A national award has been given to a Brock University student looking to uncover the factors that increase people's risk of degenerative health issues like dementia and stroke.
PhD student Shakiru Alaka received one of this year's Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada Personnel Awards.
The award includes a grant that will support his research on using AI to find hidden patterns between lifestyle factors and damage to proteins in the body that can lead to memory loss, and increase the chance of stroke, Alzheimer's, and dementia.
Alaka will using data gathered from a study on aging that includes information on biological samples, cognitive assessments, and patient lifestyles such as smoking and physical exercise.
(Written by: DJ Blokzyl)