News and Updates
CanPath Launches COVID-19 Initiative
Apr 23, 2020 // Study Updates
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath) is launching the CanPath COVID-19 Initiative to support national COVID-19 related research activities. As Canada’s largest population health study, we have, over the past ten years, built a platform for population-level health research in Canada. We have worked alongside national and global partners to develop a COVID-19 specific questionnaire that
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project (CPTP) is now CanPath
Mar 17, 2020 // Study Updates
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project (CPTP) is now CanPath – the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health. Together with our partners, CanPath is studying the biology, behaviours and environments of Canadians to learn more about the causes of chronic disease and cancer for a healthier Canada and world. Visit: canpath.ca.
What’s behind a cancer diagnosis in women under 50? Researcher looks to OHS data for clues
Feb 3, 2020 // Study Updates
A University of Calgary epidemiologist is using data from Ontario Health Study (OHS) participants to explore how environmental or lifestyle factors could be associated with breast cancer in younger women. Dr. Darren Brenner recently gained approval to study the de-identified data for female participants who were ages 35 to 50 and cancer-free at the time they
More than 30,000 shared their work story
Jan 9, 2020 // Study Updates
Researchers will have richer data to work with now that more than 30,000 provided their work story to the Ontario Health Study. A big thank you to those that took time to contribute to the Work History Questionnaire by December 1, 2019. Here’s some of the early numbers: 67 – The percentage of participants that
