BRAIN CREATE postdoc Dr. Jacquie Baker receives the Royal Society of Canada Alice Wilson Award

Jacquie's research focuses on debilitating disorders of the autonomic nervous system; disorders uniquely positioned between cardiology and neurology. During her doctoral studies, her research focused on patients with autonomic failure. As a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, Jacquie is developing a new technique to assess autonomic activity and microvascular function within the brain and exploring a novel therapy to improve blood pressure regulation for patients. This research will translate into cutting-edge clinical care.

The Alice Wilson Award is awarded to three women of outstanding academic qualifications who are entering a career in scholarship or research at the postdoctoral level. The recipients are chosen from the current year’s female winners of postdoctoral fellowships from each of the three granting councils - the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Royal Society of Canada Press Release