Dr. Gordon Winocur
Professor Department of Psychology, Trent University
Professor Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest
Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Research Focus
My research is concerned with cognitive changes associated with selective brain damage and normal aging in humans and animal models.
Current projects, involving animals and humans, investigate the pattern of lost and spared memory loss following damage to the hippocampus, with a particular interest in spatial memory and remote memory. A new initiative investigates the impact of stroke on cognition and motor function and recovery in rats considered to be at high or low risk. Other ongoing projects involving animal models study the effects of high dietary fat and insulin resistance on learning and memory, the effects of chemotherapy on aspects of cognition, hippocampal neurogenesis and memory, and the cognitive profiles of transgenic mice carrying genetic abnormalities associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Following a recently completed trial of a new cognitive rehabilitation protocol involving older adults, a new study is assessing the effectiveness of this program in cognitively impaired patients with white matter disease who are at high risk for stroke. The long-term plan includes extending this work to other populations, such as traumatic brain injury, and Mild Cognitive Impairment.
This research is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Centre for Stroke Recovery (Heart and Stroke Foundation).
Publications
Education
- 1966: PhD, Psychology , University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- 1964: MA, Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- 1962: BA, Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Academic Appointments
- 1977–2005: Professor, Department of Psychology, Trent University , Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- 1986–Present: Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1991–Present: Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1993–Present: Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2004–2006: Vice President Research, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1980–1981: Visiting Professor, Oxford University, England
- 1971–1977: Associate Professor, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- 1973–1974: Visiting Professor, Oxford University, England
- 1970–1971: Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 1966–1970: Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Contact
The Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest
3560 Bathurst Street, 940
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6A 2E1 Phone: (416) 785-2500 x3592 Email: gwinocur
rotman-baycrest.on.ca Fax: (416) 785-2474