Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Aging

随着加拿大人口的老龄化，为什么个别老年人的老龄化模式截然不同，还有很多有待了解的地方。尽管一些衰老的个体保持着高水平的生物活力和认知功能，但大多数人遵循典型的衰退模式，而越来越多的人经历了加速和退化的损失。我的研究计划试图了解(A)在衰老过程中发生的各种认知变化，以及(B)先兆、疾病和其他与认知结果健康或受损相关的条件所起的作用。因此，我对老龄化进行了大规模的、长期的、跨学科的纵向研究。研究结果具有理论、流行病学和公共卫生意义。

As the Canadian population ages, much remains to be known about why individual older adults follow dramatically different patterns of aging. Although some aging individuals maintain high levels of biological vitality and cognitive functioning, most follow typical decline patterns, while increasing numbers experience accelerated and degenerative losses. My research program seeks to understand the (a) variety of cognitive changes that occur in aging and (b) roles of precursors, diseases, and other conditions associated with healthy or impaired cognitive outcomes. Accordingly, I conduct a large-scale, long-term, and interdisciplinary longitudinal study of aging. Results are of theoretical, epidemiological, and public health significance.