Calling all undergrads! The Pam and Rolando Del Maestro Family Undergraduate Student Research Competition is now accepting Letters of Intent for 2025!

This unique opportunity allows undergraduate students to:

• Present their work to experts in neuro-oncology
• Receive feedback from a panel of scientists and health-care professionals
• Build research and presentation skills
• Network and engage with the brain tumour research community

Letters of Intent are due by Friday, August 1, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. EST.

RESEARCH GRANT UPDATES

We’re pleased to share the latest mid-point and final updates from our funded research projects. These reports highlight the significant progress being made toward a better understanding and treatment of brain tumours. Discover below how each of these projects is pushing the boundaries of brain tumour research.

Mid-point project reports

Dr. Scott Bratman

Elevation Grant Recipient

Dr. Robert Vanner

Elevation Grant Recipient

Dr. Adrienne Weeks

Elevation Grant Recipient

Final project reports

Dr. Silvia Penuela

Feature Grant Recipient

Dr. Muhammadvaseem Shaikh

Fellowship Grant Recipient

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

Developing artificial intelligence tools to monitor brain metastasis in the population

Presented by: Dr. Yuan, professor at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health

The basics of clinical trials

Dr. Dawn Richards, Director of Patient and Public Engagement, Clinical Trials Ontario

GET INVOLVED

Your experience matters!

Your participation in studies and surveys is essential to advancing brain tumour research in Canada.

Learn about ways you or others in the brain tumour community can get involved in brain tumour studies and surveys, or share with us if you are looking to recruit. If eligible, we would love to share your work to help support.

SHARE YOUR WORK

Have you recently presented at a meeting, submitted a poster or participated in a podcast or webinar on your project? If so, we want to hear and share your work! Please send to Sue at sruypers@braintumour.ca