MIRA Membership The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) continues to attract new members across all Faculties at McMaster — including 22 new members in 2021, bringing the total membership to 161. While membership tends to self propagate in some disciplines, growth in others is fueled by direct efforts in outreach and by MIRA and Labarge funding, which drives new membership among funding recipients and trainee supervisors. As MIRA grows, so too do opportunities for collaboration. Members report using the MIRA website and researcher map to search for interdisciplinary collaborators. MIRA onboards new members with an invitation for an introductory meeting with MIRA’s research support staff. One of the positive consequences of remote work has been an increase in uptake of these meetings, which are valuable to both the researcher and MIRA; communicating about research and collaboration goals enables MIRA to better support and inform members about opportunities.
MIRA membership growth by year and faculty affiliation
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161
Business Humanities
150
Sciences
139
Social Science Engineering Health sciences
100
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Growth of MIRA membership since inception. MIRA continues to invite new membership from across all six McMaster Faculties. As of October 2021, MIRA had 161 members.
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