VAST Co-Investigators
The VAST training platform consists of >70 co-investigators from 19 universities, including 3 non-U15 universities, in 7 provinces. It consists of mentors and learning programs in all four areas of CIHR research and natural sciences and engineering, with an aim to establish a nationwide training platform with deep interdisciplinary expertise in vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). VAST co-investigators and their relevant research interests are listed directly below.
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MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Cardiology, McMaster University; Associate Chair, Equity & Diversity; Heart and Stroke Foundation / Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair; Director, Population Genomics Program
Research Interests: Environmental and genetic determinants of vascular disease in populations of varying ancestral origin; women and cardiovascular disease
Contact: anands@mcmaster.ca
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MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal
Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease, Early Biomarkers, MRI, Molecular 'Omics', Neurovascular
Contact: amanpreet.badhwar@criugm.qc.ca
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MBChB, MD, FRCPC, FRCP (Ed)
Associate Professor of Neurology, Calgary Stroke Program, University of Calgary; Director, Calgary Stroke Prevention Clinic
Research Interests: Biomarkers and MRI surrogates of cerebrovascular disease and neurodegeneration, MRI methods, longitudinal case control studies, cognition and behaviour
Contact: pabarber@ucalgary.ca
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PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal; Scientific director, Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Research Center of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
Research Interests: Neuroimaging, unsupervised classification, nonparametric statistics, signal processing, image processing, MRI, system neurosciences & neural oscillations
Contact: pierre.bellec@criugm.qc.ca
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PhD
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa; University Research Chair in Neurolipidomics, University of Ottawa
Research Interests: Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy Body Dementias, bioinformatics, lipidomics, cerebral small vessel disease, biomarker assessment
Contact: SteffanyAnn.Bennett@uottawa.ca
Website: https://neurolipidomics.com/
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PhD
Scientific Director, Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC), Diagnostic Imaging, IWK and QEII Health Centres; Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (cross appointment to Biomedical Engineering, Physics, & Health Sciences), Dalhousie University
Research Interests: Development of novel medical imaging acquisition, reconstruction and analysis technologies (e.g. using 0.5T and 3T MRI, PET/SPECT, etc), including clinical validation and commercial translation
Contact: steven.beyea@dal.ca
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MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
Research Interests: Falls and syncope, cardiac disorders in older adults, frailty, orthostatic hypotention and autonomic dysfunction
Contact: jaspreet.bhangu@sjhc.london.on.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Research Interests: Aging, cognition, executive control, training, physical exercise
Contact: louis.bherer@umontreal.ca
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MD, FRSC, OC, Oont
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto; Senior scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program (director), Sunnybrook Research Institute; Deborah Ivy Christian Brill Chair in Neurology, department of medicine, U of T and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Director, LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, SRI; Professor (cross-appointed), Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, U of T; Professor (cross-appointed), Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, U of T; Associate professor, graduate department of psychological clinical science, U of T Scarborough; Adjunct scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Sciences; Consultant neurologist, Sunnybrook, U of T; Adjunct scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; Site leader, Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery; Executive director, Toronto Dementia Research Alliance; Honorary degree recipient, Doctor of Science, University of Waterloo
Research Interests: Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, vascular cognitive impairment and cerebral small vessel disease, Parkinson’s disease, lewy body spectrum disorder and frontotemporal dementia (behavioural variant, primary progressive aphasia), apraxia and aphasia, stroke recovery, clinical trials in dementia and its prevention, neuroimaging biomarkers and brain-behaviour relationships
Contact: sandra.black@sunnybrook.ca
Website: https://sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.asp?t=10&m=28&page=1212
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PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary; Tier II Canada Research Chair in Adult Clinical Neuropsychology
Research Interests: My team is interested how aging and mental illness interact to impact brain health and cognitive decline. Specific areas of interest include ADHD and bipolar disorder in adults, and how these conditions may modulate risk for neurodegenerative diseases in later life, or mimic the neuropsychological profiles of certain types of dementia.
