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Two McGill researchers have been named as 2009 recipients of E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships. Dr. Andrew P. Hendry an associate professor with McGill's Department of Biology and the Redpath Museum, and Dr. Karim Nader, an associate professor and Willam Dawson Chair in the Department of Psychology, will both receive the prestigious fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
It is somehow appropriate that as we mark in 2009 the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of the Species and the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, that an evolutionary expert like Andrew Hendry is recognized. Dr. Hendry heads McGill's Hendry Lab in Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics and is a leading investigator into the interface between ecological and evolutionary processes and their influence on biodiversity. Most recently, he co-authored a much-cited study about a rarely seen pattern of "disruptive natural selection" leading to the creation of new species among the famous finches of the Galapagos Islands, originally studied by Darwin.
Karim Nader's research group specializes in the esoteric area of memory and trauma. His research has focused on victims of violence, rape and abuse who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can force them to relive their ordeals over and over again, with debilitating consequences. Dr. Nader's experiments suggest that damaging memories can be stripped of their potency by a common blood pressure medication, propranolol. News headlines around the world about this research have often made reference to the fictional Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
"McGill is extremely proud of these two outstanding researchers," said Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) Denis Thrien. "Their work ha
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