✨ Thank You all for Attending the RQRV Scientific Days!

On April 2 and 3, 2025, more than 150 people gathered each day at the IUGM Research Centre in Montreal to highlight research on aging. The Quebec Network for Research on Aging (RQRV) would like to warmly thank all participants for their commitment and enthusiasm.

🔍 an Edition Marked by the Engagement of the Entire Community:

• • • 156 registered participants per day, including:
    • 110 students and postdoctoral fellows
    • 63 researchers
    • 38 health or research professionals

🎤 a Rich and Stimulating Program:

• • • 80 poster presentations
    • 12 oral presentations
    • 21 speakers
    • 24 dedicated reviewers

🏆 Winners of the Excellence Awards – Oral Presentations

• • Valérie Thériault (Bachelor’s, Université Laval)
    The influence of bacterial inactivation methods on the biology of Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Alexandra Éthier (Doctorate, Université de Sherbrooke)
    Influence of Ministerial Strategic Plans on the work of case managers providing home services to the elderly
  • Caroline Duchaine (Post-Doctorate, CRIUGM)
    Risk factor profiles and change in risk factors and in cognitive function over 12 months: The CAN-THUMBS UP Brain Health Support Program Study
  • Mathilde Reyt (Post-Doctorate, Concordia University)
    Online cognitive-behavioral therapy to alleviate insomnia and anxiety in older adults

🏅 Winners of the Excellence Awards – Poster Presentations

• • Pénélope Pelletier (Bachelor’s, Université de Montréal)
    Social participation among LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities: protocol for a systematic literature review
  • Wood Guerlin Tellus (Master’s, Université de Sherbrooke)
    Acceptability, applicability, and adaptability of health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention strategies in the Haitian context
  • Laurie Bonenfant (Master’s, Université de Montréal)
    Effects of selective STEP suppression in the hippocampal CA2 region on social memory
  • Marianne Laliberté (Master’s, Université du Québec à Montréal)
    Evolution of muscle function with age: influence of sedentary behavior and its definition
  • Sarah Brosse (Doctorate, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
    Interactions between the olfactory and trigeminal systems in Parkinson’s disease
  • Bijou Andriambelo (Doctorate, Université de Sherbrooke)
    Modification of lipid composition at blood-brain interfaces in mice at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
  • Flavie Gaudreau-Majeau (Doctorate, Université de Montréal)
    Framingham General Cardiovascular Risk Score, CAIDE Score, and cognitive profile of a sample of Quebec seniors – preliminary results
  • Vincent Marcangeli (Doctorate, Université du Québec à Montréal)
    Circulating taurine concentrations are not associated with aging, physical and neuromuscular performance in humans – preliminary results

🚀 Support for the Next Generation:

• • • 25 travel grants offered to students to encourage their participation

☕ a Science Café Open to the World:

• • • 150 registered participants
    • Including 74 members of the general public, who came to discuss issues related to aging

Once again, thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of these days: speakers, participants, reviewers, students, professional staff, partners, and members of the public.

Your presence, your ideas, and your passion are at the heart of the network’s vitality.

👉 See you soon for our next activities!