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 Synapse The CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program Newsletter
Curious to learn about the latest research findings coming out of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)? Click on the attached newsletter to read about: Updates on the National Dementia Strategy and how to support CCNA lobbying efforts, The Launch of the...
High Quality Professional Skills Training Program Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 15 years. It was founded in 1999 as a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence, dedicated to...
Dr. Alan Evans – who co-directs the Imaging, Database, and Information Technology platform of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) – has led a team in generating one of the top 100 stories of 2016, as featured in Discover magazine. Discover magaz...
The Training and Capacity Building Program would like to welcome Charlene Chu to the CCNA. Charlene was awarded a Canadian Nurses Foundation (CNF) student award to support work she will be doing in the CCNA. Charlene received her PhD from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of N...
The following letter was sent to the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott by the CCNA’s Scientific Director, Dr. Howard Chertkow RE: Canada Needs a Greater Investment in Dementia Research As the Scientific Director of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegene...
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...