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Translating research into practice: Investigating the impact of Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics in Canada

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $684,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $342,000

Project Overview

Alzheimer’s disease causes progressive neurological decline and substantially decreases the quality of life of the individuals with the disease and their caregivers. Today, there are over half a million Canadians living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia, directly costing Canada $10.4 billion a year. With a rapidly…

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Stroke Recovery in Motion

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,000,266

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $500,133

Project Overview

One in six people worldwide will experience a stroke in their lifetime. One third of these people are left permanently disabled. In 2013, at least 405,000 Canadians were living with long-term stroke disability and this number is projected to increase to 726,000 over the next 20 years. Advances in acute…

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Toward exercise as medicine for adolescents with bipolar disorder

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $458,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $229,000

Project Overview

This project focuses on improving aerobic fitness (AF) among adolescents with bipolar disorder (BD). BD affects 2-5% of adolescents and is the 4th most disabling medical condition among adolescents worldwide. Even with treatment, adolescents with BD spend over half of the time with mood symptoms that impair quality of life.…

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Parent-therapist partnership to provide early, intensive exercise to enhance walking outcomes in children with perinatal stroke

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $537,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $268,500

Project Overview

Perinatal (around birth) stroke is devastating, because the effects are life-long. Current treatments to improve walking are limited, and largely passive, such as stretching, bracing, botulinum toxin injections and surgery. Recent work in animals indicates that intensive active therapy is effective in the young, when nerve pathways for movement are…

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Implementation of a Clinical Pathway for Acute Care of Pediatric Concussion: Uptake, Outcomes, and Health Care Impacts

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Brain Injury

  • Competition

    Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2018

  • Total Grant Amount

    $429,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $214,500

Project Overview

Each year, 1-2 million children in North America suffer a concussion. Guidelines exist to manage the care of concussion in children but have not been implemented consistently. As a result, clinical practice varies widely from one health provider to another. This may be because clinical guidelines have not been translated…

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