Approved Project Summaries
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2020
- Biomarkers for Frailty and Unsuccessful Aging
Dr. Jonathan Afilalo, McGill University - Understanding the association between early life adversity and obesity during adulthood
Dr. Laura Anderson, McMaster University - Decreasing sedentary behaviour and increasing physical activity for healthy ageing (ACTION) study
Dr. Simon Bacon, Concordia University - Oral Health, Nutrition, and Frailty: A mediation analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (FUP1)
Dr. Carol Bassim, McMaster University - Assessing Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Uptake among Canadian Adults: Identifying Opportunities to Improve Vaccination Coverage
Dr. Nicole Basta, McGill University - Cognitive Aging in Canadian Women and Men: An Exploration of Environmental Contributors and Interactions with Individual Factors
Dr. John Best, Simon Fraser University - The influence of personality traits and loneliness on cognitive change in middle age and older adulthood
Dr. Jennifer Bethell, University Health Network - Sedentary Behaviour and Rate of Falls
Dr. Danielle Bouchard, University of New Brunswick - A Strategy for Identification of Biomarkers of Healthy Aging
Dr. Angela Brooks-Wilson, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer - Dairy product intake and cognition in free-living older adults
Dr. Stéphanie Chevalier, McGill University - Prospective Study of Dairy and Inflammation on Cognitive Decline
Dr. Patricia Chocano-Bedoya, University of Bern - Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Hearing Impairment in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Christy Costanian, Lebanese American University - Associations between sedentary time and hospitalization in Canadian middle-aged and older adults
Dr. Shilpa Dogra, Dalhousie University - Environmental Features of Age-Friendly, Healthy, Active Cities
Dr. Shilpa Dogra, University of Ontario Institute of Technology - Gene by psychosocial determinants (G*E) of lifelong wellness and foundational work for longitudinal geo-referenced multilevel analysis bridging MoNNET and CLSA data into The Montreal Synthetic Ecosystem
Dr. Laurette Dubé, McGill University - The role of guaranteed income in healthy aging: Canadian public pensions and their association with physical health, mental health, and health risks
Dr. Daniel Dutton, Dalhousie University - Deep learning for simulation of cognitive and quality of life trajectories in aging
Dr. Daniel Felsky, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Healthy Aging: The effects of Parenthood and APOE Genotype on Cognitive Decline
Dr. Liisa Galea, University of British Columbia - Health service use and unmet care needs among lonely and/or socially isolated older adults
Dr. Andrea Gruneir, University of Alberta - Do taste receptors play a role in rheumatic disease?
Dr. Carol Hitchon, University of Manitoba - Developing a prediction model for dementia in the Canadian population: The role of hearing loss and sensory impairment
Dr. Amy Hsu, Bruyère Research Institute - An Examination of the Relationship between the Presence or Absence of Prostate or Other Forms of Cancer Survivorship and Current Mental Health Issues in a Sample of Canadian Men: A Secondary Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Gabriela Ilie, Dalhousie University - Nutrition Risk Over Time in Canadian Seniors: Indicators or nutrition risk and the impact of nutrition risk on health outcomes
Dr. Heather Keller, University of Waterloo - Development of Machine Learning Models to Characterize Homebound Status in Older Adults in Canada
Dr. Shehroz Khan, University Health Network - Neighbourhood Green Space Exposure as a Mediator in the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health
Dr. Susan Kirkland, Dalhousie University - Identification of exposures over the life course that influence DNA methylation and facilitate the detection of healthy aging
Dr. Michael Kobor, University of British Columbia - Hierarchical clustering of shared risk factors for osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease
Dr. Dylan Kobsar, McMaster University - Retinal imaging to identify biomarkers that correlate with Alzheimer’s disease using a transfer learning approach
Dr. Frédéric Lesage, École Polytechnique Montréal - How to handle missing spirometry data in population-based studies
Dr. Jinhui Ma, McMaster University - Examining the relationships between established risk factors, emerging cardiovascular risk markers and functional health in aging Canadians, using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Maureen J. MacDonald, McMaster University - Association of Inflammation, Nutrition and Physical Activity on Change in Mobility and General Health: Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Monica Maly, University of Waterloo - Age-Friendly Communities in Manitoba: Strengths and gaps
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - Social Inclusion and Age-Friendly Indicators: Examining neighbourhood and city trends over time
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - The association between glycosylated hemoglobin and incident hearing loss in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Paul Mick, University of Saskatchewan - Do genetic and social factors modify associations between sensory impairment and cognitive decline? An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Paul Mick, University of Saskatchewan - Examining the Impact of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function and Mental Health: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
Dr. Laura Middleton, University of Waterloo - Evaluating the Association with Benzodiazepine Use and Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults
