Vascular Health and Dementia

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Alzheimer Society of Canada, together with the CIHR Institute of Aging, the CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction, and the CIHR/Rx&D Research Program, supported by Pfizer Canada Inc. are pleased to announce the 2005/06 competition results (December 2004 submission) for the Vascular Health and Dementia Initiative.

The objective of this strategic initiative is to support research that explores the interrelationships between vascular health, vascular dementia and Alzheimer disease.

The successful applicants are listed below. An official letter will be sent to all applicants with the budget / funding details. If you have not received your letter by end of May, please contact the HSFC Research Department office.

Please do not write or telephone with any enquiries before receiving the award letters.

Principal InvestigatorsTerm (Years)Total Amount
Belleville, Sylvie (Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal)

Impact of vascular dementia, vascular MCI and vascular health on cognition.		 3 $342,393
Black, Sandra E. (Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre)

In vivo characterization of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment using advanced high field MR techniques.		 3 $359,860
Darvesh, Sultan (Dalhousie University)

The cholinergic system and vascular risk factors in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.		 3 $302,203
Yu, Peter H. (University of Saskatchewan)

Is increased SSAO-mediated oxidative deamination a risk factor for vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease? A biosocial investigation.		 3 $292,887

For more information about this initiative, please contact:

Lynne Moffatt
Assistant Director, Strategic Research Initiatives,
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Phone: (613) 569-4361, Ext. 350
Email: lmoffatt@hsf.ca

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 June 2007 )