A research team within the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) has reached a major milestone. Their recent publication – marking the CCNA’s 100th – reveals significant information about an important protein that goes awry in the early stages of Frontotempo...
The following is a guest post by CCNA researcher, Dr. Sarah Pakzad, Ph.D., L.Psych. Because frailty carries an increased risk for poor health outcomes – including hospitalization, falls, disability, and even mortality – properly measuring and accurately describing frailty rema...
The following is a guest post by Nadia Sourial, a CCNA trainee working under the supervision of Dr. Isabelle Vedel. As Canada’s population ages, the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) will double to 1.1 million over the next 20 years. The impact on th...
The CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of travel awards for CCNA trainees presenting oral presentations or posters at AAIC in Chicago, United States. To be eligible the trainee or fellow must have an accepted...
New research suggests there could be a link between certain kinds of cognitive impairment and a greater risk of falls among seniors. Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, professor of medicine and geriatric medicine at Western University and co-lead of Team 12 with the CCNA recently sat ...
The CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program is pleased to tell you about two new resources available exclusively to CCNA trainees. At Ease with the Media – A series of five instructional videos on how to successfully manage an interview with a broadcast or print jour...
Canada’s response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global action plan on dementia includes the critical role of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging’s gerontechnology and dementia research team and AGE-WELL, both of which are led by Dr. Alex Mihailidis...
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) has officially launched the third round of funding for our Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2). The Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2) is designed to support teams of clinicians and researchers co...