Contact: brandy.callahan@ucalgary.ca
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PhD
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University
Research Interests: Aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Contact: Frederic.Calon@pha.ulaval.ca
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MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Alberta; Co-Director, Parkinson and Movement Disorders Program
Research Interests: Development of biomarker (clinical, genetic, imaging, -omic) predictors of cognitive decline in aging and degenerative disorders
Contact: rcamicio@ualberta.ca
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PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute; Tier II Canada Research Chair in Neuroimaging of Aging
Research Interests: Biomedical imaging, data science and computational biology, image-guided therapy and device development, neuroscience
Contact: jchen@research.baycrest.org
Website: https://www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca/sp/index.php/chen-lab/lab/
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MD, FRCPC, FCAHS
Professor, Neurology, University of Toronto; Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation; Director, Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health and Wellness; Director, Clinical Trials Unit; Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute; Clinical Advisor, Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation; Scientific Director, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
Research Interests: Alzheimer’s and related dementias, aging and brain health, cognitive neuroscience
Contact: hchertkow@research.baycrest.org
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PhD
Professor, Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Research Interests: Analysis of anatomical MRI data
Contact: louis.collins@mcgill.ca
Website: http://nist.mni.mcgill.ca/
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PhD
Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa; Senior Research Officer, National Research Council Canada
Research Interests: AI in life and health sciences, computational and system biology and biochemistry research
Contact: Miroslava.cuperlovic-culf@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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BScE, PhD
Senior Scientist, Department of Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Ultrasound imaging, ultrasound transducers, contrast imaging, microvascular flow imaging
Contact: c.demore@utoronto.ca
Website: https://sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.asp?t=10&m=742&page=527
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P.Eng., PhD, C.Dir.
Professor, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Université Laval
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, cerebrovascular lesions, vascular dementia, neuroimaging, MRI, PET
Contact: simon.duchesne@fmed.ulaval.ca
Website: https://medics.ulaval.ca
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MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Stroke Rehabilitation, Technology (Robotics, Non-invasive Brain Stimulation)
Contact: spdukelo@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/labs/neuro-robot/about-dr-dukelow
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PhD
Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Calgary; Director, Experimental Imaging Centre
Research Interests: MRI, near-infrared spectroscopy, imaging, brain, blood flow, metabolism, animal models
Contact: dunnj@ucalgary.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa; Director, Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program
Research Interests: Risk assessment and predictive modelling for the heart-brain interface, identification of novel cardiac markers of stroke and dementia risk, women’s heart and brain health, innovative health technologies for risk detection
Contact: jedwards@ottawaheart.ca
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PhD, RPsych
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
Research Interests: Cognition, neuropsychology, cognitive assessment, rehabilitation, attention, memory, executive function, stroke
Contact: gail.eskes@dal.ca
Website: www.dal.ca/eskes
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MD, FRCPC, MHSc
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia; Sauder Family/Heart & Stroke Professorship of Stroke Research
Research Interests: Clinical trials, stroke in the young, patient-centred outcomes, cerebral venous thrombosis, congenital heart disease
Contact: thalia.field@ubc.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary; Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Medical Image Analysis; Program Director, Child Health Data Science, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Research Interests: Machine learning, predictive modelling, medical image analysis, medical imaging
Contact: nils.forkert@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://ucalgary.ca/labs/miplab/home
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PhD, FCAHS
Professor, Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary; Hopewell Professorship of Brain Imaging; Deputy Director, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Research Interests: Development and application of new imaging techniques and tools in humans, study, detection and treatment of cerebro/neurovascular disease and brain cancer, bridging natural science and engineering through to clinical application, collaborates with other researchers on the imaging of ALS, concussion, and epilepsy
Contact: rfrayne@ucalgary.ca
Website: www.ucalgary.ca/vil
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Neurosciences, Université de Montréal; Researcher, Montreal Heart Institute
Research Interests: Genetic contributors to neurodegenerative disorders, heart-brain axis from a genetics perspective
Contact: sarah.gagliano-taliun@umontreal.ca
Website: https://recherche.umontreal.ca/nos-chercheurs/repertoire-des-professeurs/chercheur/is/in32070/
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MD, DPhil, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary; Vascular and Cognitive Neurologist
