Current Funded Projects
Multiple Social Tie Transitions and Their Impact On Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Aging Women and Men (MORE)
Principal Investigator
ABOUT
This project investigates the social causes of heart disease risk in older women and men using a large, national aging cohort in Canada (the CLSA). There are 3 objectives: (1) assess changes in obesity and hypertension over time in women and men by types of social tie transitions; (2) quantify how changes in different social ties impact these healthy aging indicators; and (3) explore the role of financial autonomy in social connectedness and cardiovascular risk.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
- Karin Humphries
- Nadia Khan
- Gerry Veenstra
- Zeinab Hosseini
Social Connectedness, Life Transitions, Gender, and Eating Habits: Longitudinal Study of a Canadian Ageing Cohort
Principal Investigator
ABOUT
This research will fill a critical gap in knowledge on the social tie transitions of middle and older age Canadians. Although an older body of literature exists on the experiences of marital transitions, little is known about the changes older people experience in living arrangement, social networks, or social participation from a gender perspective and from an intersectional lens of multiple social identities such as socioeconomic status differences or age subgroups. The proposed longitudinal population-based study will generate new insights on the social life transitions of older Canadians across multiple social identities and their effects on healthy eating habits, namely fruit and vegetable intake and no consumption of processed food.
Completed Funded Projects
Health Services
The EARLY study: Economic evAluation of a novel pRostate cancer gLYcan-based diagnostic tool
Principal Investigator
Co-investigatorS
- Karla Williams
- Larry Lynd
- Stanley Liu
- Wei Zhang
Partners
Pathways to Patient Oriented Research: Surgical PREhabilitation for better Patient outcomes (PREP)
Principal Investigator
Co-investigators
- Jason Sutherland
- Joseph Puyat
- Kristin Campbell
Co-knowledge Users
- Glynis Davies
- Kim Furneaux
- Paul Digney
- Robert Pietrzak;
Collaborator
- Carl Brown
Principal Knowledge User
- Ahmer Karamuddin
Partners
Patient Partnership to Design Prehabilitation Programming for Patients Receiving Colorectal Surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital
Co-Investigator
Partners
Development, validation, and dissemination of an individualized prediction tool for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Co-Investigator
Partners
Indigenous Health
Slanay skwalwin: Developing foraging walks with Squamish Nation to promote Indigenous women’s heart health
Principal Investigator
CO-INVESTIGATORS
- Karen Humphries
- Jeff Reading
- Elder Roberta Price
Exploring Indigenous Menu Options at Providence Health Care
Co-Investigator
Partners
Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Using two-eyed seeing to optimize healthy early life trajectories for Indigenous Peoples
Co-Investigator
Partners
Building a new partnership between First Nations Health Authority and the University of British Columbia for community-based research to improve Indigenous women’s heart health
Principal Investigator
Co-Investigators
- Jeffrey Reading
- Karin Humphries
Partners
Indigenous Gender and Wellness Idea Fair and Learning Circle
Principal Investigator
Partners
Cardiometabolic Outcomes/Diabetes/Obesity
Exploring the link and inter-relations between social relationships and objectively measured cardiometabolic risk factors in older adult women and men in Canada
Principal Investigator
Co-Investigators
- Gerry Veenstra
- Nadia A Khan
Partners
Building a new UBC-UW collaboration for a research cluster on the social determinants of nutrition-related outcomes
Principal Investigator
Co-Investigators
- Jennifer Otten
- Jessica Jones-Smith
Partners
