Symposium
One-day Symposium
Brain Resilience and Aging
Knowledge Synthesis Symposium
We are excited to host the first 1-Day Symposium on May 15, 2024, in Montreal, Quebec. The Symposium will include Collaboratory Members and be open to 30 additional registrants who are either faculty, clinicians, trainees, knowledge users, policy makers, and persons with lived experience. The Symposium will consist of a series of 15-minute talks organized around Three Themes. Each Theme will have 5-6 presenters. There will be a 15 min Q&A period after each session. Please see below for the Meeting Schedule.
Symposium Presentations
The Symposium was held on May 15, 2024.
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Meeting Schedule
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15am | Breakfast | |
| 8:20am |
Welcome Remarks Dr. Jane Rylett, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Aging Dr. Natasha Rajah, Nominated Principal Applicant, Brain Resilience & Diversity Collaboratory |
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| Morning Session 1 (Chair: Roger Dixon) | ||
| 8:30am | Race, Ethnicity, Diversity and SSDH in Cognitive and Brain Aging and Dementia, in which the following team members will present: Campbell (Brock), Christophe (McGill), Deska (Toronto Metropolitan University, TMU), Duarte (U.T. Austin), Vemuri (Mayo Clinic), and Stern (Columbia) | |
| 10:00am | Morning Session 1 – Question and Answer (Moderator: CCNA KM Specialist, Dr. Itzhak) | |
| 10:15am | Health Break. Refreshments will be served. | |
| Morning Session 2 (Chair: Yaakov Stern) | ||
| 10:45am | The Role of Sex, Gender and Social and Structural Determinants of Health (SSDH) in Cognitive and Brain Aging and Dementia, in which the following team members will present: Buckley (Harvard), Einstein (U. Toronto), Galea (U. Toronto), Juster (U. de Montreal), Rajah (TMU & McGill), and Sharp (McGill). | |
| 12:15pm | Morning Session 2 – Question and Answer (Moderator: CCNA KM Specialist, Dr. Itzhak) | |
| 12:30pm | Lunch will be served. | |
| Afternoon Session 1 (Chair: Gillian Einstein) | ||
| 14:00pm | Methodological Challenges in Research on Resilience and Diversity in Brain and Cognitive Aging, in which the following team members will present: Badhwar (U de Montreal), Dixon (U. Alberta), Geddes (McGill), Misic (McGill), Iturria-Medina (McGill), and Rugg (U.T. Dallas) | |
| 15:30pm | Afternoon Session 1 - Question and Answer (Moderator: CCNA KM Specialist, Dr. Itzhak) | |
| 15:45pm | Health Break. Refreshments will be served. | |
| Afternoon Session 2 | ||
| 16:00pm | Guided Reflection & Opportunity to provide feedback. | |
| 17:00pm | Closing Remarks – Dr. Howard Chertkow, Scientific Director, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) | |