Contact: aganesh@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://hbi.ucalgary.ca/our-members-and-trainees/our-members/full-members/profiles/aravind-ganesh
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PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Concordia University; Michal and Renata Hornstein Chair in Cardiovascular Imaging; Researcher, Montreal Heart Institute
Research Interests: Brain imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, quantitative imaging, arterial spin labelling, calibrated fMRI, quantitative susceptibility mapping, cerebrovascular reactivity, cardiovascular disease, exercise, menopause
Contact: claudine.gauthier@concordia.ca
Website: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/research/gauthier-research-group.html
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PhD, R.Psych
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Division of Neuroscience, University of Victoria
Research Interests: Neuropsychology, functional and structural MRI, healthy aging, neurodegenerative disorders
Contact: gawryluk@uvic.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal
Research Interests: Neurovascular coupling, vascular health, cerebrovascular regulation
Contact: helene.girouard@umontreal.ca
Website: https://en.cerebralbloodflowlab.com/
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BHSc (Hon), MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Interplay of mental illness and neurologic diseases, specifically focusing on dementia and Parkinson’s disease
Contact: zahra.goodarzi@albertahealthservices.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary; Director, HBI Advanced Microscopy Platform
Research Interests: Astrocytes, astrocyte synapse interactions, synaptic plasticity, cerebral blood flow, neurovascular coupling, stroke, dementia, epilepsy, stress, two-photon fluorescence imaging, electrophysiology
Contact: gordong@ucalgary.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Computational neuroscience, machine learning/artificial intelligence, histopathology & tissue clearing, brain networks & connectomics, neuromodulation, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury
Contact: maged.goubran@utoronto.ca
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CM MD, DSc, FRCPC, FCAHS, FRSC, Dr hon. Causa4
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Joint prevention of stroke, heart disease and dementia through brain health promotion
Contact: vladimir.hachinski@lhsc.on.ca
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PhD
Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Research Interests: Alzheimer disease, vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), neurovascular coupling, resting-state functional connectivity, physical exercise, pharmacotherapy
Contact: edith.hamel@mcgill.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Sport Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University
Research Interests: Group dynamics, leadership in sport, perceptual cognitive training, virtual reality, cognitive rehabilitation, mental health
Contact: sharenbe@stfx.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, machine learning
Contact: jhughes@stfx.ca
Website: https://conlabx.com/
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MD, FRCPC
Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry, Clinical Neurosciences, Community Health Sciences, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Mild behavioural impairment (MBI), subjective cognitive decline, neuropsychiatric symptoms, neuroimaging and biomarkers, mild cognitive impairment, rating scale development, fMRI, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, pharmacotherapy
Contact: ismailz@ucalgary.ca
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MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Neurology, University of Alberta
Research Interests: Ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, immune system role in cerebrovascular disease
Contact: glenj@ualberta.ca
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PEng, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University; Cross appointment: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology (Dalhousie University); Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences (University of Calgary)
Research Interests: Quality Improvement, Health Care Systems, Modeling, Knowledge Translation
Contact: Noreen.Kamal@dal.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University; Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics
Research Interests: Using computational technology and imaging to investigate neurodevelopmental disorders and healthy brain development
Contact: jlevman@stfx.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Machine learning, fMRI, EEG, TMS, cognitive neuroscience, mental disorder
Contact: fhlin@sri.utoronto.ca
Website: linbrainlab.org
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RN, PhD
Director, Health Systems Change, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Research Interests: Clinical guidelines, quality monitoring, active and meaningful inclusion of people with lived experience
Contact: patrice.lindsay@heartandstroke.ca
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PhD, PT
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia; Canada Research Chair (Tier II), Physical Activity, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience; Co-Director, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility
Research Interests: Healthy Aging, Exercise, Cognitive Health, Mobility in Aging, Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Prevention
Contact: teresa.ambrose@ubc.ca
Website: https://cogmob.rehab.med.ubc.ca/
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MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine & Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Waugh Family Chair in Multiple Sclerosis
Research Interests: Epidemiology, health services research, Multiple Sclerosis, vascular comorbidity
Contact: rmarrie@hsc.mb.ca
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PhD, MA, BSc (Hon)
