Directory

Aging

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The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of aging and promote healthy aging. This page includes selected news stories about our research on aging, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.

Labs and Groups

These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.

Research Group
Burger Lab
Our laboratory seeks to apply our expertise in the area of extracellular vesicle biology to explore mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of chro...
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Research Group
Chen Lab
My laboratory is working to identify common molecular links between metabolic disorders (diabetes and atherosclerosis), stroke and anxiety in ord...
Research Group
Doug Manuel Lab
Big data, risk assessment tools, population health, health services, epidemiology, artificial intelligence
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Research Group
Gray Lab
The Gray lab has studied the loss of protein homeostasis in aging and age-related diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Our specific focu...
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Research Group
LIU Lab
We study fundamental cell cycle mechanisms, cancer, infertility, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Research Group
Schlossmacher Lab
Since 2000, I have pursued work as a physician-scientist focusing on Parkinson disease (PD), Lewy body dementia (DLB) and multiple system atrophy...
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Clinician Investigator

Matti Allen

Clinician Investigator, Neuroscience
Philip Berardi
Clinician Investigator

Philip Berardi

Clinician Investigator, Cancer Research
Dylan Burger
Scientist

Dylan Burger

Senior Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Hsiao-Huei Chen
Scientist

Hsiao-Huei Chen

Senior Scientist, Neuroscience
Jeffrey Dilworth
Affiliate

Jeffrey Dilworth

Senior Scientist Affiliate, Regenerative Medicine
Debra Eagles
Scientist

Debra Eagles

Scientist, Acute Care Research
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Scientist

Ellen Freeman

Scientist, Methodological and Implementation Research
Douglas Gray
Emeritus

Douglas Gray

Senior Scientist Emeritus, Cancer Research
Tetyana Kendzerska
Scientist

Tetyana Kendzerska

Associate Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Edward Lemaire
Affiliate

Edward Lemaire

Affiliate Investigator, Methodological and Implementation Research
Johné Liu
Scientist

Johné Liu

Senior Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Douglas Manuel
Scientist

Douglas Manuel

Senior Scientist, Methodological and Implementation Research
Michael McBurney
Emeritus

Michael McBurney

Senior Scientist Emeritus, Cancer Research
Daniel McIsaac
Scientist

Daniel McIsaac

Scientist, Acute Care Research
Arya Rahgozar
Scientist

Arya Rahgozar

Scientist, Methodological and Implementation Research
Michael Schlossmacher
Scientist

Michael Schlossmacher

Senior Scientist, Neuroscience
William Stanford
Scientist

William Stanford

Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine
Miriam Thake
Clinician Investigator

Miriam Thake

Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Publications

The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.

Amygdala and hippocampal volumes as neural correlates of resilience and loneliness in older adults.

2026-11-01 Go to publication

Do we care about caring for older adults? Exploring the resistance to uptake of geriatric training in medical oncology training - a qualitative study.

2026-09-11 Go to publication

Regulatory Approaches to Addressing Cognitive Decline in Aging Physicians.

2026-09-04 Go to publication

Seven days of warm water immersion modulate baseline fluid-regulatory hormones without altering acute multisystem physiological stress responses in older males.

2026-09-01 Go to publication

Short-term passive heat acclimation modulates autophagy and cellular stress responses in older active adults.

2026-08-31 Go to publication
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Resources

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