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 principle investigator of the grant is CCNA’s Scientific Director, Dr. Howard Chert...
“Our research is part of a larger movement toward ensuring that Indigenous people have access to appropriate care from health professionals who understand their history and enough about their culture that they can adapt their approaches and programming to make it more comforta...
December 18th, 2015 marked a tremendous step forward in supporting the advancement of dementia research. As of last Friday, an increase of more than $350 million was signed into law by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, bringing the total of Alzheimer’s research...
Alzheimer’s Research UK, a CCNA Partner Organization, has joined pharmaceutical companies worldwide and the UK government to launch a $100M (USD) Dementia Discovery Fund. The purpose of the new fund, managed by the venture capital firm SV Life Sciences (SVLS), is to support: “...
The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) held its first annual Partners Forum and Scientific meeting in Ottawa at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital on September 30 and October 1, 2015. These events brought together the best and brightest Canadian researchers i...
Deadline for proposal submissions: 23:59H C.E.T., March 10, 2016 Summary: The EU Joint Programme, Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) is calling on leading scientists in the field to form working groups. Teams are tasked with establishing ‘best practice’ guideline...
“Clinicians and researchers need to work together to better understand the interactions between stroke, vascular disease, and Alzheimer’s disease in order to tackle neurodegeneration. You can’t focus on one disease and think that you’re going to fix the whole problem.” Dr. San...
Frailty is a health state associated with getting older that involves multiple serious health issues. Frailty can occur as a result of a range of diseases and medical conditions. The frail elderly are vulnerable and at a higher risk of adverse health outcomes. Research is need...
Two people with similar brain changes that may give rise to dementia can have very different disease manifestations… we think that a holistic understanding of overall health and social environments will contribute to solving this puzzle. Dr. Melissa Andrew There i...