Professor, Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo; University Research Chair; Adjunct Senior Scientist, ICES (Toronto); Adjunct Professor, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Aging & Neurodegenerative Conditions, Mental Health, Frailty, Pharmacoepidemiology, Health Services Research, Health Outcomes & Quality of Care across Continuing Care Settings (Assisted Living, Home Care, Long-term Care)
Contact: colleen.maxwell@uwaterloo.ca
Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/pharmacy/people-profiles/colleen-maxwell
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University
Research Interests: MRI, fMRI, DTI, calibrated fMRI, fNIRS, EEG, neurovascular coupling, white matter, knowledge translation
Contact: emazerol@stfx.ca
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PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Seniors Health, Nova Scotia Health; Director of Training, Halifax Clinical Psychology Residency Program; Adjunct Professor, Departments of Geriatric Medicine, Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
Research Interests: Neuropsychology, cognition, neurodegenerative diseases, dementia, telehealth
Contact: paula.mclaughlin@nshealth.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Alzheimer’s disease Therapeutics
Research Interests: Alzheimer’s disease, small molecule therapies, stroke, neurodegeneration, vascular risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease
Contact: joanne.mclaurin@sri.utoronto.ca
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MD, PhD, FRCPC, AGSF, FGSA
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University; Director, Gait & Brain Lab, Parkwood Institute, London, Ontario; Geriatrician and clinician-scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute; Team leader, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA); Team co-leader, Ontario Neurodegenerative Research Initiative (ONDRI)
Research Interests: The relationship between cognition and mobility in the elderly, gait as an early predictor of frailty and dementia, falls prevention in older people with cognitive impairment
Contact: mmontero@uwo.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Research Interests: Neuroimaging and neuroinformatics, neuroimmunological diseases
Contact: sridar.narayanan@mcgill.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, Université de Montréal
Research Interests: Central nervous system mechanisms that support motor learning and control engine; impact of interventions (eg, acute exercises, transcranial magnetic stimulation) on neuroplasticity mechanisms and motor learning; development of more effective interventions to improve motor functions after stroke and neurodegenerative conditions
Contact: jason.neva@umontreal.ca
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PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Clinical Neurosciences, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Mechanisms governing brain aging and neurodegenerative disorders, molecular biology and disease, cell signalling and structure
Contact: mdnguyen@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://www.cytoskeletonexus.com/
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PhD, R.D.Psych
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
Research Interests: Neuropsychological measurement relevant to dementia, technology for remote dementia care, cognitive aging
Contact: megan.oconnell@usask.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Ultrasound
Research Interests: Therapeutic ultrasound, targeted drug delivery, monitoring and control of ultrasound therapy
Contact: moreilly@sri.utoronto.ca
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PhD
Professor, Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary; Campus Alberta Innovation Program (CAIP) Chair in Healthy Brain Aging
Research Interests: Structural and functional brain imaging, MRI, brain physiology
Contact: bruce.pike@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://people.ucalgary.ca/~gbpike/Bruce_Pike/Welcome.html
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PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University; Co-Chair, NeuroHub; Chair, Technical Steering Committee for the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP), MNI; Primary Investigator, Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health
Research Interests: Neuroimaging and neuroinformatics, fMRI
Contact: jean-baptiste.poline@mcgill.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary; Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Health Systems Safety; Director, Indigenous Health Education
Research Interests: Early onset dementia, Indigenous health, health equity, primary health care
Contact: pamela.roach@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=LmWRKKkAAAAJ&hl=en
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MD
Professor, Medicine, McMaster University
Research Interests: Diagnosis and management of carotid artery disease, the use of transcranial doppler (TCD) ultrasound in the prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular disease, cognitive and neuropathological correlates of chronic microvascular ischemic changes involving the periventricular and subcortical white matter
Contact: sahlas@mcmaster.ca
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PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary; Director, Person-Centered Methods & Analytics (PCMA) lab
Research Interests: Measurement and analysis of behavioral and patient-reported outcomes, classification and prediction methodologies for prognostic research and clinical decision support tools, design and analysis of randomized clinical trials
Contact: ttsajobi@ucalgary.ca
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MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Dementia, mental health, health services research, guidelines
Contact: Dallas.Seitz@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/supervisor/dallas-seitz
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MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Medicine, McMaster University; Michael G. DeGroote Chair In Stroke Prevention; Director, Stroke Program, McMaster University
