Andrew Costa
Associate Scientific Director
E-mail: acosta@mcmaster.ca

Andrew Costa is the Schlegel Research Chair in Clinical Epidemiology & Aging and an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact as well as Department of Medicine at McMaster University. In addition to being an Associate Scientific Director of the Canada Longitudinal Study on Aging, he serves as the Scientific Director of the St. Joseph’s Health System Centre for Integrated Care. He holds a PhD in Aging and Epidemiology from the University of Waterloo. His program of research makes use of health information (‘big data’) to target, develop, and evaluate models of care in home and community care, emergency departments, hospitals, and long-term care (https://bdg.mcmaster.ca/). He also leads work on digital tools for health care, including caregivers (https://www.yourcareplus.ca). Since joining the CLSA, Dr. Costa has been the co-chair of the CLSA Health Services Working Group and is leading work on data linkage on behalf of the CLSA.