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...
“This discovery… speaks to the possibility that we could develop a human vaccine that would prevent Alzheimer’s disease. You know, get your immunization at 50, and perhaps prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s. It’s a very exciting prospect now.” – Dr. Neil Ca...
It began with the unwavering belief that discovering a cure for Alzheimer’s disease requires looking at our brains to understand what is happening within them. Now, over 900 brain tissue samples later, Dr. Sultan Darvesh and his team at the Maritime Brain Tissue Bank (MBTB) ar...
The CCNA is pleased to announce the following ASRP-CCNA Training Award recipients: Sarah Atwi – CCNA Biomedical Doctoral Award Jennifer Bethell – CCNA Quality of Life Postdoctoral Award Jake Davidson – CCNA Quality of Life Masters Award Natalie Kozyrev –...