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Exploring the complexities of dementia risk in females: role of pregnancy history and the gut-brain axis

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Women have a higher lifetime risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), possibly due to female-specific factors like menopause and pregnancy history. For example, the number of pregnancies a woman has had may influence her brain health after menopause, but the biological reasons remain unclear. We believe gut health — shaped by…

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Targeting a keystone bacterial periodontal pathogen to mitigate neurodegenerative changes in Alzheimer’s disease

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Periodontal disease has links with Alzheimer’s disease. The bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis plays a major role in gum disease and has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease. We have identified a small protein, produced by the healthy gum around teeth, called SCPPPQ1, which has been shown to kill this bacterium. Our goal…

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PET imaging of Alzheimer’s-induced inflammation to monitor progression and therapy response using a novel fructose-based radiotracer

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

One of the key processes driving Alzheimer’s Disease is inflammation in the brain, the severity of which may predict the severity of disease. Currently, doctors use special brain scans to look for signs of Alzheimer’s Disease, but these scans can’t tell if inflammation is present. This project aims to develop…

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Signatures of early life stress as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $200,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $100,000

Project Overview

Our project investigates how childhood stress may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) later in life. We know that stress during early development can affect a brain chemical called serotonin, which plays a key role in memory and mood - two areas that are also affected in AD.…

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Ensuring equitable access to inpatient rehabilitation for people living with dementia: An effectiveness-implementation randomized trial

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2025

  • Total Grant Amount

    $200,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $100,000

Project Overview

One in five older adults with dementia is hospitalized each year. One in three hospitalized older adults will lose independence in transferring, eating, ambulating, dressing, or bathing, which increases nursing home admission risk; this risk is 36% greater in people living with dementia (PLWD). Rehabilitation could decrease this risk, but…

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