Focus on Stroke: Doctoral Research Awards and Fellowship Awards (Nov 2007 competition)

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Stroke Network, the CIHR Institute of Aging and the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health are pleased to announce the results of the seventh Focus on Stroke personnel awards competition.

This special competition was launched to increase capacity for stroke research in Canada and to address the shortage of highly qualified personnel working in this important area. This initiative has provided new funding opportunities for training through Doctoral Research Awards and Postdoctoral Fellowships in the field of stroke. For this competition a total of 36 applications were reviewed.

The successful awardees relevant to the CIHR Institute of Aging and its Mobility in Aging Initiative and/or Cognitive Impairment Initiative are listed below. Other awardees can be on the found Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada website.

Fellowship: Focus on Stroke

Li, Hongbin (Physiology, University of Toronto)
Mechanisms of cell damage following stroke that lead to Alzheimer's and dementia.
Supervisor: MacDonald, John F.

Mansfield, Avril (Kinesiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Intervention to improve reactive balance control following a stroke.
Supervisor: McIlroy, William E.

Pialoux, Vincent (Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary)
Impact of physical activity on cerebrovascular regulation in women: role of oxidative stress.
Supervisor: Poulin, Marc J.