Dr. Gerry Mugford, Memorial University - Exploring the prevalence and predictors of swallowing difficulties within the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald, McMaster University - Measurement invariance of the cognition measures in the CLSA
Dr. Megan O'Connell, University of Saskatchewan - Examining the association between sleep disorders and oral diseases including oral head and neck cancer
Dr. Silvana Papagerakis, University of Saskatchewan - Examining the relationship between sleep disruption, mental health disorders, daily living activity and lifestyle factors with rheumatoid arthritis
Dr. Silvana Papagerakis, University of Saskatchewan - Cognition, frailty, and falls: Should they be part of fracture risk assessment? (FUP1)
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou, McMaster University - Involuntary Retirement and Disability Among Canadians
Dr. David Pedlar, Queen's University - An exploration of the pathways from childhood adversity to depression among mid-life and older adults in Canada
Dr. Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, McGill University - Association between adverse childhood experiences, biological age acceleration, and adverse health outcomes: An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - Genetic Determinants of Metabolites and their Effect on Common Disease
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - Genetic biomarkers of serum iron, and their role in the risk of infectious diseases: A Mendelian randomization approach
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - Cardiometabolic dysregulation, depression and cognitive functioning: Longitudinal associations in the CLSA
Dr. Norbert Schmitz, CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Ile-de-Montréal-Douglas Hospital - Predictors and trajectory of psychological and cognitive health among individuals with cerebrovascular disease: An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Eric Smith, University of Calgary - Body Mass Index and Physical Activity in Rural Populations
Dr. Phil St. John, University of Manitoba - Multimorbidity and Cognition Among Canadians: A three-decade perspective
Dr. Saverio Stranges, Western University - Who sleeps well in Canada? An investigation of social and environmental determinants of sleep behaviours in middle-aged and older adults
Dr. Saverio Stranges, University of Western Ontario - The association of number and type of languages with cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Longitudinal associations in the comprehensive cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Suzanne Tyas, University of Waterloo - Measuring healthy aging through epigenetics
Dr. Chris Verschoor, Health Sciences North Research Institute - The Effects of Socioeconomic Deprivation, Housing and Neighbourhood Factors on Psychological Resilience Among Multimorbid Older Adults
Dr. Andrew Wister, Simon Fraser University - The relationship between different chronic conditions and work productivity loss in aging Canadians: An analysis of CLSA data
Dr. Wei Zhang, University of British Columbia
2019
- Identification and characterization of cardiometabolic drug targets using genomics
Dr. Sebastien Theriault, Université Laval - Estimating the impact of low back pain and osteoarthritis on functional ability and quality of life in aging Canadians using structural equation modelling
Dr. Sara Ahmed, McGill University - Broad and deep longitudinal analysis in neurodegenerative disease (BRAIN) - Project: Identifying and predicting trajectories of decline in physical and cognitive function using data from Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (CLSA) linked to routinely coll
Dr. Geoff Anderson, University of Toronto - Clustering of obesity-related characteristics and associations with body mass index, waist circumference, and body fatness
Dr. Laura Anderson, McMaster University - Examining the socioeconomic gradient in walking speed among older Canadians: An analysis of follow-up 1 data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Yukiko Asada, Dalhousie University - The association between rurality, social capital, and nutritional risk in community-dwelling older adults in Canada: An analysis of baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Yukiko Asada, Dalhousie University - Genetic Variation, Iron and Later Life Health Outcomes
Dr. Janice Atkins, University of Exeter - Genomic and Environmental Determinants of Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis
Dr. Philip Awadalla, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research - Self-reported and physical factors associated with community ambulation in older adults and people with osteoarthritis
Dr. Ruth Barclay, University of Manitoba - Quantifying the associations of oral health and cardiovascular health using baseline data of the CLSA
Dr. Carol Bassim, McMaster University - Physical Function versus Frailty for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults
Dr. Marla Beauchamp, McMaster University - Addressing Evidence Gaps in Fall Risk Assessment for Older Canadians
Dr. Marla Beauchamp, McMaster University - Usual Physical Activity in Middle Aged and Older Canadians: An Analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Marla Beauchamp, McMaster University - Risk factors for falls and fall-related injuries associated with mild neurocognitive disorders in the older Canadian population: A population-based, prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study
Dr. Olivier Beauchet, McGill University - Novel risk factors in the development and progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Dr. Jean Bourbeau, McGill University - Biomarkers of early life adversity and their relationship with healthy aging
