The International Human Frontier Science Program (HSFPO) has recognized breakthrough research from U of T Scarborough by awarding one of its most prestigious grants to Professor Maithe Arruda-Carvalho.
Arruda-Carvalho was recently announced as one of 11 recipients of the highly sought-after Career Development Award. The $300,000 prize – granted over a three-year period – is designed to help former HFSP fellows establish their independent laboratories and research programs.
Arruda-Carvalho’s project – titled “Investigating the circuit basis of adolescence impulsivity” – looks at the maturation of brain circuits and the associated behavioral changes that are observed during adolescence.
This most recent project builds off of research previously carried out by Arruda-Carvalho at SickKids Hospital in Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC, where she investigated memory formation and synaptic plasticity.