CanPath Webinar: Trainee Research: Using Population Cohorts to Enable Early...
Nicholas Cheng provides an overview of his study on identifying early cancer biomarkers in pre-diagnosis blood samples collected from more than 400 OHS participants. He demonstrates how blood...
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The Ontario Health Study Newsletter, June 2022
In this issue: • Is there a link between some physically demanding jobs and a risk for lung cancer? • Confluence Project aims to double sample sizes of international study • A 10+ year update on...
View ArticleOHS data included in multi-study analysis of Canada’s “Omicron tsunami”
Omicron tsunami: Blood spot samples from thousands of OHS participants were included in a multi-study analysis showing the proportion of Canadians with antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 due to infection shot...
View ArticleNew funding available for research using OHS data
A new funding opportunity from the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR) is available and provides up to $500,000 to use provincial data from the OHS, or to use pan-Canadian data from the...
View ArticleOHS profiled in the International Journal of Epidemiology
Cohort profile papers are important markers for studies like the OHS, because they outline the history and value of their research platforms for the broader scientific community, thus encouraging...
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The Ontario Health Study Newsletter, November 2022
In this issue: • Cancer researchers gaining a new ready-to-use national data set • 10 years of the OHS in 10 facts • The Ontario Health Study comes of age • Quantifying the pandemic’s impact on cancer...
View ArticleSmoking history associated with decreased heart inflammation in Clinically...
The causes of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease diagnosed in an estimated 21,000 Canadians, remain unknown. A specific form affecting the heart, cardiac sarcoidosis (or CS), is considered especially...
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Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative: Powering genetic discovery across...
The OHS contributed genotyping data from 7,500 consented participants to a groundbreaking global initiative to research the underlying biology of human disease and disease traits. As the largest...
View ArticlePHD student using OHS data to look for early signs of cancer
Nicholas Cheng is using data to compare over 400 OHS participants who’ve experienced a cancer diagnosis, with matched cancer-free participants, to look for biomarkers in the blood that could be used to...
View ArticleExplore the work-health connection: New occupational data augments Ontario...
Occupational and related psycho-social data collected from more than 33,000 OHS participants are now available to researchers. Collected in 2019 through a comprehensive questionnaire about work...
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The Ontario Health Study Newsletter, June 2023
In this issue: • Help us protect your privacy and your OHS account • The OHS data access roadmap • What type of stories would you like to read? • 10 years of the OHS in 10 facts • OHS to be part of new...
View ArticleTime spent in the sun and the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a...
A study used data from almost 80,000 Canadians, including almost 6,000 OHS participants, to research the link between sun exposure and the risk of developing Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL). The research...
View ArticleProvincial Variation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence in Canada;...
Data from more than 158,000 Canadians, including almost 80,000 OHS participants, were used to examine why so few Canadians follow recommended screening guidelines for colorectal cancer, even though...
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Boosting Immunity Insights: Collaborative Canadian Effort Contributes to...
TORONTO, Monday, August 14, 2023 – Today, CanPath (the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health) has contributed to the first peer-reviewed publication showcasing pan-Canadian seroprevalence...
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The Ontario Health Study Newsletter, November 2023
In this issue: • New blood samples will expand research potential • Enhancing Data Security with 2-Step Verification • Engaging stories: what interests our participants? • First peer-reviewed...
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