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Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve is accelerating research on Alzheimer’s across the globe. By sharing comprehensive data from preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, the Canadian Alzheimer’s Prevention Data Repository and Sharing (CAP) platform, headed by Villeneuve, is bolstering research studies...

Canada is a world leader in children’s pain research and effective treatments exist, yet Canadian children continue to experience undertreated and preventable pain. Project Overview Canada is a world leader in children’s pain research and effective treatments exist, yet Canadian children continue...

Holland Bloorview Research Institute team members. THE PROJECT For this project, Evdokia Anagnostou and her team are trying out an innovative new approach which aims to accelerate the discovery of new treatments in ASD. They are testing novel compounds with already established early safety profiles...

Personal support workers provide the most formal care to people living with dementia. Project Overview Personal support workers provide the most formal care to people living with dementia. Their formal training often does not address complex dementia-related communication impairments and responsive...

This project focuses on accelerating awareness about the importance of the issue of driving cessation by promoting the uptake of the Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR). Project Overview This project focuses on accelerating awareness about the importance of the issue of driving cessation by...

Heart disease and stroke are major causes of illness among women in Canada, yet many women do not fully benefit from existing cardiac and stroke rehabilitation programs. Women are less likely than men to be referred to rehabilitation, but even when they attend, current rehabilitation care delivery...

Carotid disease accounts for 10% of ischemic strokes and has high rate of recurrence of up to 30%-50%(1, 2). Project Overview Carotid disease accounts for 10% of ischemic strokes and has high rate of recurrence of up to 30%-50%(1, 2). There is lack of adequate updated data on its prevalence,...

By Marney Blunt Global News A recent Canadian study is showing that addressing housing needs for those struggling with mental illness could reduce homelessness in the long term. Read the full article here.

Black persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) continue to have unmet needs and enough racial health disparities research exists to suggest that rehabilitation institutions are not upholding their mandate to provide treatment and services for Black clients. Project Overview Black persons with...