Baycrest Research Division - Enriching Care, Enhancing Knowledge, Enlightening Minds

Current Funding Sources

  1. Higher Education Authority and Atlantic Philanthropies
    Sponsor: Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and National Neuroscience Network
    Principal Investigator: Ian H. Robertson Co-Investigators:
    Amount: ¤28 million Duration: 2002-2007
  2. Aging, inhibition, and the contents of working memory
    Sponsor: National Institute on Aging
    Principal Investigator: Lynn Hasher Co-Investigators: Rose T. Zacks, Michigan State University
    Amount: Year 1 = $417,058 US Hasher's portion $207,857 Duration: 2002-2007
  3. Investigation of Cognitive Processing in Older Adults Using Eye Movement Monitoring
    Sponsor: Canadian Institute of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Lynn Hasher Co-Investigators: J.D. Ryan
    Amount: $60,000/yr Duration: 2003-2007
  4. Efficacy of Adjunct Sleep Interventions for PTSD
    Sponsor: Department of Defense
    Principal Investigator: A. Germain Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock (Consultant; Laboratory Support)
    Amount: $24,801 USD Duration: 2005-2010
  5. Maintenance Therapies in Late-Life Depression –III
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: B.G. Pollock Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $1, 988, 394 USD Duration: 2005-2009
  6. Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research for Late-Life Mood Disorders
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: C. Reynolds B.G. Pollock Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $2,962,260 USD Duration: 2005-2010
  7. Development of an Anticholinergic Burden Risk Assessment Tool
    Sponsor: Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
    Principal Investigator: B.G. Pollock (Co-Principal Investigator) Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $204,700 USD Duration: 2004-2007
  8. Neuroscience-Guided Remediation of Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: S. Vinogradov Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: $36,000 USD Duration: 2004-2009
  9. Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: M. Bruce Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock (Core Faculty/Mentor)
    Amount: Duration: 2003-2008
  10. Predicting Alcoholic Treatment Response to a SSRI
    Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    Principal Investigator: R. Anthenelli Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: $55,140 USD Duration: 2003-2008
  11. Serotonin Modulation in Geriatric Depression
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: G. Smith Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: $152,560 USD Duration: 2003-2008
  12. fMRI Research via Database Mining, Management Project 2: Optimizing fMRI Processing Pipelines
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
    Principal Investigator: MS Gazzaniga, PhD, Dartmouth College Co-Investigators: Core-Project 1: J Van Horn; Project 2: SC Strother; Project 3: M D'Esposito
    Amount: US$ 1,500,000 Project 2: US$100,000/annually Duration: 2005-2007
  13. MT-13364 - Human event-related potentials
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (previously Medical Research Council)
    Principal Investigator: Picton Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $ 513,860 Duration: 2003-2008
  14. Commonwealth Center of Excellence for Bipolar Disorder
    Sponsor: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    Principal Investigator: D.J. Kupfer Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: Duration: 2003-2007
  15. Clinical Research Training in Late-Life Mood Disorder
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: C.F. Reynolds Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: Duration: 2002-2007
  16. MGC-14974 - CIHR brain and aging group at the Rotman Research Institute
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (previously Medical Research Council)
    Principal Investigator: Stuss Co-Investigators: Black, Levine, Picton, Winocur
    Amount: $2,074,570 (core only) Duration: 2003-2008
  17. MOP 44063 - Magnetoencephalographic studies of the human auditory cortex. (Pantev, Picton, Alain) In 2003, Picton became the Principal Investigator
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (previously Medical Research Council)
    Principal Investigator: Picton Co-Investigators: Pantev, Alain
    Amount: $ 752,450 Duration: 2001-2006
  18. Medication Adherence in Older Psychotic People
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: J. Lacro Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: $39,000 USD Duration: 2002-2007
  19. Anticholinergic Drugs, Cognitive Deficits & Normal Aging
    Sponsor: National Institute on Aging
    Principal Investigator: R.D. Nebes Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: $700,000 USD Duration: 2002-2006
  20. Network mechanisms underlying cognition and recovery of function in the human brain.
    Sponsor: Bridging Brain, Mind, and Behavior, James S. McDonnell Foundation, USA
    Principal Investigator: AR McIntosh Co-Investigators: See http://brainnrg.ca/
    Amount: US$4,200,000 Duration: 2005-2008
  21. Geropsychopharmacology: Enhancing Benefit, Reducing Risk
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: B.G. Pollock Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $544,390 USD Duration: 2002-2007
  22. Self regulation of behaviour in patients with frontal lobe brain disease: Neuropsychology, neuroimaging and functional outcome
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Dr. B Levine Co-Investigators: SE Black, L Dade, BL Miller,
    Amount: $203,931CA and $3000CA (equipment) Duration: 2003-2006
  23. The functional neuroanatomy of cognition in traumatic brain injury: Executive functioning, memory, and rehabilitation.
    Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
    Principal Investigator: Dr. B Levine Co-Investigators: SE Black, L Dade, C Easdon, CL Grady, SI Graham, T Manly, AR McIntosh, K O'Craven, IH Robertson, ML
    Amount: $1,348,215US Duration: 2002-2007
  24. Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Functional Neuroimaging. Project 2:Concensus patterns in functional neuroimaging.
    Sponsor: NIH, National Institue of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
    Principal Investigator: DA Rottenberg, University of Minnesota Co-Investigators: Project 2: SC Strother; LK Hansen, and Finn Nielsen, Danish Technical University, Copenhagen
    Amount: US$985,362; Project 2: US$150,000 annually Duration: 2001-2006
  25. Depression: The Search for Treatment-Relevant Phenotypes
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: E. Frank Co-Investigators: B.G. Pollock
    Amount: $686,895 USD Duration: 2003-2008
  26. FMRI studies of age related differences in the brain networks underlying different forms of memory.
