The Krembil Research Institute is eager to use big data methods to answer big research questions. “Big data” is the term for using large datasets, which can be probed using advanced computational methods, to find new patterns, trends and associations in ways that transcend what is possible with smaller, focused datasets. For example, Krembil Senior Scientist Dr. Karen Davis wants to use big data in order to develop a personalized approach to chronic pain therapeutics. [Read More]

The Krembil Research Institute recently recruited a computational neuroscientist—Dr. Jérémie Lefebvre—who will enhance its already-strong expertise in this area. Computational neuroscientists, also called theoretical neuroscientists, use mathematics and computer models to help explain how the cells and circuits of the brain work. In turn, these models can be used to predict how the brain processes information or how it will respond to a particular treatment intervention. [Read More]