Student Publications
Maxwell CJ, Dayes L, Amuah JE, Hogan DB, Lane NE, McGrail KM, Gruneir A, Griffith LE, Chamberlain SE, Rutter, EC, Corbett K & Hoben, M. (2023). Coping behaviours and health status during the COVID-19 pandemic among caregivers of assisted living residents in Western Canada. JAMDA. (In Press)
Iacono A, Oremus M, Maxwell CJ & Tyas SL. (2023). Functional social isolation mediates the association between depression and executive function in older women: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive cohort. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 1–21.
Morrison-Koechl J, Fearon DO, Fernandes MA & Tyas SL. (2023). The association between emotional expressivity in autobiographies from early adulthood and the risk of dementia in the context of written language skills. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports, 7(1), 317–326.
Kirkham J, Shorey CL, Iaboni A, Quirt H, Grigorovich A, Astell A, ... & Maxwell CJ. (2022). Staff perceptions of the consequences of COVID-19 on quality of dementia care for residents in Ontario long-term care homes. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(6).
Quick M, Rutter EC, Tyas SL, Maxwell C, Law J & Oremus M. (2022). Urban-rural variation in the association between social support availability and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Results from the baseline Tracking Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Health & Place, 77, 102894.
Shorey CL, Mulla RT & Mielke JG. (2022). The effects of synthetic glucocorticoid treatment for inflammatory disease on brain structure, function, and dementia outcomes: A systematic review. Brain Research, 148157.
Rutter EC, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, Law J, O'Connell ME, Konnert CA & Oremus, M. (2020). Association between functional social support and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: A protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 10(4), e037301.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Selected Publications
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Social Support
Mogic L, Rutter EC, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, O’Connell ME & Oremus M. (2023). Functional social support and cognitive function in middle- and older-aged adults: A systematic review of cross-sectional and cohort studies. Systematic Reviews, 12(1), 86.
Iacono A, Oremus M, Maxwell CJ & Tyas SL. (2023). Functional social isolation mediates the association between depression and executive function in older women: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive cohort. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 1–21.
Yoo SS, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ & Oremus, M. (2023). The association between functional social support and memory in middle-aged and older adults: A Prospective Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging’s Comprehensive Cohort. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 114, 105076.
Quick M, Rutter E, Tyas SL, Maxwell C, Law J, Oremus M. (2022). Urban-rural variation in the association between social support availability and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Results from the baseline Tracking Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Health & Place, 77, 102894.
Ohman A, Maxwell C, Tyas SL, Oremus M. (2021). The association between social support availability and memory by age and sex: A cross-sectional analysis of the Comprehensive Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Aging & Mental Health. (Under-review).
Ohman A, Maxwell CJ, Tyas SL, Oremus M. (2022). Subtypes of social support availability are not differentially associated with memory: A cross-sectional analysis of the Comprehensive Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 1-16.
Oremus M, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, O'Connell ME, Konnert C, Law J. (2020). Social support availability is positively associated with memory in persons aged 45-85 years: A cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 86, 103962.
Rutter EC, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, Law J, O'Connell ME, Konnert C, Oremus M. (2020). Association between functional social support and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: A protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 10, e037301.
Oremus M, Konnert C, Law J, Maxwell CJ, O'Connell ME, Tyas SL. (2019). Social support and cognitive function in middle- and older-aged adults: Descriptive analysis of CLSA tracking data. European Journal of Public Health. 29, 1084-1089.
Cognitive Reserve
Iraniparast M, Shi Y, Wu Y, Zeng L, Maxwell CJ, Kryscio RJ, St. John PD, SantaCruz KS, Tyas SL. (2022). Cognitive reserve and mild cognitive impairment: Predictors and rates of reversion to intact cognition vs progression to dementia. Neurology, 98(11), e1114-e1123.
Hack EE, Dubin JA, Fernandes M, Costa SC, Tyas SL. (2019). Multilingualism and dementia risk: Longitudinal analysis of the Nun Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 71(1): 201-212.
Mental Health
Stock KJ, Hogan DB, Lapane K, Amuah JE, Tyas SL, Bronskill SE, Morris AM, Bell CM, Jeffs L, Maxwell CJ. (2017). Antipsychotic use and hospitalization among older assisted living residents: Does risk vary by frailty status? American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 25(7): 779-790.
St. John PD, Tyas SL. (2016). Cause-specific mortality of older adults with and without depressive symptoms. Journal of Aging Research & Clinical Practice. 5(1): 58-60.
Physical Health
St. John PD, Menec V, Tyas SL, Tate R, Griffith LE. (2021). Multimorbidity in Canadians living in the community: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging. Canadian Family Physician. 67(3), 187-197.
Robertson AD, Heckman GAW, Fernandes MA, Roy EA, Tyas SL, Hughson RL. (2019). Carotid pulse pressure and intima media thickness are independently associated with cerebral hemodynamic pulsatility in communty-living older adults. Journal of Human Hypertension. 10, 1-10.
St. John PD, Tyas SL, Menec V, Tate R, Griffith L. (2019). Multimorbidity predicts functional decline in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study. Canadian Family Physician. 65(2), e56-e63.
Freeman S, Armstrong JJ, Tyas SL, Neufeld E. (2017). Clinical characteristics and patterns of health deficits of centenarians receiving home care and long-term care services. Experimental Gerontology. 99, 46-52.
Health and Cognition/Dementia
Shi Y, Zeng L, Thompson ME & Tyas, SL. (2021). Augmented likelihood for incorporating auxiliary information into left-truncated data. Lifetime Data Analysis, 27(3), 460–480.
Alkabbani W, Maxwell CJ, Marrie RA, Tyas, SL, Lega IC, Gamble, J. M. (2023). Associations of mid-and late-life severe hypoglycemic episodes with incident dementia among patients with type 2 diabetes: A population-based cohort study. Diabetes Care, 46(2), 331-340.
Alkabbani, W., Maxwell, C. J., Marrie, R. A., Tyas, S. L., Lega, I. C., & Gamble, J. M. (2022). Hypoglycaemia and the risk of dementia: A population-based cohort study using exposure density sampling. International Journal of Epidemiology.
Morton RE, St. John PD, Tyas SL. (2019). Migraine and the risk of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: A prospective cohort study in community-dwelling older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 34(11), 1667-1676.
St. John PD, Tyas SL, Griffith LE, Menec V. (2017). The cumulative effect of frailty and cognition on mortality– Results of a prospective cohort study. International Psychogeriatrics. 29(4), 535-543.
Abner EL, Nelson PT, Kryscio RJ, Schmitt FA, Fardo DW, Woltjer RL, Cairns NJ, Yu L, Dodge HH, Xiong C, Masaki K., Tyas SL, Bennett D, Schneider J, Arvanitakis Z. (2016). Diabetes is associated with cerebrovascular but not Alzheimer neuropathology. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 12(8), 882-889.
Kryscio RJ, Abner EL, Nelson PT, Bennett D, Schneider J, Yu L, Hemmy LS, Lim KO, Masaki K, Cairns N, Xiong C, Woltjer R, Dodge HH, Tyas S, Fardo DW, Lou W, Wan L, Schmitt FA. (2016). The effect of vascular neuropathology on late-life cognition: Results from the SMART project. Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. 3(2), 85-91.