Roger Dixon, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Brain Aging Cognitive Aging Dementia Diversity Gender Mri Reserve Resilience

Latest funding

Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia: A collaboratory for promoting equity in brain health research
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$99,452
Investigating brain health and episodic memory function at midlife: the role of biological sex and menopause status
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia: A collaboratory for promoting equity in brain health research

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: BHCIA: Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants - HEP

Principal investigators: Rajah, Maria N; Chertkow, Howard M; Dixon, Roger A; Einstein, Gillian; Stern, Yaakov

Keywords: Brain Aging; Cognitive Aging; Dementia; Diversity; Gender; Mri; Reserve; Resilience; Sex

$99,452

Investigating brain health and episodic memory function at midlife: the role of biological sex and menopause status

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Proect Grant - PA: Intersectionality in Sex, Gender and Health Research

Principal investigators: Rajah, Maria N; Olsen, Rosanna; Rosa-Neto, Pedro

Keywords: Cognition; Episodic Memory; Healthy Aging; Hippocampus; Menopause; Middle-Aged Adults; Mri; Sex Differences

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Brain Aging Dear Professor Dixon, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on brain aging connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia: A collaboratory for promoting equity in brain health research" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]