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Might 24, 2023
Well being Canada, via the Canada Mind Analysis Fund (CBRF) Program, has dedicated an general federal funding of $200 million to Mind Canada in assist of mind well being discoveries. Awarded via Mind Canada’s 2021 Platform Help Grants Program, these initiatives are supported by Well being Canada and matched funding from Mind Canada’s sponsors, donors and companions. These initiatives will enhance well being outcomes for Canadians by advancing information of the mind via analysis.
These initiatives embrace:
SPRINT: Fnirs Platform for Mind Monitoring
Dr. Emma G. Duerden, Western College, London, ON
Well being Canada/CBRF funding: $638,951.00
Complete grant quantity: $1,277,902.00
Practical Close to-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a method to observe and research blood-flow adjustments within the mind in a wide range of scientific and analysis settings and purposes. This platform will likely be helpful not just for mind analytics and offering a knowledge repository to judge human behaviours however may even serve in its place knowledge assortment technique for sufferers who can’t endure conventional imaging. The platform goals to develop novel fNIRS applied sciences and apply them to sufferers with brain-based problems to higher perceive the mind well being of people thus enhancing medication and rehabilitation.
MouseTRAP: The Mouse Translational Analysis Accelerator Platform
Dr. Lisa Saksida, Western College, London, ON
Well being Canada/CBRF funding: $712,500.00
Complete grant quantity: $1,425,000.00
This challenge will allow new approaches for growing therapies for neurological diseases, like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and can improve Canada’s capability in neuroscience analysis. The platform will deal with this crucial want by utilizing cognitive exams for mice which might be equivalent to these utilized in human sufferers.
The Canadian Alzheimer’s Prevention Knowledge Repository and Sharing Platform: Accelerating Alzheimer’s illness analysis and therapy in Canada and past
Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, Douglas Hospital Analysis Centre, Montreal, QC
Well being Canada/CBRF funding: $1,140,000.00
Complete grant quantity: $2,280,000.00
The Canadian Alzheimer’s Prevention Knowledge Repository and Sharing Platform (CAP platform) would be the first Canadian platform enabling the gathering and sharing of knowledge with the scientific neighborhood on preclinical Alzheimer’s illness for free of charge. A dementia prevention clinic may even be launched in 2023 and can use the CAP platform and feed into the info repository. Total, this platform will assist to speed up analysis on Alzheimer’s illness and associated therapies.
The Canadian Pediatric Imaging Platform (C-PIP): A platform to assist analysis in little one mind well being
Dr. Signe Bray, College of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Well being Canada/CBRF funding: $2,802,500.01
Complete grant quantity: $5,605 000.00
This platform goals to assist perceive how the mind’s growth is disrupted by damage, exposures and genetics, and the way these disruptions put youngsters and youth in danger for behavioural and psychological well being challenges. C-PIP will assist facilitate the event and scaling of latest strategies for gathering, processing and analysing knowledge from youngsters, therefore constructing a nationwide reference pattern that can be utilized to know how mind disruptors alter neurodevelopment.
