Advancing brain health and dementia research in Canada: insights from focus groups with the Dementia Research and Innovation Funders Alliance.
Background and Objectives Strategic planning and prioritization are critical to fueling scientific acceleration to advance dementia prevention, treatment, and quality of life. Although funding agencies and community leaders have important roles in supporting research, their insights remain largely o...
| Publicado en: | Gerontologist Vol. 66; no. 7; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Jul2026
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Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00169013 GET jtl: Gerontologist issn: 00169013 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 66 iid: 7 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195281451 10.1093/geront/gnag124 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Advancing brain health and dementia research in Canada: insights from focus groups with the Dementia Research and Innovation Funders Alliance. aug: au: Bacsu, Juanita-Dawne R Ménard, Alixe Berlinguette, Cheltey Hulko, Wendy O'Connell, Megan E Fraser, Sarah Mann, Jim Blackstock, Sheila Norman, Myrna D'Souza, Melba Sheila affil: School of Nursing, Population Health and Aging Rural Research (PHARR) Centre, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada School of Social Work and Human Service, Population Health and Aging Rural Research (PHARR) Centre, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Department of Psychology & Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada National dementia advocate and person living with dementia, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada National dementia advocate and person living with dementia, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada su: Canada Qualitative research Focus groups Interprofessional relations Interviewing International relations Medical research Health promotion Brain physiology Research funding Thematic analysis Research methodology Life course approach Dementia sug: subj: Qualitative research Focus groups Interprofessional relations Interviewing International relations Medical research Health promotion Canada Foreign affairs International Affairs Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) Brain physiology Research funding Thematic analysis Research methodology Life course approach Dementia keyword: brain Brain health canada Collaboration community copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 equity health promotion https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag124 Implementation science inLanguage:en Life course publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42261250/ brain Brain health canada Collaboration community copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 equity health promotion https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag124 Implementation science inLanguage:en Life course publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42261250/ ab: Background and Objectives Strategic planning and prioritization are critical to fueling scientific acceleration to advance dementia prevention, treatment, and quality of life. Although funding agencies and community leaders have important roles in supporting research, their insights remain largely overlooked. Recently, the Dementia Research and Innovation Funders Alliance was created by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to foster collaboration, innovation, and identify impactful ways to mobilize research findings on brain health and dementia. Through focus groups with Alliance members, this study aimed to gather expert insight to accelerate brain health and dementia research in Canada. Research Design and Methods Three focus groups were conducted with 20 Alliance members from June 24 to 26, 2025. The focus groups were led by an experienced moderator who asked four open-ended questions exploring priorities to maximize research impact, including translation into practice and policy. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Results Four themes were identified: (i) implementation gap: translating research into action; (ii) life-course approach: enhancing brain health promotion across all ages; (iii) global collaboration: leveraging international connections to drive research and innovation forward; and (iv) equity-denied groups: advancing inclusion and community-based research. Discussion and Implications While extensive studies have been conducted on brain health and dementia research, there is a pressing need to translate research findings into practice and policy. It is critical that future research prioritizes implementation science across the life course, international collaboration, and partnerships with equity-denied groups to advance brain health and dementia research and innovation in Canada. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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