Media Release — Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Grand Opening
Date of release: Sept. 28, 2012
For more information:
Laura Thompson
Communications Officer
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Phone: 905-525-9140, ext. 21413
Cell: 905-921-3034
E-mail: lthomp@mcmaster.ca
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Participants selected to take part in physical assessments visit one of 11 data collection facilities across the country. Visits include a variety of clinical measurements and cognitive tests, including a bone density scan (25-clsa-2011), vision (107-clsa-2011) and hearing (95-clsa-2011) assessments. Participants are also given the option of donating blood (122-clsa-2011).
Parminder Raina, lead principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University
Christina Wolfson, co-principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and professor in the department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health; and Medicine, McGill University
Susan Kirkland, co-principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and professor in the Departments of Community Health & Epidemiology and Medicine, Dalhousie University
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Parminder Raina, lead principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, describes his interests in aging and what attracted him to this field of research. Parminder Raina, lead principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, on the overall benefits of the study. B-roll of the McMaster Data Collection Site |