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Mary Thompson

ResearcherPsychologyUniversity of Waterloo

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Mary Thompson

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Publications

750

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Research

Disease Prevention Evidence Synthesis Framework Convention On Tobacco Control Global Health Health Policy Knowledge Translation Population Health Simulation Modelling

Latest papers

Epigenetic age predicts depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: importance of biological sex
Aging · 2025
Survival analysis of time to quit attempt using data from the international tobacco control survey in Canada (2002-2014).
Scientific reports · 2025 · senior author
Estimating dynamic treatment regimes for ordinal outcomes with household interference: Application in household smoking cessation.
Statistical methods in medical research · 2024

All 19 publications

Latest funding

The Global Prevention of Disease (GPrev) Project: From Evidence Synthesis to Simulation Modeling to Population Impact-Estimating the Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Reduction and Lives Saved in Five Diverse Low- and Middle-Income Countries
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$2,570,400
Evaluating and understanding tobacco and nicotine products among youth and adults in Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$3,656,700
Statistical methods for survey data in the social sciences
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$118,440

All 23 grants and awards

19 publications.

Epigenetic age predicts depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: importance of biological sex

Barha CK, Liu-Ambrose T, Inkster AM, Falck RS, Burma JS, Kirkland S, Griffith LE, Thompson M, Basta NE, McMillan JM

Aging2025

DOI: 10.18632/aging.206337

Survival analysis of time to quit attempt using data from the international tobacco control survey in Canada (2002-2014).

Yasmeen U, Thompson M

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-94560-7 PMID: 41254092

Estimating dynamic treatment regimes for ordinal outcomes with household interference: Application in household smoking cessation.

Jiang C, Thompson M, Wallace M

Statistical methods in medical research2024

DOI: 10.1177/09622802241242313 PMID: 38623615

Increased prevalence of loneliness and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Kirkland SA, Griffith LE, Oz UE, Thompson M, Wister A, Kadowaki L, Basta NE, McMillan J, Wolfson C, Raina P

BMC International Health and Human Rights202341 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15807-4 PMID: W4376224628

Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in community-living older adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Griffith LE, Beauchamp M, McMillan J, Borhan S, Oz UE, Wolfson C, Kirkland S, Basta NE, Thompson M, Raina P

Communications Medicine202310 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-023-00266-0

Protocol for validating an algorithm to identify neurocognitive disorders in Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging participants: an observational study

Mayhew AJ, Hogan D, Raina P, Wolfson C, Costa AP, Jones A, Kirkland S, O'Connell M, Taler V, Smith EE

BMJ Open20233 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073027 PMID: W4388126690

Examining the Effectiveness of the 2012 Canadian Graphic Warning Label Policy Change by Sex, Income, and Education.

Usidame B, Meng G, Thrasher JF, Thompson M, Fong GT, Fleischer NL

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2023

DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntac235 PMID: 36205028

Associations of functional disability and behavioural risk factors with social participation of older adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Raina P, Ali MU, Joshi D, Gilsing A, Mayhew A, Thompson M, Griffith LE

BMJ Open202213 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052173

A longitudinal analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of middle-aged and older adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Raina P, Wolfson C, Griffith L, Kirkland S, McMillan J, Basta N, Joshi D, Oz UE, Sohel N, Maimon G

Nature Aging2021111 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s43587-021-00128-1 PMID: W3214828911

Frailty differences across population characteristics associated with health inequality: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Griffith LE, Raina P, Kanters D, Hogan D, Patterson C, Papaioannou A, Richardson J, Gilsing A, Thompson M, van den Heuvel E

BMJ Open202114 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047945 PMID: W3186940345

The Global Prevention of Disease (GPrev) Project: From Evidence Synthesis to Simulation Modeling to Population Impact-Estimating the Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Reduction and Lives Saved in Five Diverse Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fong, Geoffrey T; Blakely, Tony; Meza, Rafael; Thompson, Mary E

Keywords: Disease Prevention; Evidence Synthesis; Framework Convention On Tobacco Control; Global Health; Health Policy; Knowledge Translation; Population Health; Simulation Modelling; Tobacco Use; Who Fctc Implementation

