Congratulations to Dr. Frederico Faria for winning the prestigious Parkwood Endowment award! Dr. Frederico will be commencing exciting new research, concentrating on Canadian Seniors gait, falls and cognition.
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose -Exercise is Medicine for Brain Health
The Gait & Brain Research Lab in collaboration with St. Joseph’s Health Care Cognitive Vitality and Brain Health Grand Rounds is pleased to be hosting Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose who will be speaking on Februay 8th 2016 at the Parkwood Institute,
Toronto Star
Toronto Star Science & Technology reporter Kate Allen recently interviewed Dr. Robert Bartha and Dr. Manuel Montero Odasso about their research to find “biomarkers” to predict dementia. The full article titled “The Race to Find ‘Biomarkers’ that can Predict Dementia”
Oxford University Press Blog
Dr. Montero Odasso’s article “Gait Disturbances Can Help to Predict Dementia in Older Adults” from the Journals of Gerotology Series A was recently featured on the OUP Blog. OUP Blog: https://blog.oup.com/2015/01/gait-disturbances-can-help-predict-dementia-older-adults/
“Montreal Gazette”
Dr. Montero- Odasso, Director of the Gait & Brain was interviewed on May 14, 2015 by the Montreal Gazette. He and a team of experts collaboratively identify the link between cognitive decline and mobility impairments and the role of exercise
Poster Presentations from the CGS 35th Annual Scientific Meeting 2015 -Montreal QC
Congratulations
Congratulations to Dr. Ryota Sakurai for winning a travel award to the 2015 International Congress on Gait and Posture World Congress (ISPGR) in Seville Spain . Well done Ryota!
Congratulations Dr. Ryota Sakurai
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Ryota Sakurai who has been awarded with the 2015 AGS New Investigator Award. His award was presented during the 2015 AGS Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 15th 2015
CIHR Age Plus Prize for our Lab!
Congratulations to Anam Islam & Cedric Annweiler who have been awarded the prestigious CIHR Age Plus Prize in December 2014. The Gait and Brain Lab is so pleased to have 2 of our trainees recognized in this competitive selection which awarded
Dr. Montero-Odasso receives $924,000 to help tackle dementia
LONDON, ON – Lawson Health Research Institute’s Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso has been awarded $924,000 as part of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), a collaborative research program focused on tackling the challenge of dementia and other neurodegenerative illnesses.