Research Interests: Development of new antithrombotic treatments, incorporating magnetic resonance imaging endpoints into the design of stroke prevention trials, examining the effects of anticoagulants on stroke recurrence and covert brain infarcts
Contact: msharma@mcmaster.ca
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PhD
Chief of Research & KTE, Alzheimer Society of Canada; Affiliate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University; Co-Chair, National Dementia Clinical Guideline Program
Research Interests: Dementia care, use of administrative data, health system utilization, patient engagement in research, guideline development, translating research into practice/program development
Contact: ssivananthan@alzheimer.ca
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-saskia-sivananthan-011a492/
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MD
Professor of Neurology, University of Calgary; Kathy Taylor Chair in Vascular Dementia
Research Interests: Cognitive decline and dementia, cerebral small vessel disease, neuroimaging, epidemiology
Contact: eesmith@ucalgary.ca
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PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Scientist and Director, Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Research Interests: Brain function imaging, MRI, functional MRI, ASL, CEST, MRS, two photon fluorescence microscopy, optogenetics, electrophysiology, Alzheimer's disease, small vessel disease, brain trauma, stroke
Contact: bojana@sri.utoronto.ca
Website: https://brainimaginglab.com/
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MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Clinician-scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Scientist, Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery; Director, Sunnybrook stroke research unit; Medical director, North & East GTA Regional Stroke Program; Director, U of T Stroke Research Network; Vice-chair of Research, Canadian Stroke Consortium
Research Interests: Cerebrovascular disease, vessel wall imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, stroke in pregnancy, stroke in the young, gerontology and neurodegenerative disorders
Contact: rick.swartz@sunnybrook.ca
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PhD
Professor, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Stroke, dementia, synaptic physiology, pannexin, excitotoxicity
Contact: thompsrj@ucalgary.ca
Website: www.pannexinexus.com
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PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Research Interests: My research interests are in the epidemiology of aging broadly, and more specifically in identifying risk factors that increase the chance of cognitive disorders like dementia, and protective factors that build resistance to cognitive decline (i.e., cognitive reserve). My research has included vascular risk factors such as diabetes and migraine, as well as sociodemographic, linguistic, mental health and social factors.
Contact: suzanne.tyas@uwaterloo.ca
Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/public-health-sciences/people-profiles/suzanne-tyas
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PhD
Full Professor & Senior Scientist, Medical Biophysics & Krembil Brain Institute, University of Toronto & University Health Network
Research Interests: MRI, Neuroscience, Cerebral Blood Flow, Artificial Intelligence
Contact: kamil.uludag@rmp.uhn.ca
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MD-MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
Research Interests: Health service research, use of health and social services, care trajectories, equity, mixed methods
Contact: isabelle.vedel@mcgill.ca
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PhD
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia; Vice Chair Research, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health; International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries; School of Biomedical Engineering,
Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease, vascular contributions to dementia, neurotrauma
Contact: cheryl.wellington@ubc.ca
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PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University; Associate Director, Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN); Associate Chair, Graduate Program
Research Interests: VCID, aging, cognitive impairment, white matter inflammation, white matter hyperintensities, extracellular vesicles, stroke, AD
Contact: shawn.whitehead@schulich.uwo.ca
Website: www.vulnerablebrain.com
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Carleton University; Scientist at the Royal Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research
Research Interests: MRI physics, fMRI, MRI, magnetic susceptibility modeling and simulation, magnetic resonance biophysics
Contact: averyb@physics.carleton.ca
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PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University; Researcher, Douglas Research Centre
Research Interests: Cerebrovascular pathology in aging and and neurodegenerative disease populations, neuroimaging, machine learning, lifestyle and environmental factors
Contact: mahsa.dadar@mcgill.ca
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PhD
Researcher, Neuroscience Axis, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Research Interests: My laboratory specializes in the role of non-neuronal cells, and in particular immune cells, in Parkinson's disease. Our work aims to better understand glia-glia communication in disease onset and progression, as well as pathological brain-periphery communication at the blood-brain barrier. To address these questions, we use induced pluripotent stem cells and advanced disease modeling, including microfluidic and organoid technologies.
Contact: aurelie.jacquet@crchudequebec.ulaval.ca
Website: https://www.derusjacquetlab.com/
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PEng, PhD, SMIEEE
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Cerebrovascular Imaging, Imaging of Brain Aging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Machine Learning
Contact: ethan.macdonald@ucalgary.ca
Website: https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/biomedical/faculty-members/profiles/m-ethan-macdonald