Belleville Sylvie
Thème primaireNeuroscience of agingThèmes secondairesInterventions and sustainable healthDigital health
Contact information
sylvie.belleville@umontreal.ca
Biography
Sylvie Belleville is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal and was Scientific Director of the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM). A trained neuropsychologist, she earned her Ph.D. at McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of Isabelle Peretz and André Roch Lecours.
She is internationally recognized for her work in the neuropsychology of aging and neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Brain Plasticity and serves as the Scientific Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging (RQRV).
Over the course of her career, she has received numerous prestigious awards, including the ACFAS Léo-Pariseau Prize, the Brenda Milner Award, an honorary doctorate from the University of Mons, and election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She has served on many national and international committees, including the Canadian Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia, and acts as a knowledge translation ambassador for the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA).
She is also involved in major international projects (NIH, ORA-6, Horizon 2020), and led the CIMA-Q consortium, which brings together longitudinal cohorts to better understand Alzheimer’s disease trajectories. Her research focuses on the cognitive and brain mechanisms underlying aging and neurodegeneration.
Research interests
Her research interests include:
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early identification of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment;
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neuroplasticity and brain compensation processes associated with aging;
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development, evaluation, and implementation of personalized cognitive interventions, often combined with digital technologies (e.g., virtual reality, digital therapies);
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study of cognitive reserve, risk and protective factors (lifestyle, education, genetics, etc.);
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interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral science applied to aging, integrating public health, neuroscience, psychology, and social innovation.
Her work has tangible impacts on the prevention of cognitive decline and the promotion of brain health, with strong collaborations at the provincial, national, and international levels.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, neuropsychology of aging, cognitive reserve, cognitive interventions, brain plasticity, prevention of cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, knowledge translation.
