Research Interests: pharmacokinetics and pharmacology of drugs/natural products in older adults
Clinical Interests: clinical efficacy of flax seed lignans in cardiovascular disease risk factors, drug pharmacokinetics in older adults
Email: jane.alcorn@usask.ca
Research Interests: Anxiety disorders and chronic pain in seniors
Email: Gordon.Asmundson@uregina.ca
Cluster Leader: Musculoskeletal Health and Mobility
Research Interests: Use of proprioceptive feedback to control joint interaction torques in multijoint movement, adaptation of neuromuscular control mechanisms to microgravity environments, role of proprioceptive feedback in maintaining joint stability, role of central pattern generators in cyclic upper limb movements, applications of non-linear dynamics systems to the neural control of movement, the impact of deficient proprioception on joint stability and postural control mechanisms in the aging population, the impact of deficient postural control on gait and obstacle avoidance in patients with Parkinson's disease and the effect of age and osteoarthritis on knee proprioception.
Clinical Interests: improved neuromuscular control through increased physical activity for elderly subjects, rehabilitation programs for patients with shoulder instability.
Email: John.Barden@uregina.ca
Clinical and Research Interests: The brain especially maintaining and even improving brain health for "normal" aging and in specific populations such as those with Parkinson's Disease, and those who have had cardiac events, such as heart attacks.
Sleep and brain health/maintenance and recovery.
Email: Holly.Bardutz@uregina.ca
Cluster Leader: Biological Basis of Age-Related Brain Disorders
Research Interests: Dr. Buttigieg's area of interest is centered on better understanding the pathophysiology associated with diseases such as dementia (e.g. Alzheimer's), autoimmune diseases (e.g. Multiple Sclerosis), and injury (e.g. stroke or spinal cord injury). Using pharmacological interventions, the aim of Dr. Buttigieg's research is to mitigate the severity of damage to the CNS. However, once injury has occurred, to use stem cell intervention to reduce or reverse injury and tissue damage.
Email: Josef.Buttigieg@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Exercise, Nutrition, and Aging
Email: darren.candow@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Physical activity, nutrition, aging, osteoporosis, bone health, muscle health, sarcopenia, metabolic syndrome, diabetes
Email: phil.chilibeck@usask.ca
Research Interests: Cardiac rehabilitation, exercise psychology, health psychology, and sport psychology.
Clinical Interests: Psychological performance in sport and exercise, goal setting.
Email: Kim.Dorsch@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Determinants of health in older adults; managing symptoms of AD; health services in rural and remote areas; support for informal caregivers
Clinical Interests: Home Care
Email: Dorothy.Forbes@ualberta.ca
Research Interests: Health psychology, older adults, pain, family health
Email: Michelle.gagnon@usask.ca
Research Interests: Patient/Physician communication, public education on death and dying, chronic pain in the elderly.
Clinical Interests: Palliative care and chronic pain.
Research Interests:
(1) The influence of psychosocial factors (e.g., ageism, social support, emotions) in the experience of chronic diseases among older persons; (2) The role of adversity & resilience in the aging process; and (3) Development of policy recommendations aimed at improving the lived experiences of aging populations.
Email: Natasha.Gallant@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Leisure and aging, leisure and chronic conditions, leisure and dementia, the lived experience of dementia, leisure and retirement, Therapeutic Recreation in Long-Term Care, and qualitative methodologies.
Email: Rebecca.Genoe@uregina.ca
Cluster Leader: Aging and Women's Health
Research Interests: The role of ovarian hormones in the etiology of perimenopausal depression, cardiovascular effects of perimenopausal hormone changes, mechanisms linking hot flashes and increased cardiovascular disease risk
Email: jennifer.gordon@uregina.ca
Research Interests: clinical neuropsychology, ethics in professional practice, theories in cognitive development
Email: sgreen@stjosham.on.ca
Research Interests: Health anxiety assessment and treatment, pain assessment and treatment, patient-provider relationships, health services research, quality of care, continuity of care, integrated care pathways and guidelines, client satisfaction, waiting lists.
Clinical Interests: Adult psychological assessment and treatment, in particular, depression, anxiety, chronic pain.
Email: hadjista@uregina.ca
Cluster Leader: Pain in Old Age
Research Interests: Pain assessment, dementia, gerontology, ethics and standards of professional practice, clinical psychology, and health psychology.
Clinical Interests: Adult Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Adult Psychological Assessment.
Research Interests: Medical ethics, religion and society, world religions and ethics
Email: bryan.hillis@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Pain assessment, pain management, older adults, personhood
Email: phunter@stmcollege.ca
Research Interests: Role of nutrition and exercise interventions in improving functional capacity and reducing falls in seniors in community and long-term care settings, injury/falls prevention, cross-cultural study of aging, health beliefs and practices, rural health, health planning process, food security
Email: shanthi.johnson@ualberta.ca
Research Interests: Aging, psychometric evaluation, long-term care, evidence based practice, pain measurement
Email: kaasal@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests: Aboriginal health and aging research; elderly women’s health
Research Interests: longitudinal data, multivariate statistics, robust estimation, quality of life, administrative data
Email: Lisa_Lix@cpe.umanitoba.ca
Cluster Leader: Personhood and Resilience in Senior Care
Research Interests: Ethics and philosophy in health care organizational contexts (e.g., decision-making, organizational culture and climate).
Email: david.malloy@kings.uwo.ca
Research Interests: Neurorehabilitation, stroke, brain injury, motor learning, motor control.
Clinical Interests: Community exercise and rehabilitation programming.
Email: cameron.mang@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Aging and Public Policy, Governance and Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care.
Email: greg.marchildon@utoronto.ca
Research Interests: pain assessment among older adults in community, long-term care, and palliative settings; development and implementation of psychosocial treatment programs for pain among older adults; the relationship between fear of pain and fear of falling in younger and older populations; medical decision making among older adults; cognitive aging
Clinical Interests: The treatment of anxiety and depression using cognitive-behavioural interventions.
Email: Ronald.Martin@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Housing and aging; the use of technology to improve access to dementia care in rural and remote communities; long term care facilities in First Nation Reserve Communities
Email: lam128@mail.usask.ca
Research Interests: Osteroporosis, fragility, fracture, nutrition, physical activity and aging, health behaviour change, patient-oriented research, health promotion/health education knowledge translation.
Email: Katherine.McLeod@usask.ca
Research Interests: Healthy aging in place, Older adults quality of life, Black older adults social connectedness, Racialized older adults social connectedness, Cohousing community and older adults quality of life.
Email: Vivian.Puplampu@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Lifelong learning, health promotion, volunteerism, gerontology, cross cultural awareness, traditional medicine.
Email: Kerrie.Strathy@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Nurses' health, mental health, wellness, nurses' work.
Email: ann-marie.urban@uregina.ca
Research Interests: Nutrition, health sciences, musculoskeletal system and rehabilitation
Email: susan.whiting@usask.ca
Aging Studies Program Coordinator
Research Interests: long-term care, dementia care, palliative and end-of-life care, advanced practice nursing
Research Interests: Fear of pain, health psychology, ethics, fear of falling among seniors
Clinical Interests: Cognitive behavioural therapy, neuropsychological assessment
Email: willia4j@hotmail.com
@UofRAgingCentre