Research Interests
Anita Iacono completed her Master's of Science in September 2021. Her research focused on modifiable mechanisms linking mental health to cognitive outcomes in middle to older age adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Specifically, she was interested in how depressive symptoms impact cognition through social pathways and how this varies across subgroups. Her research went beyond exposure-outcome associations and delved into the mechanisms of how risk factors influence cognitive outcomes and for whom.
Education
BSc (Hons) 2019, Health Studies (Minor: Gerontology), University of Waterloo.
Thesis: Social Support Availability Moderates the Impact of Depression on Executive Function in Middle and Older Adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
MSc 2021, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Thesis: The Role of Functional Social Isolation in Mediating the Association Between Baseline Depression and Subsequent Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive Cohort