Lauren Griffith, Université de Sherbrooke

Research

Anticholinergics Mobility Sedatives Sleep Social Participation

Latest funding

Can we classify natural health products and evaluate their impacts on health? A CLSA study using machine learning.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$69,848
Trajectories of social participation and connection according to individual and environmental characteristics in aging adults: Longitudinal analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$70,000
Anticholinergic and sedative medications use in the Canadian population
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$69,980

Can we classify natural health products and evaluate their impacts on health? A CLSA study using machine learning.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - IA Early Career Researchers

Principal investigators: Chiu, Yohann M; Cossette, Benoît; Khnaisser, Christina

Keywords: Aging; Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System; Biostatistics; Chronic Conditions; Natural Health Products; Natural Language Processing; Ontology; Pharmacoepidemiology

$69,848

Trajectories of social participation and connection according to individual and environmental characteristics in aging adults: Longitudinal analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - Patient Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Mélanie; Lanthier-Labonté, Stéphanie

Keywords: Aging And Older Adults; Canadian Longitudinal Study On Aging; Community Integration & Living; Health And Well-Being Promotion; Prevention Of Autonomy Loss; Resiliency And Lifecycle Of Older Canadians; Secondary Analysis; Social Isolation & Exclusion, Or Marginalization; Social Participation, Wellness And Health In Older Adults; Trajectories

$70,000

Anticholinergic and sedative medications use in the Canadian population

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Cossette, Benoît; Griffith, Lauren E; Nicholson, Kathryn

Keywords: Anticholinergics; Mobility; Sedatives; Sleep; Social Participation

$69,980

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: Anticholinergics Dear Professor Griffith, 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]. Your research on anticholinergics 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 "Anticholinergic and sedative medications use in the Canadian population" (2023), 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]