Current C5R Activities

• Coordination of the clinical research centres and Memory Clinics in Canada studying and treating dementia trials in Canada.
   
• Review of the protocols for drug studies related to dementia trials in Canada.
   
  
• Coordinating clinical centres interested in participation in such studies.
   
  
• Liaison between researchers, clinical centres, and industry regarding dementia research.
    
  
• Liaison and advocacy in partnership with CIHR, Alzheimer Society of Canada, and national agencies.
   
  
• Continuing medical education and annual symposia/workshops on topics related to dementia.
   
  
• Conduct and analysis of clinic-based cohort studies in parallel with the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.
   
  
• Organization, participation, and support for national and international conferences such as on vascular dementia. (Can. J. Neurol. Sci. 1994, 21:358-64) and consensus conferences on dementia (CMAJ June 15, 1999; Vol. 160 C12 Suppl.).