Andrew Costa

Overview

Dr. Andrew Costa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University and holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Integrated Care for Seniors. He serves as Research Director of the St. Joseph’s Health System Centre for Integrated Care and as Associate Scientific Director of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Dr. Costa is also a Fellow of interRAI, contributing to international standards for vulnerable sector care, and is a member of McMaster’s School of Computational Science and Engineering and the MacDATA Institute Scientific Advisory Committee.

Dr. Costa has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has led or co-led more than $70 million in research funding. His translational research has shaped national guidelines on frailty assessment, chronic disease management, and pandemic response, and his findings have been cited in more than 140 policy documents, including reports from the World Health Organization, the CDC, and the Government of Canada. He is the co-founder of OnSPARK, Canada’s largest AI-enabled long-term care data platform, and co-leads CanSPARK, a national learning health system for long-term care.

Affiliations

• Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
• Associate Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Associate Member, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Member, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), Faculty of Health Sciences
• Member, School of Computational Science and Engineering

Education

• BSc, University of Waterloo
• PhD, University of Waterloo