Numa Dancause – Honors & Presentations
Research Fellowships
2006
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Three years Fellowship. $45,000/year.
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Two years Research Fellowship. $40,000/year declined.
- Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ). Two years Research Fellowship
Bourse de Formation Postdoctorale volet Fondamental
.$39,323/year, declined
2001
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Five years Fellowship. $45,000/year.
- Canadian Stroke Network (CSN). Three years Graduate Studentship. $25,000/year declined.
1995
- Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ). Summer Student Fellowship. $3,500
Travel Awards
2004
- Federation for European Neuroscience student travel award. The Federation for European Neuroscience Bi-annual meeting. Lisbon, Portugal. July, 2004
- Kansas University Medical Center Graduate Research Travel Scholarships. The Federation of European Neuroscience Bi-annual meeting. Lisbon, Portugal. July, 2004
- Society for Neural Control of Movement student travel award. For travel to the Society for Neural Control of Movement Annual meeting. Sitges, Spain. March, 2004
- Kansas University Medical Center Graduate Research Travel Scholarships. The Society for Neural Control of Movement Annual meeting. Sitges, Spain. March, 2004
2003
- Kansas University Medical Center Graduate Research Travel Scholarships. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida. November 2003
2002
- Kansas University Medical Center Graduate Research Travel Scholarships. The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida. November 2002
Academic Awards
2005
- Doctorate from the Kansas University Medical Center awarded with honors
1993
- Mention at the Gala de l’excellence of the Limoilou College. Category: Best student in Universal Sciences.
Service on editorial boards – ad-hoc reviewer
- Animal Cognition
- Cerebral Cortex
- European Journal of Neuroscience
- Expert Reviews of Neurotherapeutics
- Neural Regeneration Research
- Neuropsychologia
- Psychology Research and Behavior
Grant Review
- External reviewer for the National Science Foundation (USA)
Invited speaker at National and International meetings
- Dancause N. Neurophysiological and anatomical reorganization of the motor and premotor cortex after stroke 3rd Annual Utah Stroke Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT. Saturday March 25th, 2006
- Dancause N. Neurophysiological and anatomical reorganization of the ventral premotor cortex after stroke. The Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity 2006, Barbados. February 21th, 2006
Invited speaker for Departmental seminars
- Dancause N. Pattern of cortical connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a New World monkey: impact of a primary motor cortex lesion. Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (JRH). Laval, Quebec. July 15th, 2005.
- Dancause N. Pattern of cortical connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a New World monkey: impact of a primary motor cortex lesion. Institute of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. June 6th, 2005.
- Dancause N. Pattern of cortical connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a New World monkey: impact of a primary motor cortex lesion. Department of Neurosciences, Section of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Universita’ Degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy. May 30th, 2005.
- Dancause N. Pattern of cortical connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a New World monkey: impact of a primary motor cortex lesion Sobell Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK. May 23rd, 2005.
- Dancause N. Pattern of cortical connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a New World monkey: impact of a primary motor cortex lesion. Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY. May 9th 2005.
- Dancause N. Vicarious processes of the premotor cortex in the recovery following an ischemic lesion in the primary motor cortex: support for anatomical changes. Weekly departmental seminars for the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, US. 04 07 2003.
- Dancause N. Support for vicarious processes of premotor cortex following ischemic infarct in primary motor cortex. Invited speaker for the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 03 17 2003
- Dancause N. Réorganisation du cortex prémoteur suite aux lésions du cortex primaire chez le singe. Invited speaker for Les conférences scientifiques du CRIR, Institut de réadaptation de Montréal, Montréal, Canada. 03 14 2003
- Dancause N. Support pour la participation du cortex premoteur dans la récupération motrice suivant l’accident cérébrovasculaire chez le singe adulte. Invited speaker for the CIRRIS - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale , Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique de Québec, Québec, Canada. 03 13 2003.
- Dancause N. Insights on short-term motor memory function in hemiparetic population through corrections of monoarticular movements. Invited speaker for the Physical Therapy department lecture series. KUMC, Kansas City, Kansas, US, Sept. 2002.
- Dancause N. Error correction strategies for motor behavior in hemiparetic participants: Short-term motor learning. Invited speaker for the Landon Center on Aging lecture series. KUMC, Kansas City, Kansas, US, Feb. 2002.
Invited lecturer in graduate programs
- Dancause N. Physiological and anatomical plasticity in the adult motor cortex. Neuroplasticity PhD Course 19-23 November, 2007. The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 21 November 2007.
- Dancause N. Cortical plasticity and rehabilitation: insights from animal models. Neuroplasticity PhD Course 19-23 November, 2007. The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 23 November 2007.
- Dancause N. Pattern of cortical connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a New World monkey: impact of a primary motor cortex lesion. PHTH 863 guest lectures. Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Kansas University Medical Center. April 12th 2005.
- Dancause N. Translational research in rehabilitation science: Application to stroke. Invited speaker for the Neuromuscular Therapeutics II course (PHTH841). Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center, US. 11 19 2004.
Student presentations at meetings
- Dancause N. Anatomical support for vicarious processes of premotor cortex following an ischemic lesion in the primary motor cortex. Student Research Forum 2003. Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, US. 04 03 2003.
- Dancause N. Problème de la redondance pour le contrôle moteur: l’analyse de mouvements du bras vers une cible lorsque le tronc est impliqué. Congrès des stagiaires d’été du FRSQ-Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Jan. 1996.
