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Mark Speechley

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Mark Speechley

Professor Emeritus

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2008.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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107

Publications

2,167

Citations

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Latest papers

Prospective evaluation of balance and mobility tests as part of the World Falls Guidelines algorithm
Age and Ageing · 2026
The INITIATE (Initial Test for Fall Risk Assessment in the Elderly) prospective cohort study: baseline results
BMC Geriatrics · 2026
What Combinations of Modifiable Risk Factors Are Most Prevalent and Most Strongly Associated with Low Cognition? Results from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders · 2026

All 107 publications

Latest funding

Exploring the untold story of COVID-19: Understanding the wider and future impacts of the pandemic and finding solutions to improve population health, resiliency, and preparedness
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$455,243
The Role of Neural Plasticity in Rehabilitation for Reversible Spinal Cord Compression in Elderly Patients
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$728,090
Beyond Supervised Learning: Artificial Intelligence Tools to Help Public Health Stakeholders Serve Marginalized Populations
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$24,950

All 16 grants and awards

107 publications.

Prospective evaluation of balance and mobility tests as part of the World Falls Guidelines algorithm

Saunders S, Speechley M, Griffith LE, Kuspinar A, Sibley KM, Raina P, D'amore C, Richardson J, Noble T, Beauchamp MK

Age and Ageing20267 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag028

The INITIATE (Initial Test for Fall Risk Assessment in the Elderly) prospective cohort study: baseline results

Saunders S, Kuspinar A, Sibley KM, D’Amore C, Noble T, Griffith LE, Raina P, Richardson J, Speechley M, Beauchamp MK

BMC Geriatrics20263 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06724-9

What Combinations of Modifiable Risk Factors Are Most Prevalent and Most Strongly Associated with Low Cognition? Results from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Son S, Speechley M, Zou G, Montero-Odasso M

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders2026

DOI: 10.1159/000550244 PMID: 41557558

Synergistic effects of exercise, cognitive training and vitamin D on gait performance and falls in mild cognitive impairment-secondary outcomes from the SYNERGIC trial.

Pieruccini-Faria F, Son S, Zou G, Almeida QJ, Middleton LE, Bray NW, Lussier M, Shoemaker JK, Speechley M, Liu-Ambrose T, Burhan AM, Camicioli R, Li KZH, Fraser S, Berryman N, Bherer L, Montero-Odasso M

Age and ageing2025

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaf242 PMID: 40966614

Identifying the optimal combinations of modifiable dementia risk factors to target in multidomain intervention - Three-year longitudinal findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging.

Son S, Speechley M, Zou G, Montero-Odasso M

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100321 PMID: 40817010

Brain health PRO/Santé cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.

Belleville S, Anderson ND, Bherer L, Camicioli R, Carrier J, Chan S, Cuesta M, Dang-Vu TT, Dwosh E, Fiocco AJ, Ferland G, Gilbert B, Harris E, Itzhak I, Jarrett P, Kadri MA, Laurin D, Liu-Ambrose T, McGibbon CA, Middleton L, Miller L, Nygaard HB, Montero-Odasso M, Murphy K, Phillips N, Pichora-Fuller MK, Robillard JM, Smith EE, Speechley M, Trigui A, Wittich W, Chertkow H, Feldman HH, CTU expert group for the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), CAN-THUMBS UP Study Group

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100134 PMID: 40090784

Fall risk stratification in older adults: low and not-at-risk status still associated with falls and injuries.

Montero-Odasso M, Pieruccini-Faria F, Son S, Carvalho de Abreu DC, Hunter S, Liu JQ, Moore M, Hezam A, van der Velde N, Masud T, Ryg J, Petrovic M, Speechley M

Age and ageing2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaf064 PMID: 40139220

Hang up your cleats and hope for the best? A cross-sectional study of five health domains in retired elite female rugby players

Thornton JS, Hewitt C, Khan K, Speechley M, Ambrose A, Reilly K, Mountjoy ML, Gouttebarge V, Crossley K

BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine20247 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2024-001999

A Metabolomics Analysis of a Novel Phenotype of Older Adults at Higher Risk of Dementia.

Sultana M, Camicioli R, Dixon RA, Whitehead S, Pieruccini-Faria F, Petrotchenko E, Speechley M, Borchers CH, Montero-Odasso M

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2024

DOI: 10.3233/jad-230683 PMID: 37781807

Cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep health and multimorbidity in middle to older-aged adults: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Patel S, Speechley M, Nicholson K, Espin-Garcia O, Reid GJ, Stranges S

Sleep medicine2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.09.029 PMID: 39326218

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Mark Speechley

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prospective evaluation of balance and mobility tests as part of the World Falls Guidelines algorithm

The INITIATE (Initial Test for Fall Risk Assessment in the Elderly) prospective cohort study: baseline results

What Combinations of Modifiable Risk Factors Are Most Prevalent and Most Strongly Associated with Low Cognition? Results from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Synergistic effects of exercise, cognitive training and vitamin D on gait performance and falls in mild cognitive impairment-secondary outcomes from the SYNERGIC trial.

Identifying the optimal combinations of modifiable dementia risk factors to target in multidomain intervention - Three-year longitudinal findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging.

Brain health PRO/Sant&#xe9; cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.

Fall risk stratification in older adults: low and not-at-risk status still associated with falls and injuries.

Hang up your cleats and hope for the best? A cross-sectional study of five health domains in retired elite female rugby players

A Metabolomics Analysis of a Novel Phenotype of Older Adults at Higher Risk of Dementia.

Cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep health and multimorbidity in middle to older-aged adults: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Frequent collaborators

Manuel Montero Odasso

Robert Teasell

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Louis Bherer

Louis Bherer

Louis Bherer

Guangyong Zou

Akshya Vasudev

Michael Borrie

Sarah Fraser

Neil Klar

Samantha Wells

Marla Beauchamp

Matthew Meyer

Laura Middleton

Lauren Griffith

Parminder Raina

Monica Maly

Margo Mountjoy

Ayse Kuspinar

Danielle Rice

Neville Suskin

Javeed Sukhera

Kamini Vasudev

Brain health PRO/Santé cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.