Research
Grants and Training Awards
2003-2004
Out
of the 103 applications that were received by the Alzheimer
Society of Canada (ASC) for the 2003 research competition,
40 applications were approved for funding by the ASC
Board of Directors. The 38 applicants that accepted these
ASC grants and awards are listed below along with summaries
of each of their proposed research projects.
Biomedical:
Social & Psychological:
Biomedical
Research Grants
Gabrielle
Boulianne
Hospital for Sick Children
Genetic Modifiers of Presenilins
$240,000
This project is funded through the ASC/CIHR Rx&D/AstraZeneca
Biological Mechanisms and Treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Grants Program.
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Edith
Hamel
McGill University
The Role of Inflammation in Cerebrovascular and Neuronal
Dysfunctions associated with Alzheimer's Disease
$50,053
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Satyabrata
Kar
Douglas Hospital Research Centre
Structural and functional implications of insulin-like
growth factor-II/Mannose-6 phosphate receptor in Alzheimer's
Disease Pathology
$149,100
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James
McLarnon
University of British Columbia
Mechanisms and modulations of calcium dependent signaling
in amyloid-beta stimulated and Alzheimer's disease human
microglia
$202,830
This project is funded through the ASC/CIHR Rx&D/AstraZeneca
Biological Mechanisms and Treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Grants Program.
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Judes
Poirier
Douglas Hospital Research Centre
HMG CoA reductase: A novel candidate gene for sporadic
Alzheimer's disease II
$240,000
This project is funded through the ASC/CIHR Rx&D/AstraZeneca
Biological Mechanisms and Treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Grants Program.
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Arvi
Rauk
University of Calgary
Investigations into the Chemical and Biochemical Basis
of Alzheimer's Disease
$128,420
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Jane
Rylett
John P. Robarts Research Institute
Mechanisms involved in short-term regulation of cholinergic
neuron function by amyloid peptides
$233,000
This project is funded through the ASC/CIHR Rx&D/AstraZeneca
Biological Mechanisms and Treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Grants Program.
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Nabil
Seidah
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
BACE I Interactors/Substrates and its Shedding
$150,000
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Biomedical
Young Investigator Grants
This
program receives support from the Institute of Aging
(CIHR) and the Alzheimer Society Of Saskatchewan.
Karine
Auclair
McGill University
Studies on the Inhibition of the Antioxidant Protein Heme
Oxygenase by Amyloid-beta Proteins and Amyloid-beta Peptides
$50,000
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Steffany
Bennett
University of Ottawa
Targeting downstream effectors of beta-amyloid-induced
neuronal loss
$50,000
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Biomedical
Postdoctoral Awards
This
program receives support from the Institute of Aging
(CIHR).
Frédéric
Manseau
Douglas Hospital Research Centre
Effects of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 on neurogenesis
and integration of newly generated neurons in the hippocampus:
New insights on the inflammatory process in Alzheimer's disease
$83,000
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Janice
Mayne
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
BACE I Interactors/Substrates and its Shedding
$83,000
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Lina
Mussallam
Lady Davis Institute
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-mediated cell death in Primary
Cultures of Human Neurons
$83,000
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Biomedical
Doctoral Awards
This
program receives support from the Institute of Aging
(CIHR).
Michael
Carter
Dalhousie University
Design, synthesis and evaluation of anti-amyloidogenic
compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
$41,060
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Sonia
Franciosi
University of British Columbia
Beta-amyloid-induced intracellular signaling and functional
responses in cultured human microglia
$20,530
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Diego
Garzon
McMaster University
Establishing the link: Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid
deposition and its effects on transcription of brain-derived
neurontrophic factor in human
$41,060
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Paul
Gorman
University of Toronto
Aggregation pathways of the Alzheimer amyloid peptide
$41,060
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Cheryl
Hawkes
Douglas Hospital Research Centre
Functional implication of the Insulin-like growth factor-II/Mannose-6-phosphate
receptor in the regulation of central cholinergic and Alzheimer's
disease pathology
Recipient of the 2003 Dr. and Mrs. Albert Spatz Doctoral
Award
Recipient of the Claude P. Beaubien Award of Excellence
$41,060
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Sébastien
Herbert
Université Laval
Structural and Functional Analysis of Presenilin-1
$41,060
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Social & Psychological
Research Grants
Thérèse
Audet
Université de Sherbrooke
Dementia and Road Safety: Awareness of Driving Difficulties
and Self-Regulation Strategies for Driving
$80,408
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Sandra
Black
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Alzheimer's Disease With and Without Subcortical Ischemic
Vasculopathy: A Quantitative Brain Imaging-Behavior Study
$150,000
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Paul
Fortier
University of Manitoba
Formation and Analysis of a Senile Dementia database of
French writings, 1789-1964
$63,531
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Natalie
Phillips
Lady Davis Institute
Executive control of attenton in Alzheimer's disease and
mild cognitive impairment
$113,478
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Bryna
Shatenstein
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
Natural progression of undernutrition in elderly persons
in the early stages of Alzheimer's dementia
$140,288
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Souraya
Sidani
University of Toronto
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Abilities-Focused Approach
to Morning Care
$185,360
This project is funded through the ASC/Canadian Nurses
Foundation (through the Canadian Health Services Research
Foundation Nursing Care Partnership grant) Caregiving Research
Program.
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Jeff
Small
University of British Columbia
Communication Intervention for Family caregiviers of Persons
with Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study
$32,038
This project is funded through the ASC/Canadian Nurses
Foundation (through the Canadian Health Services Research
Foundation Nursing Care Partnership grant) Caregiving Research
Program.
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Esther
Strauss
University of Victoria
Inconsistency in cognitive performance as a predictor of
functional decline in dementia
$95,688
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Angela
Troyer
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Memory and Lifestlye Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment
$103,014
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Social & Psychological
Young Investigator Grants
This
program receives support from the Institute of Aging
(CIHR) and the Alzheimer Society Of Saskatchewan.
Normand
Carpentier
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
Transformation of the Support Network of Caregivers for
the Elderly with Alzheimer's Type Dementia
$49,766
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Christopher
Janus
University of Toronto
Impairment in working (short-term) and reference (long-term)
spatial memory systems in transgenic amyloid precursor
protein (APP) mice
$50,000
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Social & Psychological
Postdoctoral Awards
This
program receives support from the Institute of Aging
(CIHR).
Christian
Bocti
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Dysexecutive syndrome in early Alzheimer's disease: role
of subcortical ischemic co-morbidity
$102,000
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Carol
Hudon
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease through Characterization
of Episodic Memory Disorders and Recording of Cognitive
Recall Potentials in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairments
$83,000
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Social & Psychological
Doctoral Awards
This
program receives support from the Institute of Aging
(CIHR).
Patrick
Gadais
Université Laval
Alzheimer Digital Transpositions in Subjects with Alzheimer's
Type Dementia
$41,060
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Dalia
Gottlieb-Tanaka
University of British Columbia
Creativity and Dementia
$41,060
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Jennifer
Klages
Dalhousie University
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Neuropsychological
Test Performance in Persons with Mild Alzheimer's disease
and Mild Vascular Cognitive Impairment
$20,530
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Megan
O'Connell
University of Victoria
The Effects of Correcting for Bias on the Sensitivity and
Specificity of Diagnostic and Screening Measures for Dementia
$41,060
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Jacinthe
Savard
Université de Montréal
Use of Day Center Services by People Suffering from Dementia
and their Caregivers
$20,530
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Jaime
Williams
University of Regina
Fear of Falling Among Informal Caregivers of Seniors Diagnosed
with Dementia
$41,060
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