SEX AND GENDER CHAMPIONS

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  • Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Kathryn Allen Weldon Chair in Alzheimer’s Research, Dalhousie University

    Website: Division of Geriatric Medicine

  • Trenaman SC, Bowles SK, Andrew MK, Goralski K. The role of sex, age and genetic polymorphisms of CYP enzymes on the pharmacokinetics of anticholinergic drugs. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2021 May;9(3):e00775. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.775.

    Trenaman SC, Rideout M, Andrew MK. Sex and gender differences in polypharmacy in persons with dementia: A scoping review. SAGE Open Med. 2019 Apr 22;7:2050312119845715. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312119845715.

    Andrew MK, Tierney MC. The puzzle of sex, gender and Alzheimer’s disease: Why are women more often affected than men? Women’s Health. 2018;14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745506518817995.

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  • Researcher at the Center for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology


    Website: creges.ca

  • Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Alejandra, M., Rojas-Rozo, L., Jeon, Y.-H., Hevink, M., Ciułkowicz, M., Szczesniak, D., Rait, G., Robinson, L., Wilcock, J., Poole, M., McAiney, C., Doucet, S., Luke, A., Reid, A. E., & Vedel, I. (2024). Exploring perceived helpfulness of health services in men and women with dementia and care partners: A cross-sectional analysis. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012241289471

    Arsenault-Lapierre, G., Bui, T., Godard-Sebillotte, C., Kang, N., Sourial, N., Rochette, L., Massamba, V., Quesnel-Vallée, A., & Vedel, I. (2024). Sex Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Persons Living with Dementia Between 2000 and 2017: A Population-Based Study in Quebec, Canada. Journal of Aging and Health, 37(3-4), 243–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643241242512

    Sourial, N., Arsenault-Lapierre, G., Margo-Dermer, E., Henein, M., & Vedel, I. (2020). Sex differences in the management of persons with dementia following a subnational primary care policy intervention. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01285-2

    Sourial, N., Vedel, I., Godard‐Sebillotte, C., Etches, J., Arsenault‐Lapierre, G., & Bronskill, S. E. (2020). Sex Differences in Dementia Primary Care Performance and Health Service Use: A Population‐Based Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(5), 1056–1063. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16347

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  • Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience, Brain Health and Exercise
    Assistant Professor – Neuroscience
    Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary

    Website: UCalgary Profile

  • Silva, Barha, C. K., Erickson, K. I., Kramer, A. F., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2024). Physical exercise, cognition, and brain health in aging. Trends in Neurosciences, 47(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2024.04.004

    Dao, E., Barha, C. K., Zou, J., Wei, N., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2024). Prevention of Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: The Role of Physical Activity and Exercise. Stroke, 55(9). https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.123.044173

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  • Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal University Geriatric Institute

    Website: https://lesca.ca/en/

  • Dessy, T., Barhdadi, A., Cyr, M.-C., Sandoval, J., Bherer, L., Rouleau, J., Provost, S., Lemieux Perreault, L.-P., Sylvestre, M.-P., Gagliano Taliun, S. A., & Dubé, M.-P. (2025). Disentangling the effects of sex and gender on APOE ɛ4-related neurocognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s & Dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 17(2), e70111. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.70111

    Chertkow, H., Phillips, N., Rockwood, K., Anderson, N., Andrew, M. K., Bartha, R., Beaudoin, C., Bélanger, N., Bellec, P., Belleville, S., Bergman, H., Best, S., Bethell, J., Bherer, L., Black, S., Borrie, M., Camicioli, R., Carrier, J., Cashman, N., & Chan, S. (2024). Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA). Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 102(3), 535–561. https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877241290990

    Intzandt, B., Sanami, S., Huck, J., PREVENT-AD Research group, Villeneuve, S., Bherer, L., & Gauthier, C. J. (2023). Sex-specific relationships between obesity, physical activity, and gray and white matter volume in cognitively unimpaired older adults. GeroScience, 45(3), 1869–1888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-00734-4

    Barha, C. K., Falck, R. S., Best, J. R., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsiung, G.-Y. R., Sheel, A. W., Hsu, C. L., Kramer, A. F., Voss, M. W., Erickson, K. I., Davis, J. C., Shoemaker, J. K., Boyd, L., Crockett, R. A., ten Brinke, L., Bherer, L., Singer, J., Galea, L. A. M., Jacova, C., & Bullock, A. (2022). Reshaping the path of mild cognitive impairment by refining exercise prescription: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial to understand the “what,” “for whom,” and “how” of exercise to promote cognitive function. Trials, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06699-7

