National aging study moves to innovation park

Canada's largest and most comprehensive study of aging has opened its national
headquarters at the McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ont.

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is a long-term research project examining
the factors that shape healthy aging. The national study will follow 50,000 men and
women aged 45 to 85 for 20 years. The study collects information on the changing
biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and economic aspects of people's
lives as they age.

“Establishing our national operations at the McMaster Innovation Park made perfect
sense to us,” said Parminder Raina, lead principal investigator of the study and a
professor of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University.

“The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is highly collaborative, involving researchers
at 26 institutions across Canada. Our focus is on developing a research platform that
will answer critical questions about aging. We wanted to be located in a space that
embodies our same spirit of collaboration and innovation.”

The McMaster Innovation Park will be home to the study's National Coordinating Centre,
which manages the recruitment of participants, leads data collection operations,
develops protocols and provides training and direction for 11 Data Collection Sites
across the country.

“Over the next 20 years, the National Coordinating Centre will play a central role in data
management and coordinating data analysis for the study,” said Ine Wauben, the study's
national manager. “The outcome of this unique undertaking will provide new insights
into the aging process and new opportunities to help people age optimally.”

In addition to the National Coordinating Centre, the innovation park also houses the
McMaster Data Collection Site, which will welcome study participants from Hamilton and
the surrounding area to take part in a variety of assessments that examine their health
and well-being. It is also home to the study's Biorepository and Bioanalysis Centre, a
research facility that stores and analyzes biological samples collected as part of the
study.

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is a strategic initiative of Canadian Institutes
of Health Research. Overall support for the study has been provided by the Government
of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canada
Foundation for Innovation.

For more information about the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, visit href=”http://www.clsa-elcv.ca”>clsa-elcv.ca.

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Canada&#039;s largest and most comprehensive study of aging has opened its national <br />
headquarters at the McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ont.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is a long-term research project examining <br />
the factors that shape healthy aging. The national study will follow 50,000 men and <br />
women aged 45 to 85 for 20 years. The study collects information on the changing <br />
biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and economic aspects of people&#039;s <br />
lives as they age.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Establishing our national operations at the McMaster Innovation Park made perfect <br />
sense to us," said Parminder Raina, lead principal investigator of the study and a <br />
professor of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University.<br />
<br />
<br />
"The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is highly collaborative, involving researchers <br />
at 26 institutions across Canada. Our focus is on developing a research platform that <br />
will answer critical questions about aging. We wanted to be located in a space that <br />
embodies our same spirit of collaboration and innovation."<br />
<br />
<br />
The McMaster Innovation Park will be home to the study&#039;s National Coordinating Centre,  <br />
which manages the recruitment of participants, leads data collection operations, <br />
develops protocols and provides training and direction for 11 Data Collection Sites <br />
across the country.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Over the next 20 years, the National Coordinating Centre will play a central role in data <br />
management and coordinating data analysis for the study," said Ine Wauben, the study&#039;s <br />
national manager. "The outcome of this unique undertaking will provide new insights <br />
into the aging process and new opportunities to help people age optimally."<br />
<br />
<br />
In addition to the National Coordinating Centre, the innovation park also houses the <br />
McMaster Data Collection Site, which will welcome study participants from Hamilton and <br />
the surrounding area to take part in a variety of assessments that examine their health <br />
and well-being. It is also home to the study&#039;s Biorepository and Bioanalysis Centre, a <br />
research facility that stores and analyzes biological samples collected as part of the <br />
study.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is a strategic initiative of Canadian Institutes <br />
of Health Research. Overall support for the study has been provided by the Government <br />
of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canada <br />
Foundation for Innovation.<br />
<br />
<br />
For more information about the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, visit <a <br />
href="http://www.clsa-elcv.ca">clsa-elcv.ca</a>.<br />

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