Attention CCNA trainees: A two year post-doctoral scholar position is available immediately under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso at the Gait and Brain Lab, Parkwood Institute and School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. This collegial and dynamic e...
The Training and Capacity Building Program would like to welcome Dr. Jérôme Robert to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA). Dr. Robert was awarded a 2017 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award co-funded by the CCNA Training and Capac...
“Currently, there are no effective means to treat Alzheimer’s disease or definitely diagnose this condition during life. We have recently shown that the protein, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) typically presents in high levels in the Alzheimer’s disease brain and is a very speci...
On March 27, 2017, a team of researchers within the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) disseminated the first Indigenous-specific health promotion materials available in Canada According to the team’s principal investigator, Dr. Kristen Jacklin: ...
To all CCNA members, We wanted to remind you that the NIA and the NINDS are regularly releasing a number of funding opportunities on different areas of research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Many of these opportunities are open to Canadian researchers an...
The purpose of the Canadian Dementia Priority Setting Partnership was to identify the research priorities of Canadians affected by dementia then to share those priorities with researchers and research funding organisations so that more research is conducted in these areas. &nb...
“We’re investigating key factors that affect the practical, psychological, and social lives of Canadian family members who are employed while also providing care to a senior with dementia at home. Our goal is to understand the challenges of this dual role and respond to those ...
“Researchers and clinicians must embrace the complexity of dementia to gain a clearer understanding of the whole person and the risks they are confronted with. This approach will have a direct impact on the quality of life and quality of care received by people living with dem...