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One-in-three Canadians will be directly affected by a neurological or psychiatric disorder and the yearly costs of acute care represent the highest portion of the overall financial burden of disease in Canada. Dr. Chris Anderson’s research program is focused on discovery of new targets for therapeutic development in brain disease and injury by deciphering the molecular communication events at the interface of the nervous and cardiovascular systems in the brain. Anderson studies how the brain and blood circulatory systems communicate with one another to regulate functions that are important determinants of neurodegenerative processes, including delivery of brain blood and nutrient flow and invasion of cancer cells into healthy brain tissue along vascular pathways. His work has been funded most recently by agencies including the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Brain Canada Foundation, Research Manitoba, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Winnipeg Foundation.