Research team of the PREVENT-Alzherimer Program.  

The goal of the PREVENT-AD program is to study memory and brain changes in healthy people over the age of 60.

To date, there is no known cure for Alzheimer's Disease. Current drug treatments offer modest symptom relief, but none of the medications is known to delay or halt the progression of the disease.

McGill and the Douglas have joined hands to create the StoP-AD Centre dedicated to the prevention of AD.

Alzheimer's disease: A ticking bomb Canada and the world face a ruinous increase in the incidence of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Around the globe, more than 35 million people have dementia. Their care costs $600 billion each ye

StoP-AD Centre has established graduate student and post-doctoral training scholarships.

Internships and thesis projects Our research project offers many opportunities for graduate internships or thesis projects. Here is a list of ongoing thesis projects: Student: André Ngamini Ngui Academic Program: PhD, Applied Human Sciences

Depression in children: We don’t talk about major depression in babies, but rather about a tendency to be sad.

Members of the CIHR Team in Social and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Norbert Schmitz laboratory studies the relationship between mental disorders and somatic chronic conditions in the general population.