Alan Evans, University of Toronto

Research

Dementia Diagnosis Prevention Biomarkers Brain Imaging Cognition Edi Indigenous Cognitive Health

Latest funding

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging: Application for Phase III CCNA Operations Centre
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$20,555,200
Phase Two of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$31,625,000

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging: Application for Phase III CCNA Operations Centre

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigators: Chertkow, Howard M; Anderson, Nicole D; Andrew, Melissa K; Badhwar, Amanpreet; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bethell, Jennifer M; Bhangu, Jaspreet S; Black, Sandra E; Borrie, Michael J; Brewster, Paul W; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Darvesh, Sultan; DeMarco, Mari; Dixon, Roger A; Duchesne, Simon; Einstein, Gillian; Evans, Alan C; Feldman, Howard; Fisk, John D; Geddes, Maiya R; Lim, Andrew S; Masellis, Mario; McAiney, Carrie A; Mclaurin, Joanne; Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Nygaard, Haakon B; O'Connell, Megan E; Phillips, Natalie A; Rajah, Maria N; Roach, Pamela Marie; Robillard, Julie; Rockwood, Kenneth; Smith, Eric E; Villeneuve, Sylvia C; Waldron, Ingrid R; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Biomarkers; Brain Imaging; Cognition; Dementia; Diagnosis; Edi; Indigenous Cognitive Health; Knowledge Mobilization; Prevention; Risk Factors

$20,555,200

Phase Two of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigators: Chertkow, Howard M; Anderson, Nicole D; Andrew, Melissa K; Bartha, Robert; Bellec, Pierre; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bergman, Howard; Bherer, Louis; Black, Sandra E; Borrie, Michael J; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Carrier, Julie; Cashman, Neil R; Collins, Donald L; Cuello, A. Claudio G; Dixon, Roger A; Ducharme, Simon; Duchesne, Simon; Einstein, Gillian; Eintracht, Shaun; Evans, Alan C; Fahnestock, Margaret; Feldman, Howard; Ferland, Guylaine; Fisk, John D; Gan-Or, Ziv; Giguère, Anik; Herrmann, Nathan; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R; Lanctôt, Krista L; Lim, Andrew S; Mackenzie, Ian R; Masellis, Mario; Maxwell, Colleen J; McGilton, Katherine S; Mclaurin, Joanne; Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Morgan, Debra G; Naglie, Gary; Nygaard, Haakon B; O'Connell, Megan E; Phillips, Natalie A; Poirier, Judes; Rapoport, Mark J; Robillard, Julie; Rockwood, Kenneth; Rogaeva, Ekaterina; Rosa-Neto, Pedro; Rylett, Jane R; Seitz, Dallas P; Siminovitch, Katherine A; Smith, Eric E; ST GEORGE-HYSLOP, Peter H; Vedel, Isabelle; Walker, Jennifer; Wittich, Walter

Keywords: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia; Diagnosis; Prevention; Quality Of Life; Sex; Treatment

$31,625,000

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Dementia Dear Professor Evans, 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 dementia 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 "Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging: Application for Phase III CCNA Operations Centre" (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]