Maria Rajah, University of Toronto

Research

Biomarkers Brain Imaging Cognition Dementia Diagnosis Edi Indigenous Cognitive Health Knowledge Mobilization

Latest funding

Women's Brain Health and Cognitive Aging: The effects of Intimate Partner Violence on neuroinflammation, sleep, and cardiovascular disease in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,000
Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging: Application for Phase III CCNA Operations Centre
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$20,555,200

Women's Brain Health and Cognitive Aging: The effects of Intimate Partner Violence on neuroinflammation, sleep, and cardiovascular disease in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - IA Brain Health

Principal investigators: Einstein, Gillian

Keywords: Alzheimer Disease; Cardiovascular Disease; Cognition; Gender; Inflammation; Intimate Partner Violence; Memory; Possible Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep

$70,000

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

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: Biomarkers Dear Professor Rajah, 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 biomarkers 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]