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Brain-Heart Research Integrative Innovation Team Endeavor (BHRIITE) – A Paradigm Shift in Brain-Heart Concept and Care

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Heart-Brain Connection IMPACT Award

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $2,900,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $1,450,000

Project Overview

Brain-Heart conditions such as cognitive impairment (trouble remembering and learning) or heart failure (heart muscle unable to pump enough blood) are becoming more common as we age. Brain and heart conditions commonly occur in the same patient, share the same risk factors, and have huge impact on patients’ lives. Despite…

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EMPOW-HER: Exploring methods to improve participation of women in clinical trials to help enhance stroke recovery research

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Brain Canada-Women’s Brain Health Initiative Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $104,999

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $52,500

Project Overview

In general, women take part in research less than men. We found women take part in our research less than men too. We are a team of rehabilitation researchers located across Canada that test new treatments like drugs, technologies, and remote therapies on people who have had a stroke that…

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Functional Connectivity and Cognitive Decline in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Brain Canada-Women’s Brain Health Initiative Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $105,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $52,500

Project Overview

Alzheimer’s disease is a leading cause of dementia and cognitive decline. Currently, there is no treatment for Alzheimer’s disease but there are treatment strategies and lifestyle factors that to some extent, slow the progression of the disease. In our previously funded research we used a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease…

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CanStim Platform: Sex and Gender-Based Analysis Expansion

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Brain Canada-Women’s Brain Health Initiative Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $105,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $52,500

Project Overview

The Canadian Platform for Trials in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (CanStim) is national research platform whose goal is to create a network of sites across Canada for clinical trials that can develop and test the use of different types of non-invasive brain stimulation as an additional therapy option for people with…

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Sex-Differences in Dopaminergic Regulation of Stroke Recovery in Rats

  • Grant Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Stroke

  • Competition

    Brain Canada-Women’s Brain Health Initiative Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $105,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $52,500

Project Overview

Strokes often cause brain damage that can severely affect motor function, particularly fine movements of the hands and digits. The motor cortex is the main brain area issuing commands for voluntary hand movements. This brain area, when damaged by a stroke, has the ability to adapt by forming new connections…

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