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The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) and the McMaster School of Nursing’s Aging, Community and Health Research Unit (ACHRU) have formed the newest research centre in the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) network.
Incorporating community volunteers into the health-care system shows promise in reducing health-care usage by older adults through a shift from hospitals to primary care, according to research from McMaster.
An interdisciplinary project aimed at developing a pre-surgery rehabilitation and education program for older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis receives the first cross-institute catalyst grant from the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care.
June 18, 2019
Ressam Gardens, a new seniors' residence in Hamilton, is designed to improve the quality of life of its residents, who are living with dementia and Alzheimer's.The facility will also be space where partners, including the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), can develop and test advanced smart systems that may positively impact this population.
June 7, 2019
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February 7, 2019
The benefits of exercise are widely known but kinesiologists at McMaster University have for the first time found that physical activity may help fight depression in seniors by stimulating muscle-generated mood boosters.
November 2, 2018
MIRA awards catalyst grants to interdisciplinary research proposals from each faculty, including plans to turn the RBG's trails into a living lab, to trace family health across generations of Hamiltonians, to manage chronic pain, and to help with the transition when older adults stop driving.
December 1, 2017
A perceived “lack of time” is one of the most commonly-cited barriers to engaging in regular physical activity.
Focusing on building strength just twice a week is part of the blueprint for optimal health, says Kinesiology professor Stuart Phillips says.
Jennifer Heisz is working to understand how exercise alters the brain.
August 18, 2017
In July, two promising students in the field of aging became the first recipients of the Labarge Mobility Scholarship, an influential new award presented by the Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging within McMaster’s Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA).
July 24, 2017
Some of McMaster’s top researchers are presenting at the world’s largest conference on aging this week.
June 29, 2017
“Our sesquicentennial is an opportunity to look into the future and to imagine what Canada will become in the next 50 or 100 years,” says University president Patrick Deane
May 30, 2017
McMaster has received $417,500 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for research projects that analyze data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
May 25, 2017
High school students from across Canada will converge on McMaster University Saturday, May 27th, 2017, to compete for the 10th Annual Canadian National Brain Bee championship.
May 19, 2017
Seven researchers from across the disciplines have earned Early Researcher Awards to advance their work – a collective investment of nearly $1 million from the Province of Ontario.
March 9, 2017
Six teams of researchers from across McMaster's Faculties have been awarded $20,000 each from the Interdisciplinary Research Fund.
March 6, 2017
McMaster’s Vice-President of Research, Robert Baker updated the Board of Governors on plans to maintain, enhance and improve the University’s position as a research leader in Canada and around the world.
January 23, 2017
A key study in the prevention of heart disease, led by Professor Salim Yusuf, has been named one of 14 “notable articles” of the year by the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
December 12, 2016
McMaster Kinesiology has been ranked among the top sport science programs in the world.
December 1, 2016
Dr. John Kelton has received a Lifelong Achievement Award from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine’s Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Regional Geriatric Program Central.
October 19, 2016
The gift, announced Wednesday at an event at Queen’s Park in Toronto, funds the Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging.
September 30, 2016
The Canadian Research Data Centre Network, which arms researchers with the statistics to explore and analyze trends and issues that touch virtually every aspect of Canadian life, has received $14.5-million in renewed funding.
Michael Schutz, an Associate Professor of Music Cognition/Percussion has been awarded a $140,000 NSERC Discovery grant for research on how humans perceive natural and artificial sounds.
September 13, 2016
The story, "The Exercise Cure," includes interviews with Kinesiology's Martin Gibala as well as Health Sciences' Mark Tarnopolsky.
July 4, 2016
Three McMaster researchers working to improve the lives of women around the world have been recognized by the Council of Ontario Universities.
May 30, 2016
McMaster’s Acting Vice-President of Research, Allison Sekuler was recently in the Netherlands to explore and expand partnership opportunities and share best practices in university research and innovation.
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