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Dr. CL Grady Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $99,669/yr Duration: 2005-2010
  27. The functional neuroanatomy of cognition in traumatic brain injury: Executive functioning, memory, and rehabilitation
    Sponsor:
    Principal Investigator: B Levine Co-Investigators: Dr. AR McIntosh
    Amount: Duration: 2002-2007
  28. Network mechanisms underlying cognition and recovery of function in the human brain
    Sponsor: JS McDonnell Foundation
    Principal Investigator: Dr. AR McIntosh Co-Investigators: see http://www.brainnrg.ca
    Amount: Duration: 2005-2008
  29. Development of an integrative computational neuroscience program to understand human mental function
    Sponsor:
    Principal Investigator: Dr. AR McIntosh Co-Investigators:
    Amount: Duration: 2002-2007
  30. Behavior Research And Imaging Network: A Provincial Consortium for Neuroimaging
    Sponsor:
    Principal Investigator: Dr. AR McIntosh Co-Investigators:
    Amount: Duration: 2002-2007
  31. Continuation Pharmacotherapy for Agitation of Dementia
    Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health
    Principal Investigator: B.G. Pollock Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $1,163,305 USD Duration: 2000-2006
  32. In vivo characterization of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment using advanced high field MR techniques
    Sponsor: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
    Principal Investigator: Dr. SE Black Co-Investigators: A Moody, G Stanisz, S Graham, N Lobaugh, D Sahlas, DT Stuss
    Amount: $359, 860 Duration: 2005-2008
  33. Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery
    Sponsor: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
    Principal Investigator: Dr. A Hakim (Ottawa) Co-Investigators: S Black (SWCHSC), DT Stuss (Baycrest)
    Amount: $12,800,000 (Baycrest portion = $3,200,000) Duration: 2003-2013
  34. Brain recovery: Return of cognitive and social function (Support period was extended from 2005 to 2007, allowing us to use the used portion of the grant, equaling $400,000 per year for the extra 2 years).
    Sponsor: McDonnell Foundation
    Principal Investigator: Dr. DT Stuss Co-Investigators: C Baum, A Dromerick
    Amount: $2,000,000 (US) (Baycrest portion = $1,000,000) Duration: 2002-2007
  35. In vivo brain mapping in the dementias: A longitudinal brain-behaviour study with a focus on cerebrovascular disease
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Dr. SE Black Co-Investigators: CB Caldwell, SJ Graham, WE McIlroy, D Sahlas, GJ Stanisz, DT Stuss, R Swartz, JP Szalai
    Amount: $906,530 (Equipment: $11,000) Duration: 2003-2008
  36. Frontal lobes: Fractionation and localization of anterior attentional and emotional processing
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald T Stuss Co-Investigators: MP Alexander, FIM Craik, MA Binns
    Amount: $649,190 (Equipment: $15,098) Duration: 2003-2008
  37. CIHR Brain and aging group at the Rotman Research Institute
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Dr Donald T Stuss Co-Investigators: and Group
    Amount: $2,000,000 (Equipment: $74,425) Duration: 2003-2008
  38. MRI Hyperintensities and executive deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD): A quantitative neuroimaging-behavioral analysis
    Sponsor: Alzheimer's Association (US) - 2003 Initated Research Grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr. SE Black Co-Investigators: DT Stuss, S Graham, G Stanisz
    Amount: $240,000 (US) Duration: 2003-2006
  39. Behavioral and Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Remote Spatial Memory
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M Moscovitch, Dr. CL Grady Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $100,862/yr Duration: 2005-2010
  40. The Functional Neuroanatomy of Cognition in Traumatic Brain Injury: Executive Functioning, Memory, and Rehabilitation.
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, R01
    Principal Investigator: Dr. B Levine Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $245,000 annually Duration: 2002-2006
  41. Sensory and Cognitive Aging.
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, group grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr. B Schneider Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $176,278 annually Duration: 2003-2008
  42. Age Related Differences in Working Memory for “What” and “Where” in the Auditory System.
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, operating grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr. CL Grady Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $58,630 annually Duration: 2004-2007
  43. Neural Mechanisms of Memory Rehabilitation in Aging.
    Sponsor: 2004-2007 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, operating grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr N Anderson Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $90,063 annually Duration: 2004-2007
  44. The Influence of Visual Deprivation on the Development of Human Visual Pathways: Neuroimaging of Patients Treated for Congenital Cataract during Infancy.
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, operating grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr D Maurer Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $101,871 annually Duration: 2004-2007
  45. Pattern Recognition and Scene Analysis in Older Adults.
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, operating grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr P Bennett Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $92,680 annually Duration: 2004-2007
  46. Brain Changes Associated with Treatment of Anomia in Aphasia.
    Sponsor: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, operating grant
    Principal Investigator: Dr E Rochon Co-Investigators:
    Amount: $122,678 annually Duration: 2004-2007
  47. Behavioral and neural correlates of autobiographical memory in ECT and depression.
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    Principal Investigator: Levine, B. Co-Investigators: Moscovitch, M., Söderlund, H., Herrmann, N., Christensen, B., Ravindran, A., Graham, S.I., Daskalaki
    Amount: CA$365,915 Duration: 2006-2011
  48. Transformation of whole head magnetoencephalographic data onto standardized sensor position
    Sponsor: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
    Principal Investigator: Bernhard Ross Co-Investigators: Wilkin Chau
    Amount: 126,000$ Duration: 2006-2008
  49. Aging related changes in central hearing - A neuromagnetic study
    Sponsor: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
    Principal Investigator: Bernhard Ross Co-Investigators: Terence Picton, Claude Alain
    Amount: 680,000$ Duration: 2006-2011

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