Maria Rajah, Western University

Research

Cognition, Aging, Brain Health Dementia Risk Factors Training Aging Clinical Guidelines Cognition Dementia Exercise

Latest funding

The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,070,656
Brain Health Care (BHCare) and Support in Aging Research Training Platform
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$2,400,000

The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Barha, Cindy; Bartha, Robert; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bethell, Jennifer M; Bherer, Louis; Borrie, Michael J; Burhan, Amer M; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Edwards, Jodi D; Faria, Frederico P; Fraser, Sarah A; Li, Karen Zown-Hua; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Middleton, Laura E; Rajah, Maria N

Keywords: Aging; Clinical Guidelines; Cognition; Dementia; Exercise; Gait; Motor Biomarkers; Neurodegeneration

$1,070,656

Brain Health Care (BHCare) and Support in Aging Research Training Platform

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging (IA)

Principal investigators: Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Badhwar, Amanpreet; Bechard, Lauren E; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bethell, Jennifer M; Bherer, Louis; Bronskill, Susan E; Burhan, Amer M; Chertkow, Howard M; Einstein, Gillian; Evans, Alan C; Faria, Frederico P; Feldman, Howard; Fraser, Sarah A; Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas; Ismail, Zahinoor; Kivipelto, Miia; Kobor, Michael S; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Mangialasche, Francesca; Monchi, Oury; Mullings, Delores V; Rajah, Maria N; Raymond, Lynn A; Roach, Pamela Marie; Savundranayagam, Marie Y; Schabrun, Siobhan; Seitz, Dallas P; Smith, Eric E; Vedel, Isabelle; Walker, Jennifer; Whitehead, Shawn N

Keywords: Cognition, Aging, Brain Health; Dementia Risk Factors; Training

$2,400,000

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: Cognition, Aging, Brain Health 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 cognition, aging, brain health 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 "The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging" (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]