Funded Grants

My project aims to understand how racial identity is influencing the way Black women experience post-partum depression (PPD).

This project will determine the optimal intensity of reactive balance training (RBT) for people with chronic stroke.

This project’s main aim is to create and test a daily text messaging program called Wellness4MDs to help doctors, medical trainees, and students in Canada deal with burnout, anxiety, and depression.

Thanks to advances in cancer treatments, more than 80% of children treated for brain tumors now survive at least five years after their diagnosis.

Alison Wilson, a Master’s Student at the University of Calgary, aims to use magnetic resonance spectroscopy to investigate the pathophysiology of chronic post-traumatic headache.

Beatrice Acheson, a Master’s student at the University of Toronto, aims to explore how genetic variations in the TREM2 protein affects microglial activity and processes related to Alzheimer’s Disease.

The goal of this study is to advance knowledge regarding the association of vascular risk factors and blood vessels with brain structure and function in youth with severe mental illness.

The objective of our project is to investigate if women with carotid stenosis (CAS) have impaired cerebral blood flow (CBF) regulation in different regions of their brain.

To obtain a more inclusive understanding of vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) in women, we will investigate the relationship between vascular health and cognition in women belonging to Canada’s three largest ethnic groups (South Asian, Chinese, and White).

The understanding of the factors responsible for the increased risk of cognitive problems in women remains limited.