The Royal Society of Canada welcomes two Cumming School members to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

The RSC has named the incoming 70 members of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.

The 2017 cohort includes two members of the Cumming School of Medicine, Stephanie Borgland and Matthew Hill.

Stephanie Borgland is an internationally recognized leader in the neurobiology of motivated behaviour. She has made exciting discoveries on how satiety-promoting hormones modulate plasticity within the mesolimbic circuit and how obesity or drugs of abuse rewire circuits involved in motivated behaviour and reward valuation. Her innovative research is illuminating the neurobiological factors underlying disordered eating or addiction.

Matthew Hill has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the neuroscience of stress. His research on how the endocannabinoid system gates activation of the stress response and mediates both termination and adaptation of brain circuits to stress has guided the field. His translational work on the role of the endocannabinoid system in the stress response and stress-related psychiatric diseases has influenced the investigation of novel treatments for anxiety disorders.

A complete list of the 2017 cohort of the College and their citations is available here.

Founded in 2014, the College is a handpicked selection of top mid-career scholars and artists in Canada. College Members have already received recognition in their fields for excellence and serve as ambassadors of their fields. The College has gender parity and linguistic and cultural diversity. Researchers in the humanities, scientists, artists and social scientists of the College strive to overcome disciplinary and academic boundaries in the common pursuit of knowledge. The College seeks to participate in our society at various levels, through engagement with government, through our communities and through our schools from K-12 and beyond.

The Presentation of this cohort, sponsored by the Université de Montréal, will take place on Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Fairmont Winnipeg Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba.