New at the CLSA

    2022
    Nov
    24 th

    1 in 8 older adults experienced depression for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic

    A new, large-scale study of more than 20,000 older adults in Canada found that approximately 1 in 8 older adults developed depression for the first time during the pandemic.

    2022
    Nov
    24 th

    Health System Impact Fellow leveraging CLSA to support healthy aging programming in the seniors’ services sector

    Kate Hosford, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at Simon Fraser University, was named as a 2022 Health System Impact Fellow by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She is one of 18 PhD students in the country to receive this prestigious award. During this fellowship, Hosford will focus on creating a process that will allow community-based organizations to utilize data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). She hopes that empowering organizations with evidence-based data will allow organizations within the seniors’ services sector to advocate for and deliver effective programming for older adults across BC. 

    2022
    Nov
    4 th

    Study shows link between diabetes and early menopause

    According to new research using data from over 11,000 female participants in the CLSA, an early age diagnosis of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is associated with women developing menopause early.

    2022
    Nov
    2 nd

    Vaccine uptake remains low among at-risk Canadians

    Q&A with CLSA researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University, Giorgia Sulis on vaccine hesitancy 

    2022
    Sep
    27 th

    Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Shawna Hopper

    Shawna Hopper is a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Guelph in adult development, and a Master of Science degree from Brock University in applied health sciences. Her research interests include driving avoidance, social determinants of health, mental-health resilience and life satisfaction among older adults. 

    2022
    Sep
    26 th

    CLSA site closure for Halifax: September 26, 2022

    The Halifax Data Collection Site at Dalhousie University be closed on Monday, September 26 due to weather conditions.

    2022
    Sep
    6 th

    CLSA principal investigator receives highest honour in Canadian health science

    Dr. Susan Kirkland, principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), has been named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community. 

    2022
    Aug
    26 th

    Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Christine Mills

    Chris Mills is a registered dietitian and PhD candidate in the Aging & Health program at Queen’s University. As a dietitian working in primary care, her research examines nutrition risk in community-dwelling adults aged 45 and older and the social, demographic, and health outcome variables that are associated with nutrition risk or that can predict nutrition risk.

    2022
    Jul
    29 th

    One in four older adults reported changing their alcohol intake during the pandemic

    It may be no surprise that the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have increased alcohol consumption across the globe. A new study that used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) found that 26 per cent of middle-aged and older adults reported a change in their alcohol consumption during the first year of the pandemic.

    2022
    Jul
    26 th

    CIHR launches funding opportunity to support CLSA data analysis

    The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the return of a funding opportunity intended to catalyze and support Canadian researchers in using the available data within the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) research platform.