CAH Director Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos was awarded a three-year operating grants from The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). This grant, worth over $300,000, will be used to develop an automated pain-detection and monitoring system, which will help researchers better understand pain in older adults with dementia.
The research is a collaborative effort of researchers from across Canada, including Dr. Alex Mihailidis and Babak Taati of the University of Toronto and Dr. Kenneth Prkachin of the University of Northern British Columbia. The team will be in Regina later this month to start collecting data with a series of cameras that will allow the team to better evaluate facial pain expressions.
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the 2025-2026 Distinguished Public Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging" with Dr. Sally Chivers of Trent University!
TOMORROW - Thurs. March 5 at 6:30pm!
The 2025-26 CAH Distinguished Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." with speaker Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University).
U of R Education Auditorium. Open to the Public. Free admission. Free parking after 5pm in surface Public, M & Z lots.
Free surface parking after 5PM (in all surface Public, M and Z parking lots). Parking lots 3, 6 & 2 recommended. Parking lots 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16 & 17 included in parking map.
*Please note: 30 minute & 2 hour time-limits on parking (as signed) are enforced 24 hours/day.*
We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture on Thursday, March 5 at 6:30pm! Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University) will deliver her talk, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging."
U of R Main Campus, Education Auditorium (EA 106). Free admission & parking.
Free surface parking all evenings after 5PM (in public surface, M & Z parking lots). Parking lots 3, 6 & 2 recommended.
- *Please note: 30 minute & 2 hour time-limits on parking (as indicated by signs) are enforced 24 hours/day.*
We just published a state of the art systematic review of pain assessment tools for people living with severe dementia. We provided recommendations for the most supported tools @AIGMcLennan @UofRegina https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735826000139?via%3Dihub
The Winter 2026 CAH Newsletter has stories about:
Research on menopause with Canada Research Chair Dr. Jennifer Gordon, upcoming CAH spring public events, CAH relaunching research participant pool, CAH Director inducted as Fellow of the RSC, and more!
https://research.uregina.ca/cah/newsletters/issue-41/
Congratulations to #URegina's @DrThomasHadjist, newly elected as a Fellow of the @src_rsc. His groundbreaking work is improving care for older adults with #dementia and chronic pain worldwide.
📺 Watch the video below, and learn more in Discourse: 📖 https://bit.ly/3WWYQbC
