{"id":45372,"date":"2018-01-18T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=45372"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:46","slug":"experts-available-alzheimers-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/experts-available-alzheimers-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Available: Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Experts Available: Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/brain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/brain.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/brain-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/brain-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As January is Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness month, Carleton experts are available to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew Holahan<\/strong><br>\nProfessor, Department of Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>613-520-2600, ext. 1543<br>\n<strong>Email<\/strong><strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:Matthew.Holahan@carleton.ca\">Matthew.Holahan@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holahan\u2019s research interests include brain development, memory, addiction and concussions.&nbsp; The Holahan Lab is currently undertaking research related to the effects of low doses of phthalates on stress and development; the acquisition and expression of remote spatial memories during the juvenile period and how glutamate receptor blockade during development can effect spatial memories; as well as concussion research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holahan teaches a course titled Neurodegeneration and Aging, which includes the topic of Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bruce Wallace<\/strong><br>\nAdjunct Research Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 613-520-2600, ext. 1943<br>\n<strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:wally@sce.carleton.ca\">wally@sce.carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wallace is the executive director of the Sensors and Analytics for Monitoring Mobility and Memory (SAM<sup>3<\/sup>) hub, which conducts innovative research on the application of technology-based solutions to enable an aging population to maintain a healthy and independent lifestyle. SAM<sup>3<\/sup>\u2019s work on technology solutions related to memory will contribute to assisting individuals with Dementia, including those with Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wallace\u2019s research expertise includes biomedical engineering; bioinstrumentation; biomedical applications of sensors and systems; cognition measurement; assisted living and the challenges of aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amedeo D\u2019Angiulli<\/strong><br>\nProfessor, Department of Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong>:&nbsp;613-520-2600, ext. 2954<br>\n<strong>Email<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Amedeo_Dangiulli@carleton.ca\">Amedeo_Dangiulli@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019Angiulli\u2019s interdisciplinary research includes cognitive neuropsychology, developmental science, sociology of education, educational psychology among other topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019Angiulli is available to discuss his&nbsp;research&nbsp;on neuro-inflammation and developmental environmental neurotoxicology, in particular air pollution, and its role in Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As January is Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness month, Carleton experts are available to comment. Matthew Holahan Professor, Department of Neuroscience Phone:&nbsp;613-520-2600, ext. 1543 Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew.Holahan@carleton.ca Holahan\u2019s research interests include brain development, memory, addiction and concussions.&nbsp; The Holahan Lab is currently undertaking research related to the effects of low doses of phthalates on stress and development; the acquisition and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":46963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[104,111,112],"class_list":["post-45372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experts-available","tag-science","tag-neuroscience","tag-systems-and-computer-engineering"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63834,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45372\/revisions\/63834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}