Experts: Alzheimer’s disease
January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in Canada. McGill and its affiliated institutions have experts in the following areas of Alzheimer’s detection and treatment who are available to comment:
Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)) based at the Jewish General Hospital: Website
Early detection of AD through genetic and cognitive markers
Sylvia Villeneuve, Canada Research Chair in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease, Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University
Searching for genetic or cognitive markers for identifying individuals at the preclinical stage of AD.
sylvia.villeneuve [at] mcgill.ca (French, English)
Non-invasive early detection of AD (including by using AI)
Mallar Chakravarty, Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University
Christine Tardif, Depts. of Neurology and Neurosurgery & Bioengineering, McGill University
How AI can be used to predict individuals at greatest risk of decline up to 3 years before the decline occurs (paper under review)
Press release with more details; Media interviews with researchers
mallar.chakravarty [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (English, French) - Work: 514-761-6131 x4753 or cell 514-754-4407.
christine.tardif [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
New mechanism detected in Alzheimer’s disease
Hamed Najafabadi, Dept. of Human Genetics, McGill University
Rate of RNA decay could be a key to breakdown in communication between neurons
Press release with more details; Video of researcher
hamed.najafabadi [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Genetic aspects of AD
Judes Poirier, Dept. of Psychiatry and Medicine – McGill University, Senior Researcher, Institute on Aging, Douglas Mental Health University Institute.
judes.poirier [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Healthy carriers of the Alzheimer’s gene
Veronique Bohbot, Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute & Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University
New method makes it possible to identify people at lowest risk for developing the disease
Press release with more details
veronique.bohbot [at] mcgill.ca
Early detection of AD (including through smell tests):
Dr. John Breitner, Research scientist, Director, Centre for Studies on Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
Press release with more details
john.breitner [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (English)