Data Platforms

Objectives:

Support access to key data holdings, coordinate linkage between the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) data and create frameworks to share relevant data in a timely manner to diverse users.

Current work in progress:

Building capacity in using linked data, data platforms and data services
Developing resources, publications and methodologies

Co-leads:

Andrew Costa

Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact

Andrew Costa is an Associate Professor and Schlegel Chair in Clinical Epidemiology and Aging in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. He also serves as the Research Lead at the DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo Regional Campus. He is currently developing and evaluating models of care for affordable emergency room use for older adults. Andrew’s work aims to promote evidence-based care and policy while utilizing health information. His research program has the expertise to create better care and support systems for older adults in health care facilities.

Lauren Griffith

Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact

Lauren Griffith is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster. She holds a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in biostatistics from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include physical functioning, injury and aging as well as the harmonization of longitudinal data. Since joining the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) in November 2007, Dr. Griffith has worked on the analysis and reporting of several feasibility studies and the development of the CLSA protocol. In 2011, she served as interim national manager of the CLSA, and is currently the lead of the Hamilton Data Collection Site.