Sylvie Belleville is a professor at the Psychology Department of the University of Montreal and a researcher at the Research Centre of the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM). She is recognised for her work in the area of cognitive training for older adults and persons with mild cognitive impairment, as well as the prevention of age-related mental decline. Her work also contributed to a better understanding of the neuropsychological deficits found in persons with very early signs of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. She published more than 265 peer-reviewed articles and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Brain Plasticity. She is the scientific director of the Québec Ageing Network and is a member of the Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) on Dementia in Canada. She received many prizes in recognition of her work and was elected a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.