Hollywood actor Bruce Willis' dementia diagnosis

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John Woulfe (English and French) 

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, and Brain and Mind Research Institute, and Clinical Neuropathologist, The Ottawa Hospital.

jwoulfe@uottawa.ca

The research interests of Dr. Woulfe focus on frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and neuropathology. Specifically, Dr. Woulfe studies the brain changes that cause FTD.



Linda Garcia (English and French) 

Full professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary School of Health sciences

lgarcia@uOttawa.ca

Linda Garcia’s personal research interests focus on the impact of physical, social, technological and clinical environments on the quality of life of individuals with neurological disorders, especially dementia. She is interested in developing interventions that include approaches based on human interactions, especially in long-term care living environments. Trajectories and transitions in aging is her area of specialty.