    Gagnon, C., Olmand, M., Dupuy, E. G., Besnier, F., Vincent, T., Grégoire, C.-A., Lévesque, M., Payer, M., Bérubé, B., Breton, J., Lecchino, C., Bouabdallaoui, N., Iglesies-Grau, J., Gayda, M., Vitali, P., Nigam, A., Juneau, M., Hudon, C., & Bherer, L. (2022). Videoconference version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: normative data for Quebec-French people aged 50 years and older. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-022-02092-1

    Sabra, D., Intzandt, B., Desjardins-Crepeau, L., Langeard, A., Steele, C. J., Frouin, F., Hoge, R. D., Bherer, L., & Gauthier, C. J. (2021). Sex moderations in the relationship between aortic stiffness, cognition, and cerebrovascular reactivity in healthy older adults. PloS One, 16(9), e0257815. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257815

    Castells-Sánchez, A., Roig-Coll, F., Noemí Lamonja-Vicente, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Pera, G., Montero, P., Dacosta-Aguayo, R., Adriá Bermudo-Gallaguet, Bherer, L., Erickson, K. I., & Mataró, M. (2020). Sex Matters in the Association between Physical Activity and Fitness with Cognition. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53(6), 1252–1259. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000002570

    Langeard, A., Fakrahnak, Z., Vrinceanu, T., Noriega de la Colina, A., Pothier, K., Berryman, N., Vu, T. T. M., Girouard, H., Karelis, A. D., & Bherer, L. (2020). Sex-moderated association between body composition and cognition in older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 138, 111002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111002

    Castonguay, N., Lussier, M., Aurélia Bugaiska, Lord, C., & Bherer, L. (2015). Executive functions in men and postmenopausal women. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 37(2), 193–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2014.1000267

    Intzandt B, Sanami S, Huck J, Bherer L, Gauthier CJ. Sex matters: the effect of physical activity on brain perfusion. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Jul 17:glaf154. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaf154. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40674585.

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  • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal Department of Medicine, Geriatrics, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)

    Website: CRCHUM

  • Smith, E. E., Phillips, N. A., Feldman, H. H., Borrie, M., Ganesh, A., Henri-Bhargava, A., Desmarais, P., Frank, A., Badhwar, A., Barlow, L., Bartha, R., Best, S., Bethell, J., Bhangu, J., Black, S. E., Bocti, C., Bronskill, S. E., Burhan, A. M., Calon, F., & Camicioli, R. (2025). Use of lecanemab and donanemab in the Canadian healthcare system: Evidence, challenges, and areas for future research. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, 12(3), 100068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100068

    Couture, V., Carmel, J., Rousseau, K., Geneviève Létourneau, Clerc, D., Huot, P., Forget, M., Nguyen, Q. D., Camicioli, R., & Desmarais, P. (2024). Sex Differences in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alpha‐Synucleinopathies: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 11(11), 1335–1344. https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.14227

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  • Professor at McMaster University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences

    Website: McMaster Profile

  • Kapadia, M., Mian, M. F., Ma, D., Hutton, C. P., Azam, A., Klotilda Narkaj, Cao, C., Brown, B., Michalski, B., Morgan, D., Forsythe, P., Zovkic, I. B., Fahnestock, M., & Sakic, B. (2021). Differential effects of chronic immunosuppression on behavioral, epigenetic, and Alzheimer’s disease-associated markers in 3xTg-AD mice. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-020-00745-9

    Hutton, C. P., Lemon, J. A., Sakic, B., Rollo, C. D., Boreham, D. R., Fahnestock, M., Wojtowicz, J. M., & Becker, S. (2018). Early Intervention with a Multi-Ingredient Dietary Supplement Improves Mood and Spatial Memory in a Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 64(3), 835–857. https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-170921

    Kapadia, M., Mian, M. F., Michalski, B., Azam, A. B., Ma, D., Salwierz, P., Christopher, A., Rosa, E., Zovkic, I. B., Forsythe, P., Fahnestock, M., & Sakic, B. (2018). Sex-Dependent Differences in Spontaneous Autoimmunity in Adult 3xTg-AD Mice. Journal of Alzheimer S Disease, 63(3), 1191–1205. https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-170779

    Counts, S. E., He, B., Prout, J. G., Michalski, B., Farotti, L., Fahnestock, M., & Mufson, E. J. (2016). Cerebrospinal Fluid proNGF: A Putative Biomarker for Early Alzheimer’s Disease. Current Alzheimer Research, 13(7), 800–808. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567205013666160129095649

