CLSA Management

Ine Wauben

Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives (CLSA & MIRA)

Ine Wauben

Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives (CLSA & MIRA)
Tel: (905) 525-9140, ext. 22395
E-mail: wauben@mcmaster.ca


Dr. Ine Wauben is the Managing Director of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), Canada’s premium platform for research on aging, and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) at McMaster University. As the Managing Director of MIRA, Dr. Wauben leads the implementation of MIRA’s mission to optimize health and longevity of an aging population through leading-edge research, state-of-the-art educational development, and innovative stakeholder collaborations. In her position with the CLSA, she serves as the chief liaison with CLSA’s funding organizations and provides strategic leadership to support the principal and local investigators, advisory groups, scientists, and public and private partners across Canada to position the CLSA as a national research platform for advancing research on aging in Canada and worldwide. In both positions, she builds partnerships to support aging research in Canada and at McMaster University. Prior to joining the CLSA and MIRA teams, Dr. Wauben worked as Business Development Manager, Life Sciences, at McMaster University. She has also held senior positions at Adiga Life Sciences Inc. and the Scientific Research & Experimental Development Program of the Federal Government. Dr. Wauben holds a PhD in medical sciences from McMaster University and a B.H.Sc. from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Jennifer Boyko

Senior Manager, CLSA Scientific Operations

Jennifer Boyko

Senior Manager, CLSA Scientific Operations
E-mail: boykoja2@mcmaster.ca


Jennifer Boyko holds a PhD in health research methodology and a graduate diploma in health services and policy research from McMaster University. Dr. Boyko has over 15 years of experience working within and in collaboration with academic health science centres and health system stakeholders on projects with local, provincial, national and international scope.  She is also an experienced health services and policy researcher with expertise is knowledge translation and public health systems research. In her current role, she blends scientific and operational understandings of large-scale population health research projects to ensure a scientific lens is always considered with respect to CLSA operations. This requires on-going liaison with the scientific management team, enabling unit leads, locally responsible investigators, directors, managers and others as required. She contributes to ensuring that the CLSA protocol is successfully implemented and operationalized with limited protocol deviations. She also ensures milestones and targets for successful data collection are reached, and processes are in place for effective operations, including staff training, QMS and data integrity, effective IT infrastructure development and optimization. Prior to joining the CLSA in 2019, Dr. Boyko held a scientist position at the Propel Centre for Population Health at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Boyko has also held various academic appointments at Ontario universities and professional positions with health services organizations, giving her broad perspective, knowledge and understanding of health and social issues in Canada. 

Harriet Sauve

Operations Manager

Harriet Sauve

Operations Manager
Tel: (905) 525-9140, ext. 21409
E-mail: sauveh@mcmaster.ca


Harriet Sauve joined the CLSA team in November 2011 as the national operations manager. In her role, she is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the National Coordinating Centre and overseeing the implementation of the CLSA protocol at the Data Collection Sites and Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) sites across Canada. She is responsible for establishing and maintaining the administrative infrastructure required across Canada to collect the CLSA data including the National Coordinating Center in Hamilton and the 4 CATI sites and 11 Data Collection Sites.  She is responsible for overseeing staff who will coordinate and standardize all study components across sites and directly manages staff who ensure continuity of processes and standardization of procedures throughout protocol implementation.  She is responsible for overseeing the development of the Quality Management System by overseeing the development and implementation of tools, reporting and audit mechanisms to ensure the collection of quality data at the Data Collection and CATI sites. She holds an honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario, and she is a skilled operations manager with over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and research industry. Prior to joining the CLSA, she served as manager, clinical operations, at Cetero Research.

Laura Lawson

Communications Manager

Laura Lawson

Communications Manager
Tel: (905) 525-9140, ext. 21413
E-mail: llawson@mcmaster.ca


As communications manager, Laura Lawson is responsible for developing, managing and implementing the national communications strategy for the CLSA. She holds a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, studied journalism at Humber College and the University of Iowa, and has a post-graduate diploma in public relations from McMaster University Prior to joining the CLSA, Laura worked as a public relations editor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. She has also held reporting and editing positions at several newspapers, including the Guelph Mercury, Hamilton Spectator and Waterloo Region Record.

Giulia Scime

Project Manager, CLSA - Weston Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging Initiative

Giulia Scime

Project Manager, CLSA - Weston Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging Initiative
E-mail: scimeg@mcmaster.ca


Giulia Scime was hired as the Project Manager for the CLSA-Weston Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging Initiative in January 2022. Giulia holds a Master’s degree in Health Promotion and Human Behaviour from the University of Alberta and a Kinesiology degree from McMaster University. With almost 10 years of experience with the CLSA, as the Research Coordinator and Data Collection Site Manager, Giulia has a proven background in health-related research operations, liaising/engaging with various stakeholders, and overall strategic operational planning and implementation. Giulia’s connections, relationships and knowledge of CLSA data and platforms, will be integral to the success of the CLSA-Weston Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging initiative. Her relationship with the CLSA National Coordinating Centre (NCC) and Biobank and Biorepository (BBC), as well as with the other Data Collections Sites across Canada, results in a successful collaboration as the Project Manager for the CLSA-Weston Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging Initiative.  

Giulia’s role also involves the collaboration among experts, advisory committees, and working groups. She ensures that milestones and targets will be met for the success of the CLSA-Weston Healthy Brains, Healthy Aging Initiative. 

Sarah Youssef

Data Curation Centre Manager

Sarah Youssef

Data Curation Centre Manager
E-mail: sarah.youssef@rimuhc.ca


As the data curation centre (DCC) manager, Sarah Youssef leads the data curation team in data validation, preparation and harmonization of raw CLSA data collected using multiple modalities from across 11 data collection sites and 4 computer assisted telephone interview sites. Sarah’s responsibility is to oversee data re-checks for accuracy, prepare them for analyses and distribution while respecting very strict security and confidentiality standards. She joined the CLSA team in February 2013. Sarah holds a degree in Actuarial Mathematics and Finance from Concordia University.

Colin Hulks

Information Technology Manager

Colin Hulks

Information Technology Manager
E-mail: hulksc@mcmaster.ca


Colin Hulks joined the CLSA team in December 2021 as the Information Technology Manager. Colin leads the IT team which provides daily operational maintenance and support for the technology infrastructure and ensures the technological needs of the CLSA are met.  He holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree from the University of Waterloo and studied Business Administration at Wilfred Laurier University.  Colin is a skilled IT Manager with over 25 years of IT experience in Public Health, International Banking and Provincial Government. Prior to joining the CLSA, Colin served as Manager, IT, at the Brant County Health Unit.