Dr. Dawn Bowdish, McMaster University - Methods for region-based analysis of genome-wide association studies
Dr. Shelley Bull, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute - Longitudinal Risk Factors for Elder Abuse
Dr. David Burnes, University of Toronto - Machine learning prediction of successful aging
Dr. Bo Cao, University of Alberta - Understanding Employment and Retirement Experiences: Comparisons between Atlantic Canada and the rest of Canada
Dr. Rebecca Casey, Acadia University - Genome wide association studies (GWAS) on patients with Atypical Femur Fractures (AFFs)
Dr. Andrea Cheung, University Health Network - Exploring sarcopenia as a predictive factor for the development of cognitive dysfunction
Dr. Stéphanie Chevalier, McGill University - Exploring the link and inter-relations between social relationships and objectively measured cardiometabolic risk factors in older adult women and men in Canada
Dr. Annalijn Conklin, University of British Columbia - Resilience and healthy aging across the life course: A longitudinal analysis of psychological wellbeing and physical adversity
Dr. Theodore Cosco, Simon Fraser University - Mental and Cognitive Health in the Aging Sexual Minority Populations
Dr. Shelley Craig, University of Toronto - Genetic Study of Pain Interactions with Comorbidities
Dr. Luda Diatchenko, McGill University - Pleiotropic Effects of Cardiometabolic Genetic Markers and their Interaction with Environmental Factors in Cardiovascular Diseases
Dr. James Engert, McGill University - Exploring the Association between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cognitive Impairment in Senior Canadians
Dr. Cindy Feng, University of Saskatchewan - The Incidence of Visual Impairment, its Risk Factors, and its Mobility and Health Consequences
Dr. Ellen Freeman, University of Ottawa - Successful Aging in Canada: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, University of Toronto - The Health Status and Health Trajectories of Older Immigrants in Canada
Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, University of Toronto - The Relationship between Childhood Adversity and Physical, Cognitive and Mental Health in Later Life
Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, University of Toronto - Pain and cognitive function in older Canadians: Examining the role of physical function and activity
Dr. Lucia Gagliese, York University - Sex-specific environmental and genetic determinants of COPD in middle-aged and older Canadian adults: An analysis of CLSA data
Dr. Zhiwei Gao, Memorial University - Elderly Adults, Entrepreneurship, and ageism: Learning from Failure and Success and the interplay of National Culture and Institutional Policies
Dr. James Gillett, McMaster University - Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Allostatic Load, and Multimorbidity: Analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging
Dr. Andrea Gonzalez, McMaster University - Examining multimorbidity, social and physical functioning, and health care utilization in Canada
Dr. Lauren E. Griffith, McMaster University - Examining Frailty in Canada from a Population Health Perspective
Dr. Lauren Griffith, McMaster University - Examining Heterogeneity in Frailty in the Canadian Population
Dr. Lauren Griffith, McMaster University - Examining Multimorbidity, Social and Physical Functioning and Health Care Utilization in Canada
Dr. Lauren Griffith, McMaster University - The Socioeconomic Health Gradient in the Life Course in Canada
Dr. Michel Grignon, McMaster University - Examining reciprocal relationships of cognition with BMI, diabetes and diet
Dr. Peter Hall, University of Waterloo - The relationships between food security/nutritional risk, the physical and social environment, and cognition
Dr. Leigh Hayden, Sheridan College - Examining determinants of oral health among older adults in Canada
Dr. Ying Jiang, Public Health Agency of Canada - Frequency and predictors of cancer in people with a history of stroke
Dr. Mark Keezer, University of Montréal - Measuring the burden and the complex interdependencies of multimorbidity in Canada
Dr. Mark Keezer, Université de Montréal - Grip strength as well as other measures of frailty in cardiovascular disease
Dr. Mark Keezer, Université de Montréal - Unforeseen consequences: Understanding the relationship between epilepsy and vascular disease
Dr. Mark Keezer, Université de Montréal - Development and Testing of a Conceptual Model for Nutrition Risk in Community-living Seniors
Dr. Heather Keller, University of Waterloo - A Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Healthy Aging: Developing Healthy Aging Phenotypes and Personas in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Susan Kirkland, Dalhousie University - Genome-wide association study on socioeconomic status
Dr. Philipp Koellinger, Virje Universiteit Amsterdam - Personality determinants for depression amongst informal caregivers
Dr. Vicki Kristman, Lakehead University - Cognitive Functioning across the Lifespan: The role of age, social isolation and retirement
Dr. Victor Kuperman, McMaster University - Normative Values and the Psychometric Properties of the Life-Space Index in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Ayse Kuspinar, McMaster University - A study of older adults under 85 years of age by type of dwelling
Dr. Jacques Légaré, Université de Montréal - The Impact of Increased Activity, Improved Sleep Quality, and Reduced Sitting on Cognition: An Exploration of for Whom and How
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, University of British Columbia - The Changing Landscape of Work & Retirement
Dr. Sean Lyons, University of Guelph - Wrist fracture: Does it identify a healthy cohort or at-risk population?