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  • Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University

    Website: StAR Lab

  • D’Amico, D., Parrott, M. D., Greenwood, C. E., Ferland, G., Gaudreau, P., Belleville, S., Laurin, D., Anderson, N. D., Kergoat, M.-J., Morais, J. A., Presse, N., & Fiocco, A. J. (2020). Sex differences in the relationship between dietary pattern adherence and cognitive function among older adults: findings from the NuAge study. Nutrition Journal, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-020-00575-3

    Duchaine, C., Fiocco, A. J., Carmichael, P.-H., Cunnane, S. C., Plourde, M., Aurélie Lampuré, Allès, B., Belleville, S., Gaudreau, P., Presse, N., Ferland, G., & Laurin, D. (2022). Serum ω-3 Fatty Acids and Cognitive Domains in Community-Dwelling Older Adults from the NuAge Study: Exploring the Associations with Other Fatty Acids and Sex. Journal of Nutrition, 152(9), 2117–2124. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac110

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  • Treliving Family Chair in Women's Mental Health, Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

    Website: The Galea Lab

  • Terstege, D. J., Ren, Y., Ahn, B. Y., Seo, H., Adigun, K., Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Galea, L. A. M., Sargin, D., & Epp, J. R. (2025). Impaired parvalbumin interneurons in the retrosplenial cortex as the cause of sex-dependent vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Advances, 11(18), eadt8976. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt8976

    Spritzer, M. D., Roy, E. A., Calhoun, K. M. K., Schneider-Lynch, Z. E., Panella, L., Michaelcheck, C., Qian, A., Kelly, E. D., Barr, H., Hall, E., Cunningham, B., Nguyen, H. H. M., Xu, D., Barker, J. M., & Galea, L. A. M. (2025). Effects of Testosterone and Its Major Metabolites upon Different Stages of Neuron Survival in the Dentate Gyrus of Male Rats. Biomolecules, 15(4), 542. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15040542

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  • Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Clinical Neurosciences. Division Head Geriatric Medicine. Medical Lead Specialized Geriatric Services and Transition Services. Program Director for Leaders in Medicine. Cumming School of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, O'Brien Institute of Public Health. University of Calgary.

    Website: UCalgary Profile

  • Goodarzi, Z. S., Mele, B. S., Roberts, D. J., & Holroyd-Leduc, J. (2017). Depression Case Finding in Individuals with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(5), 937–948. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14713

    Watt, J. A., Lane, N. E., Veroniki, A. A., Vyas, M. V., Williams, C., Ramkissoon, N., Thompson, Y., Tricco, A. C., Straus, S. E., & Goodarzi, Z. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of virtual cognitive assessment and testing: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(6), 1429–1440. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17190

Colleen Maxwell standing in front of a blurred indoor background.

  • Professor, cross-appointed
    School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo

    Websites: University of Waterloo

  • Marrie RA, Fakolade A, Linton J, Maxwell CJ, Rotstein D, Schindell B, Tremlett H, Yeh A, Finlayson M. Characterizing the diversity of the multiple sclerosis population in Canada: A scoping review. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2025 Mar 17;11(1):20552173251321814. doi: 10.1177/20552173251321814.

    Tremlett H, Zhu F, Everett K, Asaf A, Manouchehrinia A, Li P, McKay KA, Hillert J, Zhao Y, Maxwell C, Marrie RA. Healthcare use is elevated two decades before a first demyelinating event and differs by age and sex. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2025 Feb;12(2):415-432. doi: 10.1002/acn3.52267.

    Endresz N, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, Oremus M. The Association Between Social Isolation, Functional Social Support, and Memory: A Mediation Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Aug 1:7334648251363655. doi: 10.1177/07334648251363655. Online ahead of print.

    Maximos M, Pelletier R, Elsayed S, Maxwell CJ, Houle SKD, McConnell B, Gamble JM. A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to delabel low-risk penicillin allergies with consideration for sex and gender. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2025 Mar;91(3):684-697. doi: 10.1111/bcp.16366.

    Maxwell CJ, Dampf H, Squires JP, Hogan DB, Cotton CA, MMath EY, Hsu Z, Hoben M. Associations between specialized dementia care, COVID-19 and central nervous system medication use in assisted living: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatr. 2024 Aug 14;24(1):684. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-05274-w.

    Iacono A, Oremus M, Maxwell CJ, Tyas SL. Functional social isolation mediates the association between depression and executive function in older women: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive cohort. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2024 Jul;31(4):661-681. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2023.2226855.

    Yoo SS, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, Oremus M. The association between functional social support and memory in middle-aged and older adults: A Prospective Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging's Comprehensive Cohort. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023 Nov;114:105076. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2023.105076.

    Harris DA, Guo Y, Nakhla N, Tadrous M, Hogan DB, Hennessy D, Langlois K, Garner R, Leslie S, Bronskill SE, Heckman G, Maxwell CJ. Prevalence of prescription and non-prescription polypharmacy by frailty and sex among middle-aged and older Canadians. Health Rep. 2022 Jun 15;33(6):3-16. doi: 10.25318/82-003-x202200600001-eng.

    Maxwell CJ, Maclagan LC, Harris DA, Wang X, Guan J, Marrie RA, Hogan DB, Austin PC, Vigod SN, Swartz RH, Bronskill SE. Incidence of neurological and psychiatric comorbidity over time: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada. Age Ageing. 2022 Feb 2;51(2):afab277. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab277.

    Campitelli MA, Abrahao A, Maclagan LC, Fu L, Maxwell CJ, Swartz RH, Zinman L, Bronskill SE. Health services utilization prior to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis: A province-wide study of individuals treated with riluzole in Ontario, Canada. Muscle Nerve. 2021 Dec;64(6):691-700. doi: 10.1002/mus.27405.

    Maxwell CJ, Mondor L, Pefoyo Koné AJ, Hogan DB, Wodchis WP. Sex differences in multimorbidity and polypharmacy trends: A repeated cross-sectional study of older adults in Ontario, Canada. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 26;16(4):e0250567. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250567

    Maclagan LC, Maxwell CJ, Harris DA, Campitelli MA, Diong C, Lapane KL, Hogan DB, Rochon P, Herrmann N, Bronskill SE. Sex Differences in Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Patterns: A Cohort Study of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents with Dementia in Ontario, Canada. Drugs Aging. 2020 Nov;37(11):817-827. doi: 10.1007/s40266-020-00799-2.

    Maxwell CJ, Campitelli MA, Diong C, Mondor L, Hogan DB, Amuah JE, Leslie S, Seitz D, Gill S, Thavorn K, Wodchis WP, Gruneir A, Teare G, Bronskill SE. Variation in the health outcomes associated with frailty among home care clients: relevance of caregiver distress and client sex. BMC Geriatr. 2018 Sep 12;18(1):211. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0899-8.

    Maxwell CJ, Campitelli MA, Hogan DB, Diong C, Austin PC, Amuah JE, Lapane K, Seitz DP, Gill SS, Gruneir A, Wodchis WP, Bronskill SE. Relevance of frailty to mortality associated with the use of antipsychotics among community-residing older adults with impaired cognition. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2018 Mar;27(3):289-298. doi: 10.1002/pds.4385.

  • Homewood Research Chair in Mental Health and Trauma; Professor and Associate Chair, Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University.

    Websites: The Trauma and Recovery Lab & McMaster Profile

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  • KITE Toronto Rehabilitation Institute UHN; Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health/ Cross appointment Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

    Website: Bridge Lab

  • Mollayeva, T., Tran, A., Hurst, M., Escobar, M., & Colantonio, A. (2023). The effect of sleep disorders on dementia risk in patients with traumatic brain injury: A large‐scale cohort study. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12411

    Teterina, A., Zulbayar, S., Mollayeva, T., Chan, V., Colantonio, A., & Escobar, M. (2023). Gender versus sex in predicting outcomes of traumatic brain injury: a cohort study utilizing large administrative databases. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 18453. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45683-2

    Mollayeva, T., Tran, A., Chan, V., Colantonio, A., & Escobar, M. D. (2022). Sex-specific analysis of traumatic brain injury events: applying computational and data visualization techniques to inform prevention and management. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01493-6

    Mollayeva, T., Sutton, M., Escobar, M., Hurst, M., & Colantonio, A. (2020). The Impact of a Comorbid Spinal Cord Injury on Cognitive Outcomes of Male and Female Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. PM&R, 13(7), 683–694. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12456

    Mollayeva, T., Sharma, B., Vernich, L., Mantis, S., Lewko, J., Gibson, B., Liss, G., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., & Colantonio, A. (2020). Sleep before and after work-related concussion: Sex differences in effects and functional outcomes. Work, 67(4), 927–938. https://doi.org/10.3233/wor-203343

    Mollayeva, T., Hurst, M., Escobar, M., & Colantonio, A. (2019). Sex‐specific incident dementia in patients with central nervous system trauma. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 11(1), 355–367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2019.03.003

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  • Professor, Departments of Medicine (Geriatrics), and Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON. Canada

    Websites: Schulich Medicine and Dentistry

    Gait and Brain Lab

  • Montero-Odasso, M., Almeida, Q. J., Burhan, A. M., Camicioli, R., Doyon, J., Fraser, S., Li, K., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L., Muir-Hunter, S., McIlroy, W., Morais, J. A., Pieruccini-Faria, F., Shoemaker, K., Speechley, M., Vasudev, A., Zou, G. Y., Berryman, N., Lussier, M., & Vanderhaeghe, L. (2018). SYNERGIC TRIAL (SYNchronizing Exercises, Remedies in Gait and Cognition) a multi-Centre randomized controlled double blind trial to improve gait and cognition in mild cognitive impairment. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0782-7

    Bray, N. W., Frederico Pieruccini-Faria, Witt, S. T., Rockwood, K., Bartha, R., Doherty, T. J., Nagamatsu, L. S., Almeida, Q. J., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Bherer, L., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2022). Frailty and functional brain connectivity (FBC) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): baseline results from the SYNERGIC Trial. GeroScience, 45(2), 1033–1048. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00702-4

    Bray, N. W., Pieruccini-Faria, F., Witt, S. T., Bartha, R., Doherty, T. J., Nagamatsu, L. S., Almeida, Q. J., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Bherer, L., & Montero-Odasso, M. (2023). Combining exercise with cognitive training and vitamin D3 to improve functional brain connectivity (FBC) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Results from the SYNERGIC trial. GeroScience, 45(3), 1967–1985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-00805-6

    Montero‐Odasso, M., Almeida, Q. J., Burhan, A. M., Camicioli, R., Li, K., Liu‐Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Doyon, J., Fraser, S., Hunter, S. W., McIlroy, B., Morais, J. A., Frederico Pieruccini‐Faria, Shoemaker, K., Speechley, M. R., Akshya Vasudev, Zou, G. Y., Berryman, N., Lussier, M., & Vanderhaeghe, L. (2022). The SYNERGIC Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Multimodal Interventions to Improve Cognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 18(S11). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.061616

    Burt, J. R., Godin, J., Filion, J., Montero-Odasso, M., Rockwood, K., Andrew, M. K., & Camicioli, R. (2019). Frailty Prevalence in the COMPASS-ND Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 22(4), 205–212. https://doi.org/10.5770/cgj.22.392

    Pieruccini‐Faria, F., Black, S. E., Masellis, M., Smith, E. E., Almeida, Q. J., Li, K. Z. H., Bherer, L., Camicioli, R., & Montero‐Odasso, M. (2021). Gait variability across neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders: Results from the Canadian Consortium of Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) and the Gait and Brain Study. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17(8), 1317–1328. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12298

    Montero-Odasso, M., Zou, G., Speechley, M., Almeida, Q. J., Liu-Ambrose, T., Middleton, L. E., Camicioli, R., Bray, N. W., Li, K. Z. H., Fraser, S., Pieruccini-Faria, F., Berryman, N., Lussier, M., Shoemaker, J. K., Son, S., Bherer, L., & Canadian Gait and Cognition Network. (2023). Effects of Exercise Alone or Combined With Cognitive Training and Vitamin D Supplementation to Improve Cognition in Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 6(7), e2324465. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.24465

    Guan, D. X., Chen, H., Camicioli, R., Montero‐Odasso, M., Smith, E. E., & Ismail, Z. (2021). Dual‐task gait and mild behavioral impairment: Findings on the interface between non‐cognitive dementia markers in the COMPASS‐ND study. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17(S6). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055669

  • Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and Full Professor, CIHR Sex and Gender Research Chair, Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University

    Website: https://www.bheamlab.ca/

  • Kearley, J., Lissaman, R., Langier, A., and M. N. Rajah (2025). Association Between CAIDE Risk Score and Episodic Memory in Middle-Aged Females: The Impact of Natural Menopause, Hormones and Behavior, 171, 105739

    Lissaman, R., Rajagopal, S., Kearley, J., Pasvanis, S. and M. N. Rajah (2024). Menopause status- and sex-related differences in age associations with spatial context memory and white matter microstructure at midlife. Neurobiology of Aging, 141, 151-159

Monica Parry standing in front of a plain grey background.

  • Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

    Websites: Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

    Monica Parry Research

  • Parry, M. et al. (2025) Intersectionality and Unpaid Caregiving: Implications for Caregiver’s Health and Well-being Across Cultures in Canada. CJC Open, Volume 7, Issue 6, S14. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2025.04.053.

    Parry M, Huang T, Clarke H, Bjørnnes A, Harvey P, Parente L, Norris C, Pilote L, Price J, Stinson J, O’Hara A, Fernando M, Watt-Watson J, Nickerson N, Spiteri DeBonis V, Hart D, Faubert C (2025) Development and Systematic Evaluation of a Progressive Web Application for Women With Cardiac Pain: Usability Study. JMIR Hum Factors;12:e57583. Doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/57583.

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  • Cognitive/Behavioural Neurologist, Associate Professor, Div of Neurology, Dept of Medicine, University of British Columbia

    Website: UNBC Profile

  • Bohn, L., Han, A. Y., McFall, G. P., Drouin, S. M., Pettersen, J. A., Rajah, M. N., Einstein, G., Anstey, K. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2024). Gender Selectively Mediates the Association Between Sex and Memory in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Innovation in Aging, 8(11). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae094

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  • Affiliations: Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto and Adjunct Professor, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University

    Website: UTM Profile

  • Mick, P., Kabir, R., Karunatilake, M., Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, M., Young, T.-L., Sosero, Y., Gan-or, Z., Wittich, W., & Phillips, N. A. (2024). APOE-ε4 is not associated with pure-tone hearing thresholds, visual acuity or cognition, cross-sectionally or over 3 years of follow up in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 138, 72–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.01.006

    Mick, P. T., Kabir, R., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Jones, C., Moxham, L., Phillips, N., Urry, E., & Wittich, W. (2023). Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Audiometric Hearing: Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Ear & Hearing, 44(6). https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001370

    Faisal Al-Yawer, M. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, Wittich, W., Mick, P., Giroud, N., Rehan, S., & Phillips, N. A. (2022). Sex-Specific Interactions Between Hearing and Memory in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Findings From the COMPASS-ND Study. Ear and Hearing, 44(4), 751–767. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001322

    Reavis, K. M., Bisgaard, N., Canlon, B., Dubno, J. R., Frisina, R. D., Hertzano, R., Humes, L. E., Mick, P., Phillips, N. A., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Shuster, B., & Singh, G. (2022). Sex-Linked Biology and Gender-Related Research Is Essential to Advancing Hearing Health. Ear & Hearing, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001291

    Phillips, N. A., Isler, L., Kabir, R., Hämäläinen, A., Wittich, W., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., & Mick, P. (2022). Hearing and visual acuity predict cognitive function in adults aged 45–85 years: Findings from the baseline wave of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Psychology and Aging, 37(8), 891–912. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000716

    Gosselin, P., Guan, D. X., Chen, H.-Y., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Phillips, N., Faris, P., Smith, E. E., & Ismail, Z. (2022). The Relationship Between Hearing and Mild Behavioral Impairment and the Influence of Sex: A Study of Older Adults Without Dementia from the COMPASS-ND Study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports, 6(1), 57–66. https://doi.org/10.3233/adr-210045

    Al-Yawer, F., Bruce, H., Li, K. Z. H., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., & Phillips, N. A. (2022). Sex-Related Differences in the Associations Between Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scores and Pure-Tone Measures of Hearing. American Journal of Audiology, 31(1), 220–227. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_aja-21-00131

    Guthrie, D. M., Williams, N., Campos, J., Mick, P., Orange, J. B., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Savundranayagam, M. Y., Wittich, W., & Phillips, N. A. (2021). A Newly Identified Impairment in Both Vision and Hearing Increases the Risk of Deterioration in Both Communication and Cognitive Performance. Canadian Journal on Aging, 41(3), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980821000313

    Hämäläinen, A., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Wittich, W., Phillips, N. A., & Mick, P. (2021). Self-report Measures of Hearing and Vision in Older Adults Participating in the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging are Explained by Behavioral Sensory Measures, Demographic, and Social Factors. Ear & Hearing, 42(4), 814–831. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000000992

    Mick, P. T., Hämäläinen, A., Kolisang, L., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Phillips, N., Guthrie, D., & Wittich, W. (2020). The Prevalence of Hearing, Vision, and Dual Sensory Loss in Older Canadians: An Analysis of Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue Canadienne Du Vieillissement, 40(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980820000070

    Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: a Meta-analytic Review. PLoS Medicine, 7(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316