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...
The CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of travel awards for CCNA trainees presenting oral presentations or posters at AAIC in Chicago, United States. To be eligible the trainee or fellow must have an accepted...
During its successful third annual events in Toronto last November, the CCNA held a panel session discussing setting dementia research priorities with over 200 attendees. Dr. Howard Feldman kicked-off the session by asking attendees to consider the practical and ethical implic...
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications to join the CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network, an interdisciplinary collaborative initiative to increase understanding of the fundamental biology of neurodegenerative disorders. The goal of the CZI Neurodegeneration Cha...
The following is a guest post written by Drs. Corinne Fischer, Luis Fornazzari, Tom Schweizer, Michael Thaut, David Munoz, and Joseph Barfett Over half a million Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and this number is expected to rise – exponentially – over the ...
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) has officially launched the third round of funding for our Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2). The Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2) is designed to support teams of clinicians and researchers co...
CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health has announced the launch of a request for applications (RFA) for the Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) development grants. NEIHR is a new 15 year $89.4M initiative that aims to establish a solid foundatio...
CAHS Panel for the Assessment of Evidence and Best Practices for the development of a Canadian Dementia Strategy. This panel of 6 experts was assembled at the request of PHAC. Canada’s aging population and the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias p...
This study is an important first step in understanding the genetic aspects of Dementia with Lewy Bodies and helps to clarify the contribution of genetics to the development of this disease and its relationship to other neurodegenerative diseases. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB...