Catalyst Grant: Ethics (2016-2017) Application Deadline: 2017-02-28 The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build capacity in ethics as it applies to health (including health research, health promotion, and maintenance, clinical care, population and public health, health...
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Dr. Alain Beaudet – President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – recently announced that Dr. Carrie Bourassa will become the Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health on February 1, 2017. Within the Canadian Consorti...
After Launching Largest Canadian Dementia Study – COMPASS-ND – the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) holds 2nd Annual Events Dementia has no cure and 25 000 Canadians are diagnosed annually. In an effort to accelerate breakthroughs in dementia services a...
To mark World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21, 2016), the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) is launching its signature clinical study, the Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia (COMPASS-ND). Over the next two years, the study will enro...
$2.3 million CIHR grant funding research to improve quality and appropriateness of services in rural areas. According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, there are close to 564,000 Canadians living with dementia. This number is expected to increase by 66% over the next 15 yea...
1) What does COMPASS-ND stand for? COMPASS-ND stands for: COMPrehensive ASSessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia. What this means is we’re looking broadly at different types of dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, and Parkinson’s related deme...
We are very pleased to announce that the new CIHR funding opportunity on the Challenge of Dementia in Indigenous Populations has been launched. Dementia has emerged as a significant health concern in Indigenous populations in Canada. As an example, the number of First Nations ...
We are very pleased to announce that the new CIHR funding opportunity on the Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study in Aging (CLSA) Data has been launched. Canadian researchers from all research areas are invited to submit health research projects that make use of available C...
Funding Organization Canadian Institutes of Health Research Program Name Chair : The Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Women’s Brain Health (The Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Women’s Brain Health and Aging) Sponsor(s) CIHR Institutes of Aging (IA), Gender and Health (IGH...