Researchers receive dementia research grant

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Published: May 1, 2018

Richard Sztramko and Anthony Levinson have received a grant from the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, led by Baycrest Health Sciences, supporting their dementia and caregivers research.

The grant through the Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program is valued at $450,000.

The funds will support the iGeriCare Initiative, which uses multimedia e-learning to improve quality of life for family caregivers of people with dementia.

Sztramko is a member of MIRA and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine. Levinson is co-lead of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, director of the division of e-Learning Innovation for the Faculty of Health Sciences and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences.

Source: McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences