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...
December 2nd, 2019 is the inaugural Women’s Brain Health Day, and the Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) is launching the Stand Ahead™ Challenge to “stand up against research bias and stand ahead for women’s brain health”. The challenge invol...
The Canadian Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (CICA) is an adapted version of the Kimberly Indigenous Cognitive Assessment, developed by researchers at the Western Australia Centre for Health and Aging. The adapted CICA tool is an outcome of the CCNA Phase I – Team 20 program o...
The Alzheimer Society of Canada has set up a letter-writing campaign this election to let the candidates know that Canada needs a fully funded national dementia strategy. We are reaching out to urge you to get involved. Sending the letter takes less than 5 minutes (the letter ...
The CCNA community is sad to hear of the passing of Dr. Don Stuss. He was a visionary, a stimulating colleague, one of the giants in Canadian brain science, and a strong supporter for increased research funding on brain and aging. We extend our condolences to his family.
As much as beta amyloid is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and widely believed to be involved in its development, many questions remain about this peptide and its connection to the development of cognitive decline and dementia. These questions are ever more pressing as ...
The Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia (COMPASS-ND) study, the CCNA clinical cohort study and the largest and most ambitious dementia study ever undertaken in Canada, met a major milestone by enrolling its 1000th participant this past month. Congratulat...
October 10, 2019 – Researchers from the CCNA team investigating treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases have received a major award to continue their research into the impact of nabilone on agitation in Alzheimer’s disease. Drs. Krista Lanctôt and ...
A PhD position is available immediately for a highly motivated graduate student to join a dynamic research team devoted to issues related to brain health, technology and patient experience. The position is based out of the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s and W...