Geriatrics with a focus on the assessment, management and rehabilitation of cognition , memory, perception and mental health in both normal aging and in the presence of diseases and conditions that affect the brain such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Over 1,800 staff and 2,000 volunteers

Baycrest's Research Centre for Aging and the Brain includes the Rotman Research Institute and the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit

Multi-disciplinary areas, with a strong focus on the aging brain,  assessment, management and rehabilitation of  cognitive changes; mood disorders including depression; drug safety in seniors; plus applied research in collaboration with nursing, medicine, nutrition, social work, and other disciplines

Approximately 180 researchers in 2009, including scientists, research assistants, postdoc fellows and graduate students

• In 2009, an external review panel ranked the Rotman Research Institute (RRI) among the top neuroscience programs in the world
• Baycrest's Research Centre for Aging and the Brain is home to world-renowned cognitive scientists Dr. Endel Tulving (Gairdner recipient, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee , Fellow of the Royal Society of London (UK)  and Canada , Officer of the Order of Canada ); Dr. Fergus Craik  Fellow of the Royal Society of London (UK) and Canada; Dr. Morris Moscovitch  (Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada)  and Dr. Donald Stuss  (Member of the Order of Ontario; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada) ; and Dr. Bruce Pollock (geriatric psychopharmacology)
• Neuroscience discoveries over the last decade have advanced understanding of  the change in cognitive functions  due to aging, depression, stroke, poor diet, and brain's capacity to compensate in early Alzheimer disease  and rehabilitate after traumatic brain injury and stroke 
• Major research alliances in Canada and abroad   Ranked by external review team among the top five brain research institutes in the world

• Investigation of cognitive processing in older adults using fMRI, MEG, PET,  ERP and EEG  imaging technologies
• Development of cognitive rehabilitation programs for head injury, stroke, mild cognitive impairment (pre-Alzheimer) and for maintaining cognitive vitality in normal healthy aging
• Design and launch of the first computerized physician order entry system, with clinical decision support, for long-term care environment -- with the aim of helping doctors improve drug prescribing decisions for elderly patients that reduce the risk of adverse events
• In 2008, Baycrest received $10-million from the Ontario Government to create a groundbreaking Centre for Brain Fitness. The goal of the centre is to  develop and commercialize a range of products designed to improve the brain health of aging Ontarians and others around the world

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