Vascular Training (VAST) Platform
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Health research training, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities to address vascular contributions to cognitive impairment. Supported by @CIHR_IRSC
Canada
Joined June 2022
This week, VAST went to Calgary's Central Library for @cabhi_innovates's Defy Dementia and Inspiring the Next Generation events. While representing the @HotchkissBrain, we got to play an educational game with the public that helped them learn about dementia!.
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🧠Lets talk brains - please complete a short survey about dementia, brain health, and lifestyle-related factors that can influence cognitive well-being. Scan the QR code or click the link to get started: #BrainHealth #DementiaAwareness #HealthResearch
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A VASTee, Bogna Anna Drozdowska, has been invited to be a guest editor for an issue of Neurology Intl–Cognitive Impairment After Stroke! To learn more, check out the link below.#neurologyinternational #cognitiveimpairment #stroke #research #publications
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RT @TransformHF: Our free #webinar with @HeartLifeCanada & @chfalliance is just ONE week away! Don't miss the opportunity to learn all abou….
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The VAST Platform understands the crucial role that caregivers play in supporting individuals with cognitive impairments. Working with Avo Media, they've produced a video for the Telus Fund's Stories of Caregivers video series. Check out there great work!.
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Over 700,000 Canadians live with dementia. But despite how common it is, we still don’t talk about it openly. The word ‘dementia’ is scary, and the condition...
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RT @WellingtonUBC: Congrats to our latest MSc graduate Tali Romero who successfully defended his thesis this week looking at neurological b….
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RT @CIHR_IRSC: The deadline for the Fall 2024 Reviewer in Training program is August 6. Learn about the peer review process by participat….
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RT @EPLEDgroup: Happy Friday! Check our our new article "Engaging people with lived experience of dementia in research meetings and events:….
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RT @SimonDuchesne: Can we predict pathological status for #amyloid or #nonamyloid cerebral small vessel disease from clinical data? Turns o….
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Background and ObjectivesSporadic cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a class of important pathologic processes known to affect the aging brain and to contribute to cognitive impairment. We aimed...
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RT @canstroke: REMINDER: Save the Date for the upcoming Canadian Stroke Congress November 28-29, 2024! Join us in Calgary to learn about cu….
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Passerelle, the National Hub in Capacity Development for Patient-Oriented Research, has a goal to "grow, support and sustain capacity in patient-oriented research science and practice in Canada." .
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Congratulations to all of the ASRP receipients including VASTees @Aman_Badhwar, Laura Fitzgibbon-Collins, Brittany Intzandt, and @oparent41 🥳.
We’re proud to announce the 2024 grant recipients of the Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)! These researchers are at the forefront of dementia research, working to transform innovative ideas into impactful solutions. Since 1989, the ASRP has been a cornerstone of
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RT @Aman_Badhwar: Thank you @AlzCanada and @BrainCanada for this funding. Passionate about this cutting-edge work, and exciting times ahead….
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RT @cbrs_scrc: Researchers, unite! Budget 2024 brought some progress in research funding. Now, let's rally for a 🇨🇦 Canadian brain initiati….
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RT @draravindganesh: Excited to see the FIRST published paper arising from funding & collaboration on our @letsgetproof platform! Kudos to….
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RT @OttoyJulie: 🔥Years in the making, now published! My final postdoc project in @NatureComms shows that Tau and TSPO PET follow gradients🌈….
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Nature Communications - In Alzheimer’s disease, the role of connectivity in facilitating pathology accumulation remains unclear. Using in-vivo neuroimaging, the authors show that tau and...
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RT @Stefanie_tre: And it's published!!! 🥳 Many years in the making! Check it out if integrating several MRI measures in your analyses is of….
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RT @Stefanie_tre: What a great conference! The perfect balance of scientific talks, career development, skills workshops, mentoring…! Meeti….
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RT @chrissythelker: Thank you for impacting those of us with lived experience to share and learn from each other.
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