Ongoing Research Projects
2022
La contribution de l’emploi occupé durant la vie active sur le maintien en activité et la participation sociale en fin de carrière et à la retraite: une étude prospective
Principal Investigator : Ruth Ndjaboue
Principal Affiliation : Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
2021
Mitigating the impact of stress on cognitive function among older adults: The role of healthy lifestyle behaviours
Principal Investigator : Alexandra J. Fiocco
Principal Affiliation : Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Progression du vieillissement naturel : description de l’évolution spatiotemporelle moyenne, personnalisation à des données individuelles et analyse des facteurs de risque associés
Principal Investigator : Stanley Durrleman
Principal Affiliation : Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
2020
Cognition and physical function in the NutCog cohort: Assessing the role of circulating ceramides and their relation to vitamin K status
Principal Investigator : Guylaine Ferland
Principal Affiliation : Institut de cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Investigating the relationship between physical activity, psychosocial and biological moderators, and cognition in NuAge and NutCog
Principal Investigator : Alexandra J. Fiocco
Principal Affiliation : Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
The association between western diet and cognitive function, and the mediating role of CRP and protein carbonyls in the NutCog-NuAge study
Principal Investigator : Alexandra J. Fiocco
Principal Affiliation : Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Facteurs nutritionnels associés à la préservation de la masse et de la force musculaire chez les personnes âgées de la cohorte NuAge: au-delà de l’apport protéique
Principal Investigator : Nancy Presse
Principal Affiliation : Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
The Cognitive-Prefrail syndrome and its association with adverse health outcomes: Results from the NuAge observational population-based study
Dairy product intake and cognitive function in free-living older adults
Principal Investigator : Stéphanie Chevalier
2019
Investigation of key metabolic biomarkers as predictors of cognitive decline in elderly individuals in the NutCog Study
Principal Investigator : Nancy Presse
Association of Centre of Excellence Self-AdMinistered questionnaire (CESAM) score and frailty levels with incident adverse health events in older community dwellers: Results of the NuAge study
The relationship between serum osteocalcin and muscle mass, physical function and cognition
Low protein intake, physical activity and muscle strength and function in European and North-American community-dwelling older adults: a pooled analysis of four longitudinal cohorts of ageing
Principal Investigator : Helena Canhão
Dévelopement d’un index de comorbidité / Multimorbidity in older men and women in the NuAge and CLSA cohorts
Validation of a rasch-based frailty ladder using NuAge data set
Principal Investigator : Nancy E. Mayo
2017
The biological underpinnings of Motoric Cognitive Risk syndrome: a multi-center study
Associations between long chain fatty acids and cognitive function and decline: comparison of methods of analysis
Principal Investigator : Nancy Presse
Diet, physiological dysregulation, and aging: understanding longitudinal links through trajectory analysis
Principal Investigator : Alan A. Cohen
Understanding the complexity of aging through physiological dysregulation: implications for preserving healthspan
The Importance of Milk and Dairy Products as Determinants of Vitamin B12 Status in Healthy Older Adults: Data from the NuAge Prospective Cohort
Principal Investigator : Nancy Presse
2016
The “Motoric Cognitive Risk” syndrome in the Quebec population: results from the NuAge study
Apport des approches métabolomiques et lipidomiques pour une meilleure stratification du syndrome métabolique
Principal Investigator : Estelle Pujos-Guillot (co-PI : Blandine Comte, Pierrette Gaudreau)
Principal Affiliations : EPG, BC: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Clermont-Ferrand, France; PG: Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
2015
The influence of empirically derived dietary pattern on cognitive function in older adults
Principal Investigator : Alexandra J. Fiocco
2014
The role of olfactory deficits in the cognitive dysfunction observed in the aging population (ORCA)
Principal Investigator : Rona K. Graham
Completed since March 8, 2019
Prospective associations of per meal dose of protein intake with decline in muscle strength and function in community-dwelling older adults: results from the NuAge study
Principal Investigator : Nancy Presse
Project period: 2019-2021
Prevention Of Malnutrition in Senior Subjects (PROMISS)
Principal Investigator : Marjolein Visser
Project period: 2016-2021
Understanding the role of contrasting urban contexts in healthy aging : an international study of daily mobility and active living using wearable sensor devices across cohorts (CURHA)
Principal Affiliation : Centre hospitalier de l’Universitaire de Montréal Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
Project period: 2014-2021