Dr. Joy C. Macdermid, University of Western Ontario - Examining the relationships between sub-clinical vascular measures and functional health in aging Canadians and the impact of inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers on those relationships
Dr. Maureen MacDonald, McMaster University - Gene Mapping and Genetic Correlation across Complex Traits
Dr. Stuart MacGregor, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute - Understanding Self-reported Health Among Community-dwelling Older Adults with Multimorbidity and Depressive Symptoms: A mixed methods study
Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid, McMaster University - The Relationship between Formal and Informal Care Use, Cognitive Decline and Life Satisfaction
Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, University of British Columbia - Relationships between Online Social Networking, In Real Life Social Isolation, Loneliness and Health and Well-Being
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - Multimorbidity and depression in older adults: The role of social support
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - Patterns of alcohol consumption among older Canadian adults: Exploring prevalence, risk and protective factors and associated chronic health issues
Dr. Zulfiquar Merali, University of Ottawa/Carleton University - A national investigation of the roles of genetics, social, emotional, and environmental factors as determinants of nutrition and cardio-metabolic health among elderly adults in Canada
Dr. Daiva Nielsen, McGill University - Does social support availability promote cognitive function in middle-and older-aged adults?
Dr. Mark Oremus, University of Waterloo - Facilitating interpretation of cognitive impairment: The development of reliable changes scores for the cognitive measures in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Megan O`Connell, University of Saskatchewan - Prospective cohort study of chronic cough in the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Paul O’Byrne, McMaster University - Frailty and Mobility Limitations in Older Canadians with Musculoskeletal Diseases Compared to other Chronic Medical Conditions - a Prospective Cohort Study
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou, McMaster University - The association between social isolation and loneliness and sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and fractures among older adults
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou, McMaster University - The relationship between osteosarcopenia and falls, fractures and frailty
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou, McMaster University - Profiling heart disease risk factors in osteoarthritis: Multi-joint symptoms and sex
Dr. Anthony Perruccio, University Health Network - Identifying genes associated with retinopathy in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Marie Pigeyre, McMaster University - Sleep and its covariates in the CLSA - Follow Up
Dr. Ron Postuma, McGill University - Clustering of (un)healthy behaviours in older Canadians
Dr. Justin Presseau, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute - Mental Health and Seeking Professional Help: A Canadian Longitudinal Study
Dr. Elham Rahme, McGill University - Prediabetes in Canadians 45-85 years of age and predictors of 3-year progression to diabetes: A longitudinal examination using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Elham Rahme, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - Association between e-cigarette use and lung function - An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - The Mediation of the Relationship between Fat Distribution Patterns with Cognitive Changes and Frailty by Inflammation and Vascular Changes in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - Exploring the obesity paradox - The association between body fat distribution and muscle mass on health in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - Genetics of Vitamin D
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - Genetic Determinants and Prediction of Spirometry
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill Univeristy - Genome Wide Association Study of Cognition-Related Phenotypes
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - Polygenic Risk Scores for Lipid Levels
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - Predicting Fracture Risk from DXA Images
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - The Effect of Early Menopause on Cardiovascular, Bone Health and Multimorbidity in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Alison Shea, McMaster University - Understanding Work-Related Injuries, Risk Factors, and Short-term Outcomes among Middle-Aged and Older Workers Using National Data for Provincial Comparisons
Dr. Shahin Shooshtari, University of Manitoba - Health Status of Rural Canadians - The CLSA
Dr. Philip St. John, University of Manitoba - Determinants of health among older sexual minority Canadians: A study of risk and resources
Dr. Arne Stinchcombe, Brock University - Examining the relationships between sleep, periods of transition, multimorbidity, satisfaction with life and survival using the baseline and first follow-up data of the CLSA
Dr. Saverio Stranges, Western University - Cognitive decline over time across health conditions: The role of cognitive reserve
Dr. Vanessa Taler, University of Ottawa - Association between Diabetes (Type 1, Type 2 and Diabetes during Pregnancy) and Age at Natural Menopause in Canadian Women
Dr. Hala Tamim, York University - Identification of genetic variants associated with sarcopenia: A genome-wide association study
Dr. Lehana Thabane, McMaster University - Longitudinal Changes in Frailty
Dr. Olga Theou, Nova Scotia Health Authority - Work Injuries and Mental Health
Dr. Nicholas Turner, University of Calgary - Depression and cognitive function in mid-to late-life: Longitudinal associations and vulnerable subgroups in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Suzanne Tyas, University of Waterloo - Nutrition and environmental factor: What are the impacts on cognition after a traumatic brain injury?
