and Behavior, Available online 01 August 2016, ISSN 2162-3279

Participate in the Brain Development in Childhood and Adolescence study.

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We are pursuing partnerships with the Early Childhood Development community to enhance Community-University Partnerships in Research. Infographic about depression and brain structure, courtesy of the First 2000 Days Network!

The 2015 Knowledge Exchange Forum for Stakeholders on the Brain Basis of Language in Early Childhood was a success. To register or receive further information about the 2016 Stakeholders consultation on the Brain Basis of Language in Early Childhood, subscribe to our mailing list below.

You can also send us your comments or suggestions for the meeting.

Thanks to all the families who volunteer their time, we have recruited 127 children! We are following up with successful participants for their second, third, fourth, and fifth visits. To further refine our understanding of children brain’s development we are hoping to follow-up with as many successful participants as possible!

Read – Preschool Imaging Study Newsletter March 2016

The latest edition of the University of Calgary Fall/Winter Cumming School of Medicine magazine is out and features an article by Kathryn Kazoleas  about the mock scanner and the preschool imaging study (Pages 18-20). For more information please visit: www.cumming.ucalgary.ca/magazine! 

The event took place on Monday, October 19th 2015 at the Alberta Children’s Hospital and was hosted by Dr. Catherine Lebel and Dr. Deborah Dewey. This forum facilitated communication between policymakers, health practitioners, early childhood educators, community members, parents/caregivers of preschool children, and researchers, as they reflected on how new information on healthy brain development in preschool-age children, specifically as relates to language and early reading skills, can guide medical and educational practices in Canada and address gaps in the existing knowledge.

The Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a postdoctoral scholar to work with Dr. Catherine Lebel in the area of pediatric neuroimaging. Applicants should be interested in the neuroimaging investigations of brain development and brain abnormalities in developmental disorders.

Applicants should have a PhD in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, medical sciences, or other relevant discipline, and experience with MR image processing and analysis. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, CV, graduate transcript, and 3 recommendation letters to clebel@ucalgary.ca.

We have recently released the first copy of our MRI training storybook “Pluto and the MRI Rocket Ship Adventure.” Copies of the e-book can be downloaded through our publisher Lulu. Copies of the print book are also available. This storybook is an ideal training tool for anyone considering or already participating in our Preschool Imaging or Adolescent Brain Development studies.