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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An inferential model for understanding the effects of demographic and gait factors and their interactions on the human gait index: A beta regression approach
View publicationMukherjee, M., Faisal, A. I., Balakrishnan, N., Kumar, S. & Deen, M. J. An inferential model for understanding the effects of demographic and gait factors and their interactions on the human gait index: A beta regression approach. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 29, 7593-7606 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2025.3570664
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Hydrogen peroxide electrochemical sensor using green synthesized silver nanoparticles
View publicationAli, M. Y., Abdulrahman, H. B. & Howlader, M. M. R. Hydrogen peroxide electrochemical sensor using green synthesized silver nanoparticles. Surfaces and Interfaces 74 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2025.107662
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Optimal capacity planning for long-term care facilities considering patients’ gender, language, and age group
View publicationKhalili, G., Zargoush, M. & Huang, K. Optimal capacity planning for long-term care facilities considering patients’ gender, language, and age group. Health Care Manag Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-025-09717-7
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Augmenting a ResNet + BiLSTM deep learning model with clinical mobility data helps outperform a heuristic frequency-based model for walking bout segmentation
View publicationRuder, M. C., Di Bacco, V. E., Patel, K., Zheng, R., Madden, K., Adili, A. & Kobsar, D. Augmenting a ResNet + BiLSTM deep learning model with clinical mobility data helps outperform a heuristic frequency-based model for walking bout segmentation. Sensors (Basel) 25 (2025). https://doi.org/10.3390/s25206318
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Normative values for the physical activity scale for the elderly in community-dwelling men and women 45 to 85 years old: an analysis from the CLSA
View publicationD’Amore, C., Mayhew, A., Griffith, L. E., Raina, P., Richardson, J. & Beauchamp, M. K. Normative values for the physical activity scale for the elderly in community-dwelling men and women 45 to 85 years old: an analysis from the CLSA. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 22, 127 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01820-w
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Cohort profile: baseline characteristics and design of the McMaster Monitoring My Mobility (MacM3) study – a prospective digital mobility cohort of community-dwelling older Canadians from Southern Ontario
Beauchamp, M., Kirkwood, R., Cooper, C., McIlroy, W. E., Van Ooteghem, K., Beyer, K. B., Richardson, J., Kuspinar, A., McNicholas, P. D., Newbold, B., Scott, D., Raina, P., Fang, Q., Gardner, P., Zargoush, M., Ma, J., O’Hoski, S., Rafiq, T. & Mac, M. I. Cohort profile: baseline characteristics and design of the McMaster Monitoring My Mobility (MacM3) study – a prospective digital mobility cohort of community-dwelling older Canadians from Southern Ontario. BMJ Open 15, e105223 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105223
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