Dr. Michael Van Ameringen, McMaster University - "Health-age”: A novel measure of healthy aging in older Canadian adults
Dr. Chris Verschoor, Health Science North Research Institute - Does residential proximity to natural environments impact the mental health and well-being of participants of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging?
Dr. Paul Villeneuve, Carleton University - Aging Caregivers: An Analysis of Employment, Health, Life Satisfaction and Financial Well-being
Dr. Allison Williams, McMaster University - A longitudinal analysis of social isolation and loneliness among family caregivers in Canada
Dr. Andrew Wister, Simon Fraser University - A Longitudinal Analysis of Functional, Social and Psychological Multimorbidity Resilience and Aging
Dr. Andrew Wister, Simon Fraser University - Heterogeneity of Health Characteristics in Aging
Dr. Christina Wolfson, McGill University - The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging as a vehicle for population neuroscience
Dr. Christina Wolfson, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - Post-traumatic stress disorder in the CLSA cohort: Risk, protective, and genetic factors
Dr. Clement Zai, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Determinants of Early Mobility Limitation in Older Canadians
Dr. Manaf Zargoush, McMaster University
2018
- Inflammation and Accelerated Aging in Major Depressive Disorder: A Population Health Perspective Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. David Allison, McMaster University - Linking Genomics and Health Trajectories (LIGHT) for Dementia Research
Dr. Geoffrey Anderson, University of Toronto - Aging alone with cognitive impairment: An assessment of functioning and factors associated with social wellbeing
Dr. Melanie Bayly, University of Saskatchewan - Risk factors for falls and neurocognitive disorders in the older Canadian population: A population-based study
Dr. Olivier Beauchet, McGill University - The association of depression with “Motoric Cognitive Risk” syndrome in the Canadian population
Dr. Olivier Beauchet, McGill University - Multivariate analysis and prediction of inter-relationships between cognitive and non-cognitive measures in the CLSA comprehensive sample
Dr. Bradley Buchsbaum, Rotman Research Institute - The effect of menopause on metabolic syndrome: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Marie K. Christakis, University of Toronto - Social factors and Cognition in the Canadian Aging Sexual Minority Populations
Dr. Shelley L. Craig, University of Toronto - Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Effects on Cognitive Decline in an Older Population: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Robert Dales, Health Canada - Better oral health for a healthy cognition: investigation of a new pathway
Dr. Raphael F. de Souza, McGill University - Place-based Factors and Social Connection Among Older Canadians
Dr. James Dunn, McMaster University - IALSA Statistical Analysis Workshops: CLSA cross-cohort comparison projects
Dr. Scott Hofer, University of Victoria - How do natural disasters impact the aging population? Using CLSA data to explore the effects of the 2013 Calgary Flood
Dr. David Hogan, University of Calgary - Diet for Arthritis (DART): Project to assess eating behaviour and build a targeted intervention for people with arthritis
Dr. Lisa Kakinami, Concordia University - Identifying the genetic determinants of lean and fat body compartments measured by DEXA
Dr. Claudia Langenberg, University of Cambridge - Improving Informal Caregivers’ Health: Understanding the Role of Social Engagement and Health Behaviours in Influencing Multiple Health Outcomes
Dr. Yeonjung Lee, University of Calgary - Genetic Analyses of Cardiometabolic Diseases and Traits in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Guillaume Lettre, Montreal Heart Institute - Social Factors and Physical Activity in Older Adults: Identifying Predictors Across Vulnerable Populations
Dr. Meghan McDonough, University of Calgary - Concurrent Gait and Cognitive Impairment in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: In Search for Modifiable Risk Factors
Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, University of Western Ontario - Ethnic differences in Osteoporosis and Fractures in the Canadian population
Dr. Suzanne Morin, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - Psychometric analysis of the Social Support Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
Dr. Megan O'Connell, University of Saskatchewan - HLA Epitope Frequencies in the Canadian Population
Dr. Spyridon Oikonomopoulos, McGill University - The Relationship Between Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Ability in Older Adults
Dr. Kirsten Oinonen, Lakehead University - Validity of interpretive algorithms for the neuropsychological batteries in the Tracking and Comprehensive databases: Foundation for research on cognition in the CLSA
Dr. Megan O’Connell, University of Saskatchewan - Cognition, frailty and falls: Should they be part of fracture risk assessment?
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou, McMaster University - Immigrant Status, Gender and Race intersections: Implications for Well-being in Middle and Later Life
Dr. Margaret J. Penning, University of Victoria - Genome Wide Association Study of Cognition-Related Phenotypes
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - Genome Wide Association Study of Osteoporosis
Dr. Brent Richards, McGill University - The Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Glaucoma-Related Traits
Dr. Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon, University of Ottawa - Biopsychosocial correlates and prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Canada
Dr. Brodie Sakakibara, University of British Columbia - Active aging in a foreign land: The physical activity and mobility of immigrants in the CLSA
Dr. Joanie Sims-Gould, University of British Columbia - Examining Sleep, Lifestyle Behaviours, Mental Well-Being and Multiple Chronic Diseases in an Aging Population
Dr. Saverio Stranges, Western University - The Effect of Retirement Motivation, Preparations, and Structure on Emotional and Cognitive Well-Being
Dr. Greg Thrasher, Oakland University - Understanding aging and cognition in Indigenous populations in Canada
Dr. Jennifer Walker, Laurentian University - Age-Friendly Communities in Communities
Dr. Renate Ysseldyk, Carleton University - Health, Work and Society: Economic Efficiency of Informal Caregiving and Caregiver Support in Canada
Dr. Wei Zhang, University of British Columbia
2017
- Cross-country Comparison of Equity in Successful Aging in Canada, France, and Japan
Dr. Yukiko Asada, Dalhousie University - Examining the relationship between oral health, nutrition, and frailty in older adults
Dr. Carol Bassim, McMaster University - Buffering negative health outcomes following driving cessation among older adults: analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Michel Bédard, Lakehead University - A Person-Centred Index of Aging Well and its Determinants in North America
Dr. Emmanuelle Bélanger, Université de Montréal - Potential metabolic and functional benefits of a comprehensive evaluation of physical activities for Canadian adults
Dr. Danielle R. Bouchard, University of New Brunswick - The gender difference in vascular risk factors, early cognitive impairment and progression to dementia
Dr. Guanmin Chen, University of Calgary - Investigating the role of nutrition on physical capacity and body composition in older adults with osteoarthritis
Dr. Jaclyn Chopp-Hurley, McMaster University - Resilience and healthy ageing across the life course: A longitudinal analysis of psychological wellbeing and physical adversity
Dr. Theodore D. Cosco, Simon Fraser University - Decade-by-decade Comparison of Mobility and Falls in Adults Living in Urban and Rural Canada
Dr. Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, McMaster University - Menopause and physical function in older women from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS)
Dr. Maria del Pilar Velez, Queen`s University - Exploring the Associations between Lung Function and Sedentary Time among Middle-Aged and Older Canadian Men and Women
Dr. Shilpa Dogra, University of Ontario Institute of Technology - Disability Associated Multimorbidity Including Mental Health Conditions: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Canadian Population-Based Data
Dr. Kathryn Fisher, McMaster University - Retirement, Mental Health and Well-being in Canada
Dr. Raquel Fonseca, Université du Québec à Montréal - MINDMAP - Promoting Mental Well-being and Healthy Aging in Cities
Drs. Parminder Raina and Frank J. van Lenthe, McMaster University - The health of older immigrants in Canada
Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, University of Toronto - Evaluating Dietary Assessment in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Anne Gilsing, McMaster University - Immigrant older adults’ health and social support in Canada: A comparative analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging data
Dr. Sepali Guruge, Ryerson University - Brain Health in Aging: Examining the Interplay of Physical Activity, Sleep, and Cognition
Dr. Jennifer Heisz, McMaster University - Frailty and mobility limitations in older Canadians with musculoskeletal diseases compared to other chronic medical conditions
Dr. Patricia Hewston, McMaster University - Assessing the impact of municipal age-friendly policy implementation in Calgary, Alberta
Dr. David B. Hogan, University of Calgary - Adverse substance use and mental health quality of life outcomes among elderly Canadian men with a history of prostate cancer
Dr. Gabriela Ilie, Dalhousie University - Understanding built environments in rural and urban communities to promote social participation and health of older adults
Dr. C. Allyson Jones, University of Alberta - SCREEN III validation for community living older adults
Dr. Heather Keller, University of Waterloo - Characterization of cardiovascular disease burden and health of Canadian cancer survivors
Dr. Amy Kirkham, University of Alberta - What makes people live long and keep well? Advancing the science of ‘healthy aging’ through examining the lay perspectives of older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Susan Kirkland, Dalhousie University - Impact of the lifestyle factors on the health of aging individual
Dr. Olga Krakovska, Simon Fraser University - A tale of eight cities, Age Friendliness and the CLSA
Dr. Elizabeth Kristjansson, University of Ottawa - Characterizing Mobility Limitations in Community-dwelling Older Adults
