Research Summary
Neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are among the leading causes of disability among Canadians. As Canada Research Chair in Multimodal Data Integration in Neurodegenerative Research, Dr. Yasser Iturria-Medina is looking for ways to personalize treatments for people afflicted by these diseases as well as those suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (better known as ALS).
He and his research team are developing a computational framework for identifying and characterizing distinct, multi-level biological sub-trajectories in neurodegenerative disorders. By finding and describing these distinct disease patterns—and better understanding the biological processes behind them—the team’s work could greatly improve our knowledge of these neurological conditions and help guide the development of new, more targeted treatments for them.