$2,570,400

Evaluating and understanding tobacco and nicotine products among youth and adults in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fong, Geoffrey T; Hammond, David G

Keywords: Disease Prevention; Framework Convention On Tobacco Control; Global Health; Health Policy; Nicotine Vaping Products (E-Cigarettes); Population Health; Surveys; Repeat Cross-Sectional And Cohort; Tobacco Control; Tobacco Use; Youth/Young Adults

$3,656,700

Statistical methods for survey data in the social sciences

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Thompson, Mary

$118,440

Evaluating and Understanding the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in a Rapidly Changing Global Tobacco Market: The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Fong, Geoffrey T

Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Cohort Survey; Framework Convention On Tobacco Control; Global Health; Health Policy; Population Health; Tobacco Use

$11,318,248

FIELDS - The Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Thematic Resources Support in Mathematics and Statistics

Principal investigators: Craig, Walter

$9,848,778

Modeling evolution of digital social networks

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Gel, Yulia R.

Keywords: social networks; mathematical sociology; online social media; information sciences

$40,190

THE CRM: 50 years of shaping mathematical sciences in Canada

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Thematic Resources Support in Mathematics and Statistics

Principal investigators: Vinet, Luc

$9,434,122

PIMS: Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Thematic Resources Support in Mathematics and Statistics

Principal investigators: Barlow, Martin

$9,459,122

Nutritional labeling on menus in Canada and the United States: Evidence to inform policy.

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Hammond, David G

Keywords: Health Behaviour; Health Policy; Labelling; Nutrition; Obesity Prevention; Policy Evaluation

$100,000

The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project: Evaluating the impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control With an Emphasis on Low and Middle Income Countries

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Fong, Geoffrey T

Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Cohort Survey; Evaluation; Framework Convention On Tobacco Control; Global Health; Health Policy; International; Population Health; Tobacco Use

$7,432,471

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Disease Prevention Dear Professor Thompson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Epigenetic age predicts depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: importance of biological sex" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The Global Prevention of Disease (GPrev) Project: From Evidence Synthesis to Simulation Modeling to Population Impact-Estimating the Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Reduction and Lives Saved in Five Diverse Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Mary Thompson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Epigenetic age predicts depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: importance of biological sex

Survival analysis of time to quit attempt using data from the international tobacco control survey in Canada (2002-2014).

Estimating dynamic treatment regimes for ordinal outcomes with household interference: Application in household smoking cessation.

Increased prevalence of loneliness and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Persistent COVID-19 symptoms in community-living older adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Protocol for validating an algorithm to identify neurocognitive disorders in Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging participants: an observational study

Examining the Effectiveness of the 2012 Canadian Graphic Warning Label Policy Change by Sex, Income, and Education.

Associations of functional disability and behavioural risk factors with social participation of older adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

A longitudinal analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of middle-aged and older adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Frailty differences across population characteristics associated with health inequality: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

The Global Prevention of Disease (GPrev) Project: From Evidence Synthesis to Simulation Modeling to Population Impact-Estimating the Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Reduction and Lives Saved in Five Diverse Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Evaluating and understanding tobacco and nicotine products among youth and adults in Canada

Statistical methods for survey data in the social sciences

Evaluating and Understanding the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in a Rapidly Changing Global Tobacco Market: The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project

FIELDS - The Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences

Modeling evolution of digital social networks

THE CRM: 50 years of shaping mathematical sciences in Canada

PIMS: Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

Nutritional labeling on menus in Canada and the United States: Evidence to inform policy.

The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project: Evaluating the impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control With an Emphasis on Low and Middle Income Countries

Frequent collaborators

Lauren Griffith

Parminder Raina

Christina Wolfson

Christina Wolfson

Susan Kirkland

Andrew Costa

Cynthia Balion

Laura Anderson

Jacqueline McMillan

Christopher Patterson

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Jinhui Ma

Vanessa Taler

Paul Stolee

Andrew Wister

Megan O'Connell

Nicole Basta

Nicole Basta

Howard Chertkow

Aaron Jones