Blog
13 October 2020
CANTAB Research Grant assists research into defining cognitive phenotypes in individuals with CNVs associated with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders
Ciara Molloy recently spoke to us about the impact that receiving one of the three 2020 CANTAB Research Grant prizes will have on her research: ‘The impact of rare copy number variants on cognition: Defining cognitive phenotypes in individuals with CNVs associated with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.’
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5 October 2020
2020 CANTAB Research Grant supports research into combined dexmedetomidine / ketamine nasal spray for analgesia
The winner of one of the three 2020 CANTAB Research Grant prizes, Dr Amie Hayley, Swinburne University of Technology explains the impact CANTAB will have on her research: Combined dexmedetomidine/ketamine nasal spray for analgesia: a pilot feasibility and efficacy trial.
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23 September 2020
CANTAB Research Grant funds new ways to assess vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) in chronic lung disease
Dr Simone De Luca recently received the 2020 CANTAB Research Grant primary award for her project: “New ways to assess vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) in chronic lung disease”. We spoke to her about the impact winning would have on her research.
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2 September 2020
Using CANTAB to study the relationships between executive function, eating behaviour and preoperative weight loss in bariatric surgery candidates
PhD candidate Gro Walø-Syversen of Oslo University Hospital, shared the role that CANTAB played in her latest publication: Executive Function, Eating Behavior, and Preoperative Weight Loss in Bariatric Surgery Candidates: An Observational Study.
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27 August 2020
Does the impact of high-altitude impair cognitive performance?
Alexander Friend shares the role CANTAB played in the research he conducted on cognitive impairment at high-altitude while at The University of Birmingham.
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18 August 2020
Accuracy of automated scoring of verbal paired associates in a remote data collection context
At the virtual AAIC 2020 conference Dr Francesca Cormack shared her research, focusing on automatic speech recognition for verbal cognitive testing.
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29 July 2020
Successful delivery of CANTAB cognitive assessments across diverse health systems
At the virtual AAIC 2020 conference Dr Elizabeth Baker presented data on the successful delivery of CANTABTM assessments across diverse health systems and ages: 10 – 90 years old.
The study captures normative performance across the lifespan to support a cognitive screening tool for characterising a range of neuropsychological disorders in clinics across India.
