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...
WELCOME TO THE 2018 ASRP RESEARCH COMPETITION Apply Now: https://asc.fluidreview.com/ Key Dates for your calendar: Launch of Competition Monday, September 11, 2017, 9a.m. EST Application Deadline Monday, November 6, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EST Announcement of Results May 2018 Commenc...
Attention CCNA trainees: A two year post-doctoral scholar position is available immediately under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso at the Gait and Brain Lab, Parkwood Institute and School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. This collegial and dynamic e...
The Training and Capacity Building Program would like to welcome Dr. Jérôme Robert to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA). Dr. Robert was awarded a 2017 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award co-funded by the CCNA Training and Capac...
“Currently, there are no effective means to treat Alzheimer’s disease or definitely diagnose this condition during life. We have recently shown that the protein, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) typically presents in high levels in the Alzheimer’s disease brain and is a very speci...
Six funding opportunities for early career professors, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical scientists, with three specific opportunities promoting diversity. The Alzheimer’s Association is excited to announce its International Research Grant Program Announcement for t...
To all CCNA members, We wanted to remind you that the NIA and the NINDS are regularly releasing a number of funding opportunities on different areas of research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Many of these opportunities are open to Canadian researchers an...
The purpose of the Canadian Dementia Priority Setting Partnership was to identify the research priorities of Canadians affected by dementia then to share those priorities with researchers and research funding organisations so that more research is conducted in these areas. &nb...
“We’re investigating key factors that affect the practical, psychological, and social lives of Canadian family members who are employed while also providing care to a senior with dementia at home. Our goal is to understand the challenges of this dual role and respond to those ...