Research Advisory Committee

The Institute's Research Advisory Committee provides input and advice from the broader research community to the Director and Executive Committee with respect to research priorities, strategic initiatives, major funding opportunities/proposals, and collaborative programs/activities. A complete terms of reference for this committee can be found here.

The committee is currently surveying the neuroscience community to learn about and identify functional research groups at Western and affiliated hospitals. A functional research group is broadly defined as two or more principal investigators actively collaborating towards a shared scientific goal or mission. They're generally self-organized and often without any formal designation within the department, faculty and university. They likely write papers together on a regular basis and may share grants, equipment, space and/or trainees. To share information on your research group, click here to access the survey.