Dr. Ayse Kuspinar, McMaster University - Capturing how age-friendly communities foster positive health, social participation and health equity: Towards identification of key components and processes that promote population health in aging Canadians
Dr. Mélanie Levasseur, Université de Sherbrooke - Comorbidity, Depression, and Anti-depressant Use Among Canadian Elderly - a Cross-Sectional Analysis Using Baseline Data Collected from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Jian Liu, Brock University - A Model of Health: Using data modelling techniques to improve health outcomes for older Canadian adults by optimizing the development and delivery of physical activity interventions
Dr. Dawn Mackey, Simon Fraser University - Examining Personal and Environmental Factors Associated with Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Canadians
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - Examining multimorbidity among middle-aged Canadians
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - Assessment of Dietary Intake in Relation to Longevity and Healthy Aging
Dr. Rachel Murphy, University of British Columbia - Examining social barriers in relation to social isolation and loneliness
Dr. Nancy Newall, Brandon University - Implications of Driving Cessation Amongst Canada’s Older Adults Living in Rural and Small Urban Communities
Dr. Bruce Newbold, McMaster University - Exploring the complexity, management and health-related outcomes of disability, frailty and multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults in Canada
Dr. Kathryn Nicholson, McMaster University - Social Factors Influencing Racial Disparities in Cognitive Functioning in Later Life
Dr. Margaret Penning, University of Victoria - A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding the Impact of Osteoarthritis on Social Participation: A Population-based Study
Dr. Anthony Perruccio, Krembil Research Institute - Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health in older Canadians
Dr. Susan Philips, Queen's University - Psychological Distress Across Canada: An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Eli Puterman, University of British Columbia - Outsiders vs Insiders: Access to Care and Physical and Mental Health in Canadian Immigrants and Non-immigrants
Dr. Elham Rahme, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - Developing Enhanced Measures of Aging to Understand Chronological-age Inequalities in Work and Health Outcomes
Dr. Peter Smith, Institute for Work & Health - Getting by with a little help from their friends: the role of support and care networks in moderating health inequalities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual older Canadians
Dr. Arne Stinchcombe, Brock University - Mediators of Age-related Lung Function Decline
Dr. Chris Verschoor, McMaster University
2016
- A Comparison of Functional Status in Rural and Urban Community Dwelling Older Adults
Dr. Mary Ellen Andrews, University of Saskatchewan - Understanding inequalities and inequities in health and wellness among older Canadians
Dr. Yukiko Asada, Dalhousie University - Factors associated with social participation and community ambulation in older adults with stroke and osteoarthritis
Dr. Ruth Barclay, University of Manitoba - The “Motoric Cognitive Risk” syndrome in the Canadian population: Analysis of baseline assessment of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Olivier Beauchet, McGill University - Investigating relationships between nutrition, exercise, mood and hippocampus-dependent cognition in older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Suzanna Becker, McMaster University - Relationship between sarcopenia and low back pain in older adults - A cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging data
Dr. Martin Bilodeau, University of Ottawa - The early retiree divests the workforce: A quantitative analysis of early retirement among health professionals
Dr. Greta Cummings, University of Alberta - The Prevalence of Visual Impairment, its Risk Factors, and its Consequences in Canada
Dr. Ellen Freeman, University of Ottawa - Examining Frailty in Canada from a Population Health Perspective
Dr. Lauren Griffith, McMaster University - Health Profile of Francophone Seniors in Manitoba: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Ndeye Rokhaya Gueye, Université de Saint-Boniface - The clinical implications of spirometric impairment in the elderly
Dr. Julie Huang, McMaster University - Assistive device use and its impact on social participation in Canada
Dr. Yoko Ishigami-Doyle, Dalhousie University - A Multi-National Study to Understand the Upstream Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Philip Joseph, McMaster University - The burden of neurological disease in an older Canadian population
Dr. Mark Keezer, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal - Developing a comorbidity index for the CLSA: application to neurologic conditions
Dr. Mark Keezer, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal - Examining the relationship between self-rated health and other self-reported and physically examined indicators of health in older adults
Dr. Susan Kirkland, Dalhousie University - Patterns of alcohol consumption among older Canadian adults: Exploring prevalence, risk and protective factors and associated chronic health issues
Dr. Zulfiquar Merali, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research - The interactions of sensory, cognitive, and social factors and their influence on the health and quality of life of older Canadians
