2020 Request for Trainee Applications EXTENDED REGISTRATION DEADLINE FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 2020 by 5:00 pm EDT COVID-19 has presented many challenges to trainees working in the research areas of aging and neurodegenerative diseases. To ensure that CCNA core strategic research p...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as we live through these difficult and strange days and as conferences and in-person activities are canceled, CCNA invites its members and trainees to stay connected with the weekly Virtual Café. These Zoom get-togethers happen every Wednesdays at...
The article “Frailty Prevalence in the COMPASS-ND Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders” by J. Burt et al. was published recently in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal. This paper is notable for, among other things, being the first to be generated using the data collected from the...
December 2nd, 2019 is the inaugural Women’s Brain Health Day, and the Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) is launching the Stand Ahead™ Challenge to “stand up against research bias and stand ahead for women’s brain health”. The challenge invol...
From 0 to 100 in Remote Dementia Research: A Practical Guide With guest speaker Megan O’Connell, Ph.D. July 9, 2020 at 1:30 pm EDT “During the current pandemic, we have all had to move to virtual and remote methods for dementia research, but this is ...
A Prestigious Prize for a CCNA Researcher CCNA’s Team 1 Member Guy A. Rouleau, OQ, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC, has received the 2020 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award from the Gairdner Foundation in recognition of his outstanding contribution to health science. Dr Rouleau is the Direct...
If you have missed the event: here is the video. To register to attend this event, click here In recognition of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) has organized a public event in Toronto on January 23, ...
As much as beta amyloid is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and widely believed to be involved in its development, many questions remain about this peptide and its connection to the development of cognitive decline and dementia. These questions are ever more pressing as ...