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ONDRI co-lead Doug Munoz, PhD, named to the Canadian Academy of Health Science
Queen’s University researcher and ONDRI co-lead Doug Munoz, PhD has been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Fellowship, one of Canada’s premier academic honours.
Past Events
An Event to Honour Dr. Sandra Black
EVENT DETAILS Monday March 1, 2021 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST Dr. Black presented highlights from the Sunnybrook Dementia Study (1995 and still going strong!) Event was targeted to: Dr. Black’s colleagues & trainees (past and present) Patients & care partners...
ONDRI Scholar Frederico Faria, PhD., presents at the GSA 2020
Frederico Faria, PhD, presented his findings on Dual-task Gait Cost and Frontal Lobe Integrity in Poststroke - Results from The Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI) at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting (GSA) 2020....
Special presentation for the Parkinson Canada Community
Thank you to those who joined our special presentation for the Parkinson Canada community Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI): Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going and Implications for Care of People Living with Parkinson’s Disease Wednesday...
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ONDRI Supporting International Self-Care Day
Jill Czuczman, a member of ONDRI’s Patient & Community Advisory Committee, shares her experiences as a care partner to her husband who is living with Frontotemporal dementia. Clip is in support of International Self Help Day 2020.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the central nervous system
Read the scientific article co-written by ONDRI co-lead Doug Munoz, PhD, along with Fernanda G. De Felice, PhD. here.
Bill McIlroy, PhD: Aging Well Suzuki Style
Bill McIlroy, PhD, (ONDRI’s AIM 2 Lead & Gait Platform Co-Lead) was featured on an episode of David Suzuki’s Nature of Things. The episode titled “Aging Well Suzuki Style” highlights some of the assessments employed in ONDRI’s study protocols.
ONDRI & Partners Bring Important Public Health Messaging to Our Communities
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, ONDRI brought a group of community advocacy groups together to generate relevant and tangible educational messages for people living with neurodegenerative disease, stroke and/or dementia.
Women face higher rates of pain, depression after strokes than men, study finds
Dr. Amy Yu and team analyzed data for 4,831 Ontario patients who were admitted to a nursing home after a stroke between 2011 and 2016. Results show interesting differences by gender.