Dr. Paul Mick, University of Saskatchewan - Individual and Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity Among Older Canadians
Dr. Laura Middleton, University of Waterloo - The effect of religious involvement on cognition in middle- to old-age adults: A cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Mark Oremus, University of Waterloo - Sarcopenia and Mobility Impairment and the Associated Consequences in Canadians: An Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Stuart Phillips, McMaster University - Sleep and its Covariates in the CLSA
Dr. Ron Postuma, McGill University - The relationship between mobility and cognition in older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Marc Poulin, University of Calgary - Prevalence and Health Implications of Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Canada
Dr. Carla Prado, University of Alberta - The population impact of combinations of behavioral risk factors on disability: an analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - Defining age appropriate BMI cut points for the aging population
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - A Profile of Older Adults' Participation in Community Programming Across Canada
Dr. Kristin Reynolds, University of Manitoba - Understanding the disablement process in people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: Analysis of the CLSA Comprehensive Cohort baseline data
Dr. Pasqualina (Lina) Santaguida, McMaster University - Social Support, Social Participation, and Depression among Caregivers and Non-Caregivers in Canada: A Population Health Perspective
Dr. Marie Savundranayagam, Western University - The Relationship of Frailty and Disability with Caregiving
Dr. Debra Sheets, University of Victoria - Bilingualism and Cognitive Status in Community Living Canadians
Dr. Philip St. John, University of Manitoba - The moderating role of cognitive reserve on relations between health conditions and cognitive functioning
Dr. Vanessa Taler, Bruyère Research Institute - Epidemiology of Menopause in Canada
Dr. Hala Tamim, York University - Insights into Prevention: An Up Close look at Healthy Behaviours and their associations with Frailty using the CLSA data set
Dr. Ada Tang, McMaster University - Accumulation of Health Deficits Frailty Index in Wave 1 of the CLSA
Dr. Olga Theou, Nova Scotia Health Authority - Examining the relationship between blood biomarkers and frailty in older adults
Dr. Chris Verschoor, McMaster University - Examining the relationship between health, transportation mobility, and social participation among older Canadians
Dr. Brenda Vrkljan, McMaster University - You’ve got e-mail: Online social networking to reduce depression and enhance health among older adults
Dr. Renate Ysseldyk, Carleton University
2015
- Arthritis in Aging Canadians: Prevalence and Impact in the Population
Dr. Elizabeth Badley, Krembil Research Institute/Toronto Western Hospital - Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Effects on Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Neurocognitive Health
Dr. Robert Dales, Health Canada - Menopause and Mental Wellbeing
Dr. Anne Gilsing, McMaster University - Multiple Chronic Conditions in relation to disability and social participation
Dr. Lauren Griffith, McMaster University - Measuring Frailty in Older Canadians: An Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Dr. Lauren Griffith, McMaster University - Describing Social Networks and Caregiver Capacity in Nova Scotia with Respect to Dementia
Dr. Susan Kirkland, Dalhousie University - The Association between Social Support, Depression, and Cognition in Mid- to Late-life: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Mark Oremus, University of Waterloo - Physical Functioning and Disability
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster University - Exploring Ethno-cultural Differences in Healthy Aging among Canadians: A Population-based Study
Dr. Shahin Shooshtari, University of Manitoba - Descriptive Epidemiology of Multimorbidity
Dr. Philip St. John, University of Manitoba - Deriving additional measures of semantic processing in animal fluency
Dr. Vanessa Taler, Bruyère Research Institute / University of Ottawa - The Development of Normative Data and Comparison Standards for the Cognition Measures Employed in CLSA
Dr. Holly Tuokko, University of Victoria - A Multi-level Analysis of Multimorbidity Predictors, Outcomes and Resilience
Dr. Andrew Wister, Simon Fraser University
2014
- Risk Factors for Falls among Adults and Seniors
Minh T. Do, Public Health Agency of Canada - Labour Force Participation: Retirement Transitions, Expectations and Planning
Dr. Daniel Henstra, University of Waterloo - Who is at risk of social isolation and loneliness? A pilot study using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Dr. Verena Menec, University of Manitoba - The association between hearing loss and social function in older Canadians
Dr. Paul Mick, University of British Columbia - Factorial invariance of the CES-D
Dr. Megan O'Connell, University of Saskatchewan - Promoting Health for an Aging Population: The role of community services in enhancing benefits and addressing the challenges of pet ownership for seniors
Dr. Melanie Rock, University of Calgary - The Veterans Health Initiative Within the CLSA: A snapshot of the physical and mental health of older Veterans
Dr. Christina Wolfson, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre - The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Neurological Conditions Initiative (CLSA-NCI)
Dr. Christina Wolfson, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre