Wallis Lau, University of Ottawa

Research

Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers Clinical Decision Rules Dementia Longitudinal Studies Risk Reduction Behaviour Vascular Risk Factors

Latest funding

Multinational Assessment of Risk factors and Vascular disease in Elders with dementias using Longitudinal cohort studies: The MARVEL Project
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,075,000

All 1 grants and awards

Multinational Assessment of Risk factors and Vascular disease in Elders with dementias using Longitudinal cohort studies: The MARVEL Project

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Hsu, Amy T; Frank, Andrew R; Julien, Ann-Marie; Lau, Wallis; Luo, Hao; Vetrano, Davide Liborio

Keywords: Alzheimer Disease; Biomarkers; Clinical Decision Rules; Dementia; Longitudinal Studies; Risk Reduction Behaviour; Vascular Risk Factors

$1,075,000

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: Alzheimer Disease Dear Professor Lau, 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 alzheimer disease 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 "Multinational Assessment of Risk factors and Vascular disease in Elders with dementias using Longitudinal cohort studies: The MARVEL Project" (2024), 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]