As a CCNA Trainee you are eligible to apply for funding competitions offered by the CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program and participate in events, programming, and other opportunties available to CCNA Trainees. Any undergraduate or graduate student registered full-time or part-time in a Canadian post-secondary institution is a considered to be CCNA trainee. The […]
The CCNA Training Program Hosts the Second Mining CCNA Gold Workshop in Vancouver, BC
Mining CCNA Gold II: A COMPASS-ND Training Workshop CLICK HERE FOR THE PROGRAM CLICK HERE FOR THE RECORDINGS The CCNA Training and Capacity Building Program ran the second Mining CCNA Gold, COMPASS-ND workshop in Vancouver, BC on April 13th, 2023. Mining CCNA Gold is a workshop that teaches trainees how to access COMPASS-ND data using […]
Trainee Success Story – Khushbu Patel
Khushbu Patel is leading the personal utility arm of the IMPACT-AD study (www.impactAD.org) which is investigating the impact of Alzheimer’s disease biomarker testing on patients and their family members. Through her research we are learning first-of-its-kind information on the value of Alzheimer’s disease biomarker testing from persons with lived experience with dementia. In a two-part […]
The 2022 CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge – Funded Projects
2022 Trainee Synapse Challenge Funded Projects Congratulations to all recipients! **Note: Projects are in order as they were ranked by the review committee (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) Achieving Health Equity by Addressing Risk and Resilience Factors in Dementia (1st) Trainee Applicants: Noelia Calvo (WSGD Program) and Kristina Coulter (Team 17) CCNA Supervisors: Gillian Einstein […]
2022 CCNA Partners Forum and Science Days – Best Poster Abstract Recipients
The Training and Capacity Building Program offers its congratulations to the following CCNA trainees whose poster abstracts were chosen by the Abstract Review Committee for Best Poster Abstract in the categories below. We would like to thank the abstract reviewers and all of the trainees who submitted abstracts and presented posters at this year’s trainee […]
Mining CCNA Gold I, April 7th, 2022
Mining CCNA Gold I: A Virtual Workshop on the COMPASS-ND Cohort Study Thank you to the speakers and participants for making this workshop a success! Workshop Recording Workshop Program Executive Summary The Mining CCNA Gold, COMPASS-ND Workshop for trainees and research staff took place on April 7th, 2022. Attendance was high and feedback extremely positive. […]
Listening to Trainee Concerns and Suggestions During COVID-19
Listening to Trainee Concerns and Suggestions During COVID-19: a Report from the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) The Training and Capacity Building (T & CB) Program is pleased to share the results of the 2020 survey conducted on the impacts of COVID-19 on CCNA trainees. We asked trainees about the impacts of COVID-19 […]