Training the engineers and clinicians who modulate the human brain.

An NSERC CREATE graduate program pairing neurotechnology research with clinical practice across Toronto's hospitals.

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Where neuroscience, engineering and the clinic share a bench.

Neuromodulation moves faster than any single discipline can follow. GAINN trains graduate students across both sides of it — the devices and the patients they treat — inside the CRANIA NeuroModulation Institute and its partner hospitals.

Cross-disciplinary coursework

Engineering, neuroscience and medicine, taught together.

Clinical immersion

Time inside the hospitals where stimulation is delivered.

Translation and industry

Skills to move neurotech from the lab toward the clinic.

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Conditions in scope
The field

The modalities trainees work across

Deep brain stimulation

Implanted electrodes reaching subcortical targets.

Spinal and peripheral

Interfaces for movement and chronic pain.

Non-invasive stimulation

Delivered through the skull, no implant.

Optogenetics

Light switching single populations of neurons.

Brain–computer interfaces

Neural activity decoded into control.

Machine learning

Models that turn recordings into decisions.

Program requirements

What it takes to complete GAINN

Core coursework

Graduate courses including the core neuromodulation course.

[X credits]

Workshops and seminars

The CNMI workshop series and annual trainee symposium.

[Per year]

Clinical or industry placement

Supervised, with a partner hospital or company.

[Duration]

Professional skills

Communication, ethics, entrepreneurship, equity in research.

[Modules]

Thesis in the field

Supervised by a participating faculty member.

Required
Who can apply

Master's and doctoral students in:

Biomedical Engineering — MASc, PhD
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Medical Science — MSc, PhD
Applications

Next intake opens [APPLICATION DATE].

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Events

Seminars, symposia and workshops

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Team

Core team

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Contact us

Talk to the program office

Questions on eligibility, supervision or partnership are welcome.

Office

Toronto Western Hospital, McLaughlin Wing, 14th Floor
399 Bathurst Street, Toronto

Phone

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Supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through its CREATE program. [OFFICIAL NSERC WORDING]