Haakon Nygaard

Degrees / Credentials

MD, PhD

Titles

Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Fipke Professor in Alzheimer's Research
Director, UBC Hospital Clinic for Alzheimer and Related Disorders

Membership

Full Member

Contact Info

Phone
604-827-0600
Fax
604-822-0361
Mailing Address
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3

Research Information

To better understand the healthy brain, Dr. Nygaard leads a project to sequence the genomes of centenarians in search for a genetic cause of dementia-free aging. As both a clinician and a scientist, Dr. Nygaard hopes to bridge the gap between basic science and clinical neurology to facilitate novel therapeutic development in Alzheimer’s disease.

Keywords

  • dementia
  • clinical trials