Nárlon Boa Sorte Silva

Dr. Nárlon Boa Sorte Silva is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy and School of Biomedical Engineering at The University of British Columbia. Under the supervision of Drs. Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Roger Tam, Nárlon’s research aims to understand the impact of preventive or protective factors on age- and pathology-related declines in brain health. Specifically, he is assessing the influence of exercise on white matter myelin, cortical volume, and clinical outcomes such as mobility and cognition in older individuals living with vascular cognitive impairment. Nárlon earned his PhD at Western University (London, Ontario) and a BSc at the University Nove de Julho (São Paulo, Brazil). Nárlon has expertise in randomized controlled trials, exercise assessment and prescription, as well as neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and clinical data analysis. His favourite hobbies are spending time with his family, reading and writing poetry, playing basketball, working out, and cooking Brazilian food.