Thanks to a $20.6M investment from CIHR, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging is embarking on its third phase to continue important and meaningful research. The nominated principal investigator of the grant is CCNA’s Scientific Director, Dr. Howard Chert...
Women’s Brain Health Initiative’s Mind Over Matter magazine’s latest issue features interviews with CCNA’s Drs. Gillian Einstein and M. Natasha Rajah discussing recent meetings they led addressing sex and diversity gaps in Alzheimer’s disease research. Click here to read...
CCNA’s Partners Forum and Science Days 2024 included a Trainee poster competition. Congratulations to the four winners! Undergraduate category Vanshika Khaitan Poster title: Beyond involvement: Engaging and empowering New Brunswick older adults in brain health research ...
CCNA Team 12 members have published the first CCNA Randomized Clinical Trial showing positive effects of multidomain interventions for improving cognition in mild cognitive impairment. Read the paper here. Read the media release here.
The Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR), a free online Canadian resource developed by CCNA’s Team 16 researchers at Baycrest and Sunnybrook Health Sciences has recently been included as a dementia resource on a World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Dementia Observatory...
CCNA is thrilled that one of our senior dementia scientists, Dr. Kenneth Rockwood (Dalhousie University) is receiving the recognition of the Order of Canada for his major research contributions. Dr. Rockwood has been a critical member of CCNA since its inception, and we take g...
This Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, CCNA trainee, Laura Fitzgibbon-Collins, will lead an online story time for kids in collaboration with Let’s Talk Science (January 30th, 1 pm ET).
CCNA recognizes National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21st is an invitation for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures, and immense contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Importantly, it is also an opportunity to reflec...
This year, during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, CCNA is presenting a free online public event on January 25th, 2023 at 6 pm ET. More details here.