Sunnybrook’s Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program is driving innovation and treatment in brain health.
Our interdisciplinary team of experts is dedicated to clinical care and pioneering investigation of some of the most challenging brain conditions of our time including; mood and anxiety disorders, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, ALS and stroke.
Impact by the Numbers
1 in 3
The number of people who will experience a brain disorder in their lifetime.
1 in 5
The number of people who will experience a mental illness or addiction concern.
7,000
The number of donors who helped make the Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre, home of the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, a reality.
World First: Researchers & physicians at Sunnybrook and SickKids deliver chemotherapy to pediatric brain tumours using MRI-guided focused ultrasound
Researchers and physicians at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are the first in the world to use MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), an aggressive and terminal pediatric brain tumour.
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