CCNA annual conference 2025 – trainee poster award winners

CNNA’s annual conference featured a trainee poster competition and the inaugural Engagement of People with Lived Experience of Dementia (EPLED) Wayne Hykaway Prize.

Congratulations to all the winners on their exceptional work!

Undergraduate winner:

Teresa Möhringer – Screened but not impaired? Evaluating memory impairment in MCI diagnoses

Master’s winner:

Shreeyaa Ramana – Between vulnerability and resilience: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of young caregivers for family with neurological conditions

Doctoral winners (tie):

Lucy Muir – Estrogens and cognitions: Qualitative experiences of subjective cognitive decline in women with early-life ovarian removal

Matthew Mandrozos – Developing an animal model for Alzheimer’s disease with Lewy bodies using the Fischer TG344-AD rat model

Postdoctoral winner:

Caroline Duchaine – Risk factor profiles and change in risk factors and in cognitive function over 12 months: The CAN-THUMBS UP Brain Health Support Program study

EPLED Wayne Hykaway Prize:

Shreeyaa Ramana – Between vulnerability and resilience: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of young caregivers for family with neurological conditions