The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) hosted a symposium at the 65th annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

The GSA conference was held in San Diego, Calif., from November 14-18, 2012. The 2012 theme was “Charting New Frontiers in Aging.”

The CLSA symposium, “Building a Platform for Research: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging,”  included presentations on a variety of topics:

• Setting the Stage for a Research Platform on Aging
• Sampling and Recruitment in the CLSA
• Development of Chronic Disease Ascertainment Algorithms for the CLSA
• A Novel Software Infrastructure for Large Epidemiological Studies

Susan Kirkland, co-principal investigator for the CLSA, was chair of the symposium. Yves Joanette, scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging, provided the introductory remarks.

The meeting program is available on the GSA website.