Results – 2024 Catalyst Grant: Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Data
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are pleased to share the funding decision for the 2024 Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data.
This Funding Opportunity (FO) was launched, under the leadership of the CIHR Institutes of Aging (IA) and Population and Public Health (IPPH), to raise awareness around the availability of CLSA data as new data releases are completed, as well as to catalyze and support the research of Canadian researchers using available CLSA data across all four health research themes.
With the support of our partners, a total of 30 projects (outlined below) were funded for a total investment of over $2.1M.
We thank all partners:
The CIHR Institutes of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD), the Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging (BHCIA) Research Initiative, Canada's Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) and the Quebec Network for Research on Aging (RQRV, in French only).
Notice: The information is provided in the language in which it was submitted by the recipient.
IA Mandate – Grantees
Joel J Gagnier, Western University, Ontario
"Relationship Between Social Support, Mental Health, and Well-Being in Recovery After Total Joint Replacement"
Mohammad Hajizadeh, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
"Effect of Neighborhood Deprivation on Cognitive Health: Examining Psychosocial and Physiological Mechanisms and Differential Risk by Minority Stress"
Jinhui Ma, McMaster University, Ontario
"Strategies for Handling Large-Scale Missing Blood Markers in Longitudinal Studies"
Vanessa Taler, University of Ottawa, Ontario
"Cognitive Trajectories and Dementia Risk in Individuals with Subjective Cognitive Decline"
Manav V Vyas, Unity Health Toronto, Ontario
"Role of Comorbidities and Anti-depressant Medications on the Trajectories of Depression and Cognition Symptoms"
IA Early Career Researcher – Grantees
Michael E Kalu, York University, Ontario
"Examining the Mediation of Economic, Environmental, and Social Disparities in Mobility Decline Among Visible Minority and Non-Minority Older Canadians: A CLSA-Based Analysis"
Sreenath A Madathil, McGill University, Québec
"Epigenetic age acceleration and overall mortality among cancer survivors"
Satoshi Yoshiji, McGill University, Québec
"Understanding causal effects of circulating proteins and metabolites on human diseases for drug target discovery: A genetic epidemiology study with CLSA"
BHCIA Research Initiative – Grantees
Shelley B Bull, Sinai Health System, Ontario
"Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of quantitative traits with repeated measures related to the process of aging"
Karim Ladha, Women's College Hospital, Ontario
"The Epidemiology of and Outcomes Associated with Comorbid Chronic Pain and Depression: Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data"
Paul Mick, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan
"The influence of genetics on sensory-cognitive associations in older age"
Olga Theou, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
"How does social vulnerability impact frailty and cognitive impairment in Canadians?"
IPPH Mandate – Grantees
Gustavo Duque, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Québec
"Transforming Health and Resilience for Healthy Lives (THRIVE) Project"
Catherine Paquet, Université Laval, Québec
"Analyzing the Interplay Between Financial Well-being and Health Trajectories of Canadian Older Adults"
Piotr Wilk, Western University, Ontario
"How do individual- and area-level factors modify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of middle-aged and older adults in Canada?"
IPPH Early Career Researcher – Grantees
Isabelle Dufour, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
"Addressing social frailty: developing predictive models to support community actors"
Sarah A Gagliano Taliun, Montreal Heart Institute, Québec
"Expanding CLSA PheWeb: Interactive visualization of ordinal categorical genetic variant-phenotype associations and time-to-event associations"
Kuan Liu, University of Toronto, Ontario
"Understanding the Time-varying Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cognitive Impairment and Brain Aging"
IMHA Mandate – Grantee
Marla K Beauchamp, McMaster University, Ontario
"Validating a Modified Short Physical Performance Battery for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging"
IMHA Early Career Researcher – Grantees
Justin Lee, McMaster University, Ontario
"Polypharmacy and high-risk medication use in older adults who are lonely, socially isolated and lack social support"
Myles O'Brien, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
"Managing and AVOIDing Frailty and Adverse Musculoskeletal Health among Canadian Males and Females"
INMD Mandate – Grantees
Anne-Julie Tessier, Montreal Heart Institute, Québec
"Diet and 6-year muscle and cognitive trajectory in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: combining traditional and omics approaches"
Marie-Julie Favé, Concordia University, Québec
"Multi-omics kidney aging trajectories across environments"
Co-Funded by IA and ICRH – Grantee
Amy T Hsu, Bruyère Health Research Institute, Ontario
"Vascular predictors for the onset of stroke and dementia in older Canadians"
Co-Funded by IA and IMHA – Grantee
Pingzhao Hu, Western University, Ontario
"Predicting Risks for Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Generative Artificial Intelligence"
SPOR – Grantees (including RQRV Top-Up Funding)
Lauren E Griffith, McMaster University, Ontario
"Examining the Progression of Multidimensional Frailty in the Canadian Population"
RQRV Top-up Funding – Mélanie Levasseur, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
"Trajectories of social participation and connection according to individual and environmental characteristics in aging adults: Longitudinal analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)"
Melissa Northwood, McMaster University, Ontario
"Path Analysis of Urinary Incontinence in Community Living Adults"
Kristin A Reynolds, University of Manitoba, Manitoba
"Engaging Partners in Canadian National Epidemiological Research Exploring the Relationship Between Mental Health, Loneliness, and Social Participation among Older Adults"
Jessica Wong, Western University, Ontario
"Development and validation of a population risk tool (UPoRT) to predict unmet healthcare needs in aging Canadians: Guiding population risk assessment and healthcare planning"
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