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Kenneth Rockwood

ResearcherGeriatric MedicineDalhousie University

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Kenneth Rockwood

Researcher

Geriatric Medicine

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
116 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 30 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 6 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

397

Publications

2,824

Citations

h-index

195

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Frailty Aging Dementia Acute Care Co-Production Decision Aid Dignity Of Risk Older Adults

Latest papers

Delirium and adverse clinical outcomes: a matched cohort study in the UK Biobank.
The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2026
Frailty index deficit interchangeability: an empirical test using random survival forests in adults with cardiovascular disease.
Age and ageing · 2026
How human and animal frailty index (FI) studies can inform each other: a brief narrative review.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026 · senior author

All 397 publications

Latest funding

The interaction between chronic disease and longitudinal changes in frailty and their associations with healthcare utilization in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,000
Advancing Patient Autonomy in Hospital Care: Co-Creating a Decision Aid for Older Adults
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$150,000
Summer Program in Aging
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$850

All 33 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 397 publications.

Delirium and adverse clinical outcomes: a matched cohort study in the UK Biobank.

Haapanen MJ, Ward DD, Mudge AM, Gordon EH, Graham FA, Rockwood K, Hubbard RE

The lancet. Healthy longevity2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100816 PMID: 41679317

Frailty index deficit interchangeability: an empirical test using random survival forests in adults with cardiovascular disease.

Quach J, Theou O, Rockwood K, Kehler S, Blodgett J

Age and ageing2026

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag262 PMID: 42696642

How human and animal frailty index (FI) studies can inform each other: a brief narrative review.

Rutenberg A, Rockwood K

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glag203 PMID: 42679375

Evaluation of the FI-Lab, a laboratory-based, automated frailty index for acute care: A multicohort study.

Logan Ellis H, Hanlon P, Dunnell L, Whyte M, Davis DHJ, Bates J, Jafri A, Shamsutdinova D, Teo JT, Ibrahim Z, Rockwood K

PLoS medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005004 PMID: 42678992

Comparing frailty index distribution, mortality and frailty dynamics across multiple countries: applying the 'zero-state' principle to harmonised ageing data.

Drijver-Headley S, Godin J, Rockwood K, Hanlon P

Age and ageing2026

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag242 PMID: 42607277

Frailty and accelerated dementia onset in genetic, sociodemographic and neuropathologic subgroups.

Strating TR, Haapanen MJ, Ma D, Gordon EH, Rockwood K, Hubbard RE, Ward DD

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2026-338460 PMID: 42481072

DNA methylation variability provides a complementary epigenetic signature of aging heterogeneity: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

Vishnyakova O, Min J, Moore AZ, Tanaka T, Ferrucci L, Song X, Rockwood K, Brooks-Wilson A, Elliott LT

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2026

DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glag234 PMID: 42755069

Frailty, clinical outcomes, and treatment effects of a care bundle in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: a post-hoc analysis of the INTERACT3 trial.

Liu T, Chen L, Liu Y, Zhao Z, Liu L, Ma L, Billot L, Li Q, Malavera A, Muñoz-Venturelli P, de Silva A, Thang NH, Wahab KW, Pandian JD, Wasay M, Pontes-Neto OM, Jiang R, Abanto C, Arauz A, Song L, Harris K, Lindley RI, Peters R, Ward DD, Rockwood K, Hu X, You C, Anderson CS, Chen X, INTERACT3 Investigators

The lancet. Healthy longevity2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2026.100889 PMID: 42556370

Temporal sequencing of sensory impairments and frailty reveals vulnerability-dependent dementia risk.

Zhou S, Haapanen MJ, Gordon EH, Rockwood K, Hubbard RE, Dawes P, Ward DD

Research square2026

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10318713/v1 PMID: 42523509

Outcome strategies for clinical trials in Neuropaediatric rare diseases.

Acosta MT, Aibar JÁ, Arango C, Cirauqui EA, Baeza C, Berry-Kravis E, Bishop KI, Busner J, Chapman C, Chaumette B, Del Cerro I, Diaz JC, Dorffner G, Edgar CJ, Giorgi S, Hölter SM, Kittel-Schneider S, Latzman RD, Moreno C, Pallanti S, Colzi C, Plasencia C, Radtke F, Rockwood K, Santuccione Chadha A, Sevinc G, Singh MK, Smith SH, Tandon PK, Tinoco D, Broggi E, Morgan SF, Magaraggia I, Zaragoza Domingo S

Neuroscience applied2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nsa.2026.107021 PMID: 42494992

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Kenneth Rockwood

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Delirium and adverse clinical outcomes: a matched cohort study in the UK Biobank.

Frailty index deficit interchangeability: an empirical test using random survival forests in adults with cardiovascular disease.

How human and animal frailty index (FI) studies can inform each other: a brief narrative review.

Evaluation of the FI-Lab, a laboratory-based, automated frailty index for acute care: A multicohort study.

Comparing frailty index distribution, mortality and frailty dynamics across multiple countries: applying the 'zero-state' principle to harmonised ageing data.

Frailty and accelerated dementia onset in genetic, sociodemographic and neuropathologic subgroups.

DNA methylation variability provides a complementary epigenetic signature of aging heterogeneity: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

Frailty, clinical outcomes, and treatment effects of a care bundle in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: a post-hoc analysis of the INTERACT3 trial.

Temporal sequencing of sensory impairments and frailty reveals vulnerability-dependent dementia risk.

Outcome strategies for clinical trials in Neuropaediatric rare diseases.

Frequent collaborators

Olga Theou

Xiaowei Song

Susan Kirkland

Sultan Darvesh

Lindsay Wallace

Melissa Andrew

Melissa Andrew

Pantelis Andreou

Leah Cahill

John Muscedere

Mohammad Hajizadeh

Manuel Montero Odasso

Sasha Bernatsky

Caitlin McArthur

Sasha Bernatsky

Navdeep Tangri

Alexandra Papaioannou

Amanda Vinson

Mario Masellis

Gustavo Duque

Howard Chertkow

Steven Beyea

Howard Chertkow

Angela Brooks-Wilson

Benjamin Rusak

Serge Gauthier

Jonathan Derrick Adachi

Kenneth Rockwood

George Ioannidis

Michael Dunbar

Joanie Sims-Gould

Courtney Kennedy

Paul Stolee

Angela Brooks-Wilson

Howard Chertkow

Deborah Cook

Lehana Thabane

Justin Lee

Seychelle Yohanna

Justin Lee