Resources
Improving the science of aging
MIRA maintains a set of resources that support aging research and assist our members, trainees and community members to improve the lives of older adults.
MIRA and Labarge Annual Reports
Our yearly overview, highlighting MIRA’s impact through research projects, member and trainee successes and community outreach endeavors.
A comprehensive examination of MIRA’s goals, strategic initiatives, and collaborations, illustrating our past achievements and guiding our future direction.
Snacks and Science at the MIRA | Dixon Hall Centre: Women and Stroke
Engaging older adults & service providers as research partners in the co-design of the EMBOLDEN study
2023 MIRA Funding Webinar
Aging Communities and Pandemic Lessons
One Topic Two Disciplines Webinar Series: Supporting Older Women in Ways that Work
Exercise: Powerful Medicine for Health and Aging, with Dr. Stuart Phillips
Tips From an Early Career Researcher
Voice Canada technical walkthrough for MIRA researchers
Inclusive Spaces for Aging Well
Reports
When called upon, MIRA produces reports in service of making McMaster University a leader in aging research and access.
Publications
Researchers interested in accessing data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging may find these publications helpful.
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Virtual assessment protocols for Timed-Up-and-Go, 5-Repetition Chair Rise, and 1-Minute Sit-to-Stand Tests in community-dwelling older adults: Investigating feasibility, reliability, and validity
Saunders, S., Reid, J., Mehdipour, A., D’Amore, C., Kuspinar, A., Richardson, J. & Beauchamp, M. Virtual assessment protocols for Timed-Up-and-Go, 5-Repetition Chair Rise, and 1-Minute Sit-to-Stand Tests in community-dwelling older adults: Investigating feasibility, reliability, and validity. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.11.011
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Graying arts access: crafting creative online programming to promote older adults’ artistic engagement in and beyond pandemic time
View publicationMcFarland, J., Rice, C., Changfoot, N., La Rose, T., Alfaro-Laganse, C., Badri, S., Smith, K. & Katz, B. Graying arts access: crafting creative online programming to promote older adults’ artistic engagement in and beyond pandemic time. Front Sociol 9, 1454143 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1454143
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Musculoskeletal pain among community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal Telesurvey
View publicationAlmeida de Oliveira, L., Hanna, S., Stratford, P., Hespanhol, L., Gross, A., Carlesso, L., Astephan Wilson, J. L., Vrkljan, B., Kirkwood, R., Vesnaver, E., Beauchamp, M. & Macedo, L. Musculoskeletal pain among community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal Telesurvey. Physiotherapy Canada (2024). https://doi.org/10.3138/ptc-2023-0109
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oneliness and resilience are associated with nutrition risk after the first wave of COVID-19 in community-dwelling older Canadians
View publicationWei, C., Beauchamp, M. K., Vrkljan, B., Vesnaver, E., Giangregorio, L., Macedo, L. G. & Keller, H. H. Loneliness and resilience are associated with nutrition risk after the first wave of COVID-19 in community-dwelling older Canadians. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 48, 38-48 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2022-0201
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A compositional analysis of time spent in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep with quality of life in Canadian older adults aged 65 years and above: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
View publicationHakimi, S., Martin, L. J. & Rosenberg, M. W. A compositional analysis of time spent in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep with quality of life in Canadian older adults aged 65 years and above: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 50, 1-25 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2023-0516
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Frailty and gynecologic cancer: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
View publicationLavecchia, M., Marcucci, M., Raina, P., Jimenez, W. & Nguyen, J. M. V. Frailty and gynecologic cancer: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Int J Gynecol Cancer 35, 101642 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgc.2025.101642
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MIRA and Labarge funding has supported many bold research projects to optimize the health and longevity of older adults.
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