AGING-RELATED CLINICAL AND HEALTH-SERVICES RESEARCH IN CANADA

Research by Canadian geriatricians has grown significantly since the C anadian Society of Geriatric Medicine was founded in 1981. Most resear ch has been clinical or related to health service use. More recently, the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) has proved an important focus for population-based research, and research on dementia. An incr easing number of Canadian geriatricians have undertaken formal researc h training, and the CSHA study team and other groups are providing opp ortunities for multicentre, multidisciplinary, collaborative studies. These developments point to continued growth in research by Canadian g eriatricians, most likely research with a clinical and population focu s and employing multicenter designs.