RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Identify the determinants of physical health in older adults in order to support healthy aging and to better understand the influence of interventions on the physical aspects of aging trajectories.
Identify the mechanisms through which aging and its determinants affect physical health, through preclinical and fundamental studies using animal, tissue, and cellular models.
THEMATIC AREAS
- Environment, responsible research, and health impacts
- Artificial intelligence, decision-making algorithms, and deep learning
- Open science and data sharing, including access to Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec data, national cohorts, and data linkage
- Geroscience and characteristics of aging
- Health and connected technologies (e.g., applications, implants)
- Prevention strategies to support healthy aging
- Co-creation, implementation science, and partnerships to support translational research and the transfer of knowledge to stakeholders in aging
CONTACT
Mélanie Plourde, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke.
Member of the Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement.
