Shift Work and Mental Health: Findings from a new Atlantic PATH study

Posted on July 7, 2021 by pathwp

We are pleased to announce the latest in our research on Atlantic PATH shift workers! Sweeney et al. (2021) evaluated the relationship between mental health and shift work in a matched study with 12,413 participants, including 4155 shift workers and 8258 non-shift workers. Shift workers were more likely to have increased rates of depression and Read more about Shift Work and Mental Health: Findings from a new Atlantic PATH study[…]

Early results from CanPath’s national study confirm antibody levels are stronger after receiving two doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on June 23, 2021June 27, 2021 by pathwp

Initial preliminary results from the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath) COVID-19 Antibody Study, based on close to 6,000 dried blood spot samples collected between February 8 and May 17, 2021, show a high degree of variability in the level of antibodies produced by a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. These findings highlight the importance of Read more about Early results from CanPath’s national study confirm antibody levels are stronger after receiving two doses of COVID-19 vaccine[…]

New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration Grant

Posted on June 2, 2021June 27, 2021 by pathwp

Atlantic PATH is thrilled to be involved in the newly funded project led by Dr. Juliet Daniel at McMaster University. The New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration grants target high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. This work will focus on disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes in a Black Nova Scotian community (Shelburne, Nova Scotia). Read more about New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration Grant[…]

CanPath Student Dataset

Posted on May 16, 2021 by pathwp

CanPath has developed a Student Dataset that provides students the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with CanPath data. The CanPath Student Dataset is a synthetic dataset that was manipulated to mimic CanPath’s nationally harmonized data but does not include or reveal actual data of any CanPath participants. The CanPath Student Dataset is available Read more about CanPath Student Dataset[…]

Massive Atlantic Canada chronic disease study turns sights on COVID-19

Posted on May 5, 2021May 16, 2021 by pathwp

Atlantic PATH’s Scientific Director, Jason Hicks was recently interviewed by CBC PEI about research with our data holdings and CanPath’s timely move into COVID-19 research. https://bit.ly/33l8vNj

Dr. Robin Urquhart named the new Scientific Director of Atlantic PATH

Posted on February 26, 2021February 25, 2021 by pathwp

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Robin Urquhart has been named the new Scientific Director of Atlantic PATH. Dr. Urquhart is an Associate Professor, the Canadian Cancer Society Endowed Chair in Population Cancer Research in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, and a Senior Scientist with the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and Read more about Dr. Robin Urquhart named the new Scientific Director of Atlantic PATH[…]

CanPath Research

Posted on February 24, 2021April 8, 2021 by pathwp

Attention Health Researchers: CanPath – The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health – is Canada’s national population health platform built to enable scientists to explore the complex factors that contribute to chronic disease and cancer. CanPath has collected data from approximately 330,000 volunteer Canadians, including information about health, lifestyle, environment and behaviour. The size of the Read more about CanPath Research[…]

Congratulations to Dalhousie University Medical student, Bartosz Orzel

Posted on February 24, 2021 by pathwp

Congratulations to Dalhousie University Medical student, Bartosz Orzel on their Research-In-Medicine project publication examining regional comparisons of associations between physical activity and cardiovascular disease in Atlantic Canada. https://bit.ly/3pqSeif

New Publication Alert

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 by pathwp

We’re excited to announce a new article in Oncology that examines the role of socioeconomic status in the relationship between depression and prostate cancer survivorship in the Atlantic PATH cohort. bit.ly/39dekQu This work builds on an article in Psycho-Oncology that analyzes anxiety and depression symptoms among adult males with and without a history of prostate Read more about New Publication Alert[…]

National COVID-19 Questionnaire Data Now Available

Posted on January 25, 2021 by pathwp

Over 101,500 CanPath participants from across Canada completed the CanPath COVID-19 Questionnaire in 2020. The first release of this data, including the over 93,000 responses collected by October 31st, 2020, is now available to researchers. These data were collected by the regional cohorts that make up CanPath: the BC Generations Project, Alberta’s Tomorrow Project, the Read more about National COVID-19 Questionnaire Data Now Available[…]