Baycrest Health Sciences & Baycrest Foundation Publications
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PIONEERS OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Over the past 25 years, Dr. Morris Moscovitch has built an impressive body of research in the areas of memory, attention and face recognition. His outstanding career and enormous impact on the field of cognitive neuroscience was recently honoured by the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), which awarded Dr. Moscovitch its inaugural 2012 Distinguished Career Contributions Award. This award recognizes senior cognitive neuroscientists for their distinguished career, leadership and mentoring in the field. Dr. Moscovitch holds the Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Morris Moscovitch Senior Scientist Max and Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging Dr. Donald Stuss Senior Scientist Dr. Donald Stuss's seminal work in the field of frontal lobe research has greatly influenced our understanding of frontal lobe functions and their role in memory, cognition and consciousness. The former vice-president of Research at Baycrest and founding director of the Rotman Research Institute, Dr. Stuss spearheaded the growth of the RRI to its world-renowned status today as a leader in neuroscience research. During his career, Dr. Stuss has received numerous honours and awards including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Member of the Order of Ontario. In 2010, he was appointed president and scientific director of the newly launched Ontario Brain Institute (OBI), where he will continue to help shape the future of brain research, translation and innovation. One of the Rotman Research Institute's original pioneers, Dr. Gordon Winocur has made an immense contribution to the field of neuroscience with his research into memory and how it changes through the process of normal aging or through injury. In an important brain injury study with rats, which garnered him the Donald T. Stuss Award for Research Excellence, Dr. Winocur demonstrated that memories could be preserved after severe amnesia – findings that have potential implications for new therapies to help people with brain injuries regain their independence. Dr. Gordon Winocur Senior Scientist