Parkinson’s disease risk and phenoconversion: a polygenic risk score approach Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease in older adults. Health conditions like... Learn More
Investigating the associations between ambient air pollution exposure and genomics, epigenomics and metabolomics Cancer and other age-related diseases are known to be associated with high air pollution... Learn More
Genetic analyses of healthy aging: buffering and exploratory analyses Genetic variants are like spelling differences in genes. Genetic buffering is when a variant... Learn More
Studying vascular predictors for the onset of stroke and dementia in older adults In Canada, about one-third of seniors have at least 2 of the 10 most... Learn More
Examining multimorbidity, social and physical functioning and health care utilization in Canada In Canada the majority of older adults live with more than one chronic condition.... Learn More
Facilitating interpretation of cognitive impairment: the development of reliable changes scores for the cognitive measures in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging The CLSA collects information about the cognitive functioning of English- and French-speaking participants aged... Learn More
A longitudinal investigation on the impacts of the urban built environment (greenness, noise and walkability) on depression, anxiety, and positive mental health of CLSA participants Features of urban natural and built environments (green spaces and walkable and quiet neighborhoods)... Learn More
Causes and consequences of social isolation and loneliness among marginalized older adults Social isolation and loneliness among older adults are associated with worse health, and older... Learn More
Longitudinal insights: exploring employment experiences and well-being among Canadian immigrants over time Canada has the highest proportion of immigrants among G8 countries. With immigration being a... Learn More
Degenerative protein modifications (DPMs) as molecular mediators connecting socio-demographic profile to the onset of age-related diseases We have identified a set of degenerative protein modifications (DPMs) in patients’ tissues, resulting... Learn More
Identify underlying pathways and characterize key moderators of the higher life satisfaction and lower mortality risk association In light of our nation’s 1) rapidly ageing population, 2) rising medical costs, and... Learn More
