Research in Canada

The Alzheimer Society Research Program

The Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP) is a successful collaboration of our newly established Federation, within which all the provincial Alzheimer Societies, the Alzheimer Society of Canada, partners and donors pull together to support research directed at both eradicating dementia and improving the lives of those affected by it.

The ASRP provides Research Training Awards and Grants to support Canadian investigators conducting research that promises to yield new insights into causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Read about 2010-2011 B.C. research grant and award recipients.

The ASRP focuses on two research streams, Biomedical, and Quality of Life. The Biomedical Stream provides funding for research into basic biological mechanisms related to brain changes associated with the disease, and into the identification of therapeutic agents to combat the disease. The Quality of Life stream is concerned with non-biological aspects of the disease pertaining to, for example, quality of life issues, behavioural and cognitive changes, environmental support and caregiving issues.

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Alzheimer Society Research

Learn more about current research in Canada from the Alzheimer Society...

 

 Research Update

Read the Alzheimer Society's research update, Alzheimer’s Disease - In Pursuit of a Cure