Claudine Gauthier PhD

Claudine Gauthier her research explores how the brain is affected by the cardiovascular disease through innovative techniques in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of deaths in high-income countries is due to chronic vascular diseases when arteries throughout the body stiffen. This is thought to extend to the brain, resulting in damage to all types of brain cells and even leading to other neurological and neurovascular diseases such as stroke and dementia. By developing new methods in MRI technology, her research is harnessing this non-invasive tool as a way to measure and better understand the complex causes of cardiovascular diseases. What they learn about the connections between cardiovascular disease and brain health could mean breakthroughs in prevention and treatment.