Following the completion of training opportunities, trainees will be able to: Apply acquired knowledge on brain health in quantitative research following principles of epidemiology, EDI, privacy and confidentiality, ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use data...

Amplify your work and get expert feedback by inviting CCNA investigators to attend your poster presentation! This year, we want to help CCNA trainees connect with CCNA researchers! All CCNA trainees (undergraduate, graduate) and postdoctoral researchers presenting posters on CCNA...

The 2022 CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge The Synapse Challenges supports new and upcoming researchers in Canadian Dementia Research This funding cycle is now closed. Stay tuned for final results! The CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge is generously supported by the Alzheimer Society of Canada,...

Call for Abstracts Submission Deadline: February 25, 2022 SoAR 2022 will be held virtually on April 27th, 2022. Undergraduate, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows conducting aging-related research across Canada are invited to attend and submit an abstract. For more information and to submit an abstract, visit the SoAR...

Dr. Jasmine Mah is a doctoral student studying under Dr. Melissa Andrew and Dr. Kenneth Rockwood as part of CCNA Team 14: Multi-Morbidity and Dementia. Jasmine graduated from the University of Ottawa with her MD in 2017 and recently...

Are you interested in Knowledge Translation? Join the next CCNA Trainee KTE journal club meeting! We will meet via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec.1st at 2-3 pm EST to discuss this paper: Beyond the project: Building a strategic theory of change to address dementia...

On July 21st, 2021 the CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program launched the CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge calling for CCNA trainees to apply for funding to support innovative trainee-led projects investigating new pathways for better prevention, treatment and quality...

Neurodegenerative and Cerebrovascular Diseases in Aging The CIHR Institute of Aging has partnered with the University of Calgary Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging to host an interactive virtual offering. The 2022 Summer Program in Aging (SPA) will be held virtually from May...

The Training and Capacity Building (T&CB) Program has relaunched the Interdisciplinary Trainee Research Innovation Challenge (iTRIC) as the CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge. The Synapse Challenge presentations will take place on CCNA Science Day October 13th, 2021 from 3:00 pm...