{"id":265,"date":"2012-09-01T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T16:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkinson.netfirms.com\/epp_e\/?p=265"},"modified":"2012-09-01T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T16:05:11","slug":"parkinson-society-canada-national-research-program-27-new-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archiveparkinson.thedev.ca\/fr\/parkinson-society-canada-national-research-program-27-new-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson Society Canada National Research Program, 27 new awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parkinson Society Canada, together with its regional partners, is proudly supporting 27 new grant, fellowship and student awards, as of July 1, 2012:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11 Pilot Project grants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(2 funded by Parkinson Society British Columbia and Parkinson Society Ottawa)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 New Investigator Awards<\/li>\n<li>4 Basic Research Fellowships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(1 funded by Parkinson Society British Columbia)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Clinical Movement Disorders Fellowship, in partnership with TEVA Canada Innovation<\/li>\n<li>2 Clinical Research Fellowships<\/li>\n<li>5 Graduate Student Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(2 funded by Parkinson Society Saskatchewan and Parkinson Society Ottawa)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Psychosocial Doctoral Award, in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) \u2013 Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health &amp; Addiction<\/li>\n<li>1 Psychosocial Research Grant, in partnership with CIHR \u2013 Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health &amp; Addiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These new awards represent a total of $1,559,608 committed to support new research projects in Canada over the next two years.\u00a0 Including the 15 research awards in their second year, the National Research Program is currently committed to investing $2,021,553 towards research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013-2015 research competition now open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications are now being accepted in the Graduate Studentship Award, Clinical Research Fellowship and Psychosocial Doctoral Training Award categories of the Parkinson Society Canada National Research Program. For more information, see<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkinsonresearch.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request for Applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archiveparkinson.thedev.ca\/site\/c.kgLNIWODKpF\/b.3536149\/k.6AC9\/National_Research_Program.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here<\/a> for more information on these awards, including project titles and amounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current areas of research focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Causes of Parkinson\u2019s. <\/strong>Movement is usually controlled partly by a chemical called dopamine, which carries signals between nerve cells in the brain. Parkinson\u2019s motor symptoms appear when a significant proportion of dopamine-producing cells have died gradually. Researchers are investigating the chemical or genetic triggers that start the cell death process in dopamine neurons. Understanding this sequence of events will ultimately enable scientists to develop treatments to stop or prevent the loss of dopamine-producing cells. In the future, this could lead to a cure for Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complications of Parkinson\u2019s. <\/strong>Researchers are investigating motor and non-motor complications associated with Parkinson\u2019s. The findings can lead to improved treatments and better quality of life for people with the disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cognitive Impairment and Parkinson\u2019s. <\/strong>Researchers are exploring how cognitive deficits affect the Parkinson brain. The more researchers discover about the links between Parkinson\u2019s and cognitive changes, the greater their ability to develop specialized treatments for managing and preventing these symptoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biomarkers. <\/strong>Biomarkers play an important role in determining whether a person\u00a0has or is likely to develop a disease. Identifying biomarkers to detect the early stages of Parkinson\u2019s would allow people with Parkinson\u2019s to start treatments before significant nerve cell loss occurs and motor symptoms, such as resting tremors, appear. Biomarkers could also be used to spot people at risk of developing Parkinson\u2019s, to improve diagnosis, to measure disease progression and to determine which treatment will work best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clinical Fellowships. <\/strong>People with Parkinson\u2019s, regardless of where they live in Canada, deserve consistent, high quality care. Clinical Fellowships enable medical professionals, such as doctors, neurologists or neurosurgeons, to receive specialized training in caring for people with Parkinson\u2019s. This ensures more Canadian medical specialists can provide high quality care to people with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quality of Life. <\/strong>Quality of life research helps empower people with Parkinson\u2019s and their families to live their lives to the fullest, despite the limitations of this disease. The researchers funded in this area come from a variety of health professions \u2013 nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology and social work. Their findings can lead to better treatments, improved support services, and advocacy strategies that help policy makers better understand the particular challenges of Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientist Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens is using an innovative new tool \u2013 virtual reality \u2013 to develop rehabilitation strategies to help people with Parkinson\u2019s disease better navigate their environments and reduce their falls, freezing and shuffling. The PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo is determining how people with Parkinson\u2019s perceive their environment and the movements of their own bodies.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to understand how brain dysfunction contributes to the control of walking. Then we want to translate that knowledge into rehab programs to give people with Parkinson\u2019s disease better strategies to move and correctly perceive their environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parkinson Society Canada, together with its regional partners, is proudly supporting 27 new grant, fellowship and student awards, as of &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/archiveparkinson.thedev.ca\/fr\/parkinson-society-canada-national-research-program-27-new-awards\/\" class=\"more-link\">En savoir plus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[237],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parkinson Society Canada National Research Program, 27 new awards - Parkinson Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parkinson Society Canada National Research Program, 27 new awards - Parkinson Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parkinson Society Canada, together with its regional partners, is proudly supporting 27 new grant, fellowship and student awards, as of ... 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