Faculty profile

Megan O'Connell

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Research

Dementia Diagnosis Prevention Biomarkers Brain Imaging Cognition Edi Indigenous Cognitive Health

Latest funding

Patterns of Social Connection and Their Role in Early Cognitive Decline Across Aging Stages: A Clustering Analysis Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$69,795
Associations Between Patterns of Alcohol Use and Changes in Cognitive Function Among Older Adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,000
Identifying Risk Factors and Informing Preventative Strategies to Reduce the Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Subsequent Dementia by Analysing the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging Using Advanced Statistical Methods and Machine Learning
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$371,025

All 8 grants and awards

Patterns of Social Connection and Their Role in Early Cognitive Decline Across Aging Stages: A Clustering Analysis Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

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

Principal investigators: Galvez-Hernandez, Pablo

Keywords: Clustering; Cognitive Decline; Cognitive Impairment; Social Connection

$69,795

Associations Between Patterns of Alcohol Use and Changes in Cognitive Function Among Older Adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - INMHA Mandate

Principal investigators: Cuperfain, Ari

Keywords: Alcohol; Cognition

$70,000

Identifying Risk Factors and Informing Preventative Strategies to Reduce the Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Subsequent Dementia by Analysing the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging Using Advanced Statistical Methods and Machine Learning

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Anderson, Geoffrey M

Keywords: Cognitive Decline; Dementia; High-Dimensional Data; Machine Learning; Observational Research; Statistical Methods

$371,025

Canadian Dementia Health System Performance Team

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Bronskill, Susan E; Jones, Aaron T; Kirkham, Julia; Kosteniuk, Julie G; Maxwell, Colleen J; Seitz, Dallas P

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease & Other Dementias; Cross-Provincial; Health Administrative Data; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Population-Based Analysis; Quality Of Care; Quality Of Life; Quality Reporting; Secondary Prevention & Treatment

$1,074,944

Understanding the Time-varying Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cognitive Impairment and Brain Aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - IPPH Mandate Early Career Researcher

Principal investigators: Liu, Kuan

Keywords: Brain Aging; Causal Inference; Cognitive Decline; Cognitive Impairment; Heterogeneous Effects; High-Dimensional Data; Modifiable Risk Factors; Observational Research

$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

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

The association between loneliness and cognitive decline and the roles personality traits may play

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Bethell, Jennifer M

Keywords: Adult; Cognition; Loneliness; Personality

$70,000

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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