Funded Seniors' Mental Health Projects

Principal Investigator	Grant Dates	Project Title	Primary Institute	Total CIHR Amount SUM
MCCUSKER, Jane	Oct. 2000 – Sept. 2003	The prognosis of major and minor depression in elderly medical inpatients	Population and Public Health	$248,931.00
HULTSCH, David F	Apr 2001 – March 2006	Inconsistency in the cognitive assessment of patient groups and healthy adults	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$500,820.00
COORSSEN, Jens R	Apr 2002 – March 2004	A functional proteomic approach to memory consolidation	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$165,308.00
COLE, Martin G	Apr 2002 – March 2003	Randomized trial of a geriatric depression service	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$205,384.00
MCDOWELL, Ian W	Apr 2002 – March 2005	Cognition in Canada : Analyses of CSHA results	Aging	$337,681.00
MAXWELL, Colleen J	Jul 2002 – June 2007	The impact of revascularization procedures on neurocognitive outcomes among older patients with ischemic heart disease		$336,137.50
TUOKKO, Holly A	Jul 2002 - June 2007	Mental health and aging		$370,720.00
CLARKE, Diana E	May 2002 – April 2005	Factors associated with violent attempted and completed suicides in the elderly compared to other age groups: Trends in cost and service use before and after changes in mental health policies	Population and Public Health	$63,083.00
STEVENS, William D	Jul 2002 – June 2005	Age-related impairment of face recognition: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the functional connectivity and neuroanatomical networks underlying false recognition	Aging	$63,250.00
GRIGOROVA, Miglena	Sep 2002 – August 2005	Impact of estrogen on frontal lobe function in elderly women: A prospective, randomized, fMRI study		$63,417.00
HADJISTAVROPOULOS, Thomas	Mar 2002 0 Feb 2007	Implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive pain assessment and treatment program for seniors	Aging	$947,793.00
SCHNEIDER, Bruce A	Mar 2002 – Feb 2008	Strategic research training program in communication and social interaction in healthy aging	Aging	$1,709,612.00
ELGAMAL, Safa	Jul 2002 – Jun 2003	The influence of galanthamine on cognitive function among depressed elderly patients.	Aging	$6,072.00
TUOKKO, Holly A	Oct 2002 – Dec 2002	Health research training in the maintenance, development, and impairment of cognition with aging		$5,000.00
GRADY, Cheryl L	Oct 2002 – Dec 2002	An integrated program of training in research on cognitive impairment of aging		$5,000.00
CHERTKOW, Howard M	Oct 2002 – Dec 2002	Aging and brain - Research and training from biology to clinical to psychosocial at McGill and Concordia University		$5,000.00
FERLAND, Guylaine	Apr 2003 – March 2006	Vitamin K action in brain during growth and aging: Mechanism of action and modulation by diet	Aging	$235,800.00
MAXWELL, Colleen J	Apr 2003 – Mar 2007	The impact of neurocognitive and psychological factors on quality of life and functional recovery among older patients undergoing coronary revascularization procedures	Aging	$204,819.00
BELLEVILLE, Sylvie N	Apr 2003 – Mar 2006	Examination of working memory in dementia of the Alzheimer type and mild cognitive impairment	Aging	$338,494.00
STUSS, Donald T	Oct 2003 – Sep 2008	Frontal lobes: Fractionation and localization of anterior attentional and emotional processing	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$1,233,082.00
MACKNIGHT, Christopher R	Apr 2004 – Mar 2006	The Nova Scotia centenarian study: Fitness and frailty in late life	Aging	$260,215.00
LUPIEN, Sonia J	Jul 2003 – Jun 2008	Effects of glucocorticoids on human cognitive function from adulthood to old age		$395,651.00
RAINA, Parminder S	Nov 2004 – Oct 2009	A program of research to understand the health related complexities of an aging population in Canada		$386,765.37
FIOCCO, Alexandra J	Aug 2003 – Jul 2006	Coping strategies as a potential mediator for the negative effects of stress hormones on human memory and hippocampal integrity in the elderly	Aging	$64,833.00
DUNN, James R	Nov 2002 – Mar 2003	Centre for research on urban socio-economic status, housing and health (CRUSH2)	Population and Public Health	$10,000.00
ORBETT, Dale R	Oct 2002 – Sep 2003	Physical Activity, Aging and Cognitive Impairment	Aging	$5,000.00
GREENWOOD, Carol E	Oct 2002 – Sep 2003	Detection and treatment of mild cognitive impairment in seniors: a pro-active approach to health care of seniors	Aging	$5,000.00
FERLAND, Guylaine	Oct 2002 – Sep 2003	Successful aging: Understanding the individual and environmental factors underlying mental and physical well being in elderly individuals	Aging	$5,000.00
SCHNEIDER, Bruce A	Oct 2003 – 2008	Sensory and cognitive aging	Aging	$1,481,284.00
TIERNEY, Mary C	Oct 2003 – Sep 2007	Further development and validation of prospective risk factor models for harm in cognitively impaired older people who live alone	Aging	$587,080.00
COLE, Martin G	Oct 2003 – Mar 2004	Health services use by Canadian seniors with major depression	Aging	$40,000.00
ZUMBO, Bruno D	Oct 2003 – Mar 2004	Bias in self-reported health services utilization in the Canadian community health survey on mental health and well being: influences of age, gender, personal characteristics and patterns of care	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$40,000.00
BRINKER, Jaylene K	Sep 2004 – Aug 2007	Treatment choice among depressed elderly	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$66,000.00
KROGER, Edeltraut	Apr 2004 – Mar 2007	Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, biological markers, environmental toxins and risk of dementia : An add-on study to the Canadian study of health and aging	Aging	$165,000.00
CORBETT, Dale R	Apr 2004 – Mar 2007	Exercise, aging and cognitive impairment	Unable to allocate	$90,000.00
DE FRIAS, Cindy	Jul 2004 - Jun 2007	Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Progression of Change, Genetic Markers, and Vascular Health	Aging	$142,500.00
COLE, Martin G	Oct 2004 – Sep 2005	Delirium in elderly medical inpatients: Further analysis of available data	Aging	$28,284.00
LI, Karen Zown-Hua	Oct 2004 – Sep 2007	Age-related differences in concurrent motor and cognitive performance: An investigation of neuronal and cognitive compensation	Aging	$119,653.00
SIWAK, Christina T	May 2005 – Apr 2008	Early neurobiological events in brain aging and dementia: Possible prevention or delay	Aging	$150,000.00
BIALYSTOK, Ellen	Oct 2005 – Sep 2010	Cognitive aging and the bilingual mind: Mental representation and executive control	Aging	$723,407.00
ROCKWOOD, Kenneth	Apr 2006 – Mar 2009	Epidemiology of cognitive impairment in older Canadians	Aging	$340,895.00
NARANJO, Claudio A	Oct 2001 – Sep 2004	Brain reward system dysfunction in major depressive disorder: An f-MRI study	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$218986
VIAU, Victor	Jul 2002 – Jun 2007	Central pathways mediating testosterone effects on hypothalamic responses to stress	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$284625
STUSS, Donald T	Oct 2003 – Sep 2008	CIHR Brain and Aging Group at the Rotman Research Institute	Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction	$4074719
WILLIAMS, Jaime L	Oct 2004 – Sep 2006	Fear of Falling Among Informal Caregivers of Seniors Diagnosed with Dementia	Aging	$55000
HADJISTAVROPOULOS, Thomas	Apr 2005 – Mar 2008	The impact of fear of pain and fear of falling among seniors with moderate to severe dementia	Aging	$204227