WASHINGTON, D.C. — SfN member Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Yale University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize 2026. Arnsten is recognized for her foundational work in understanding the distinctive molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms that underlie executive brain functions. Her work has transformed understanding of how recently evolved prefrontal cortical circuits support working memory, abstract thought, and goal-directed behavior, and how these circuits are dynamically regulated by neuromodulatory systems and vulnerable to disruption by stress, aging, and disease.

Tiny algae-based robots guided by magnets could improve bladder cancer treatment by boosting delivery of chemotherapy drugs into tumours, researchers say. 

Scientists have long known that schizophrenia runs in families, but pinpointing exactly which genes contribute to risk has been like searching for needles in a haystack. Now, researchers at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development and a consortium of collaborators from the University of Bari, Italy, and over 60 psychiatric hospitals all over the world, have developed a groundbreaking approach that looks beyond individual genes.  They have uncovered how networks of genes communicate across the brain — revealing 641 previously unrecognized genes associated with schizophrenia. 

 Drinking fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages from childhood through adulthood may be linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure as an adult, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

A recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER found that factors such as a person’s birthweight, sex, ethnicity, and father’s age may affect the risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age.

Two deadly infectious diseases, Ebola  https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.260834 and hantavirus https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.260789, have made headlines in recent weeks as they pose serious threats to public health. They both require rigorous infection and prevention control (IPAC) practices and often present with similar early symptoms.

Despite the need for specialist physicians, the road to securing a job is not easy, particularly in specialties without the ability to practice in private offices or clinics, such as critical care and some surgical specialties, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.251882.

Adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with and beyond cancer have unique needs and perspectives that clinicians should be aware of when providing health care. A practice article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.260027  provides easy-reference guidance on how to support this demographic of people aged 15 to 39 years.

Researchers map how patients move through care – revealing how well-intentioned changes can backfire, making patient outcomes worse.