CIHR’s Institute of Genetics is planning a workshop to bring together patients living in Canada to help ensure patient and caregiver voices are heard and guide our future work. We will discuss best practices in patient engagement in genetics research, focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are looking for...

Project title: The perspective of people who have recessive ataxia in assessing the impact of the disease: development of a self-reported assessment tool Responsible doctoral student: Marjolaine Tremblay, SW, Ph.D.(c) Supervision: Cynthia Gagnon, OT, Ph.D; Bernard Brais, MD, Ph.D. You are invited to participate in a research project to develop...

Since its inception, the Ataxia Canada Foundation has had the mission of supporting research to contribute to the development of therapies targeting both the causes and the effects of different forms of ataxia. The pursuit of this objective is still very much alive within the administration and the members of the Foundation. Research funded by...

The Collaborative clinical research network on Friedreich’s ataxia from Montreal is now seeking the participation of a pediatric patient with a diagnosis of Freidreich’s ataxia in order to join the study of natural history!   This international network brings together 13 sites working together to advance the treatment and clinical...

Late-onset hereditary dominant episodic ataxia in French Canadians Dr David Pellerin 1, Dr. Mathilde Renaud 2, Mrs. Karine Choquet 1, Prof. Martine Tétreault 3, Mrs. Sylvie Provost 3, Mrs. Marie-Josée Dicaire 1, Dr Roberta La Piana 1, Dr Rami Massie 1, Dr Colin Chalk 1, Dr. Anne-Louise Lafontaine 1, Prof. Marie-Pierre...

  Gene editing of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for Friedreich’s ataxia using CRISPR/Cas9 technology Dr. Celine Rocca 1, Ms. Shi Yanmeng 1, Mr. Jay Sharma 1, Dr. Prashant Mali 1, Dr. Stephanie Cherqui 1 University of California, San Diego Our goal is now to develop an autologous HSPC...

Friedreich Ataxia Collaborative Clinical Research Network and Natural History Research Project We want  to inform you that Dr. Antoine Duquette, a neurologist at the CHUM, and his research team will now be responsible for a site in Montreal that integrates the Collaborative Research Network in Friedreich Ataxia (CCRN in FA)...