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null Christina Wolfson, B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD

Senior Scientist, RI-MUHC

Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program

Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and School of Population and Global Health, McGill University

 

Keywords

neurology • epidemiology • aging • measurement • biostatistics

Research Focus

My research focuses on the study of neurological disorders in the population. I have conducted research on multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia. I am interested in identifying the population burden of these diseases including the frequency of occurrence, and I also evaluate risk factors and factors that influence the disease course. I work to develop and to validate methods of ascertaining neurological disease in large studies in the population when it is not feasible to include a physician assessment. Recently I have become interested in the physical and mental health of aging veterans and have developed an emerging research program in this area. As co-Principal investigator on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, a 20-year study of 50,000 participants aged 45-85, I lead the Neurological Conditions Initiative and the Veterans' Health Initiative.

Selected Publications

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  • Nguyen QD, Moodie EM, Forget MF, Desmarais P, Keezer MR, Wolfson C. Health Heterogeneity in Older Adults: Exploration in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Nov 5. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16919. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33155270.

  • Wolfson C, Fereshtehnejad SM, Pasquet R, Postuma R, Keezer MR. High burden of neurological disease in the older general population: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Eur J Neurol. 2019 Feb;26(2):356-362. doi: 10.1111/ene.13823. Epub 2018 Oct 31. PMID: 30300458.

  • Raina P, Wolfson C, Kirkland S, Griffith LE, Balion C, Cossette B, Dionne I, Hofer S, Hogan D, van den Heuvel ER, Liu-Ambrose T, Menec V, Mugford G, Patterson C, Payette H, Richards B, Shannon H, Sheets D, Taler V, Thompson M, Tuokko H, Wister A, Wu C, Young L. Cohort Profile: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 1;48(6):1752-1753j. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz173. Erratum in: Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 1;48(6):2066. PMID: 31633757.

  • Karunananthan S, Moodie EEM, Bergman H, Payette H, Wolfson D, Diehr PH, Wolfson C. The association between physical function and proximity to death in older adults: a multilevel analysis of 4,150 decedents from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Epidemiol. 2019 Jul;35:59-65.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.04.005. Epub 2019 Apr 18. PMID: 31221508.

  • Magalhaes S, Pugliatti M, Riise T, Myhr KM, Ciampi A, Bjornevik K, Wolfson C. Shedding light on the link between early life sun exposure and risk of multiple sclerosis: results from the EnvIMS Study. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Aug 1;48(4):1073-1082. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy269. PMID: 30561654.