Members and Associate Members hold faculty or senior research appointments at a university or health care facility and demonstrate academic excellence in gerontology or health research in general (e.g., multiple publications, substantial external grants)
Research Interests: Disability, personhood, and social inclusion; relationships among long-term care residents, family caregivers, staff, and organizational leaders; family communication and care in long-term care settings; quality of life in long-term care; strengthening a palliative approach in long-term care; mental health support in long-term care
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
Research Interests: Aging, psychometric evaluation, long-term care, evidence based practice, pain measurement
Research Interests: Aboriginal health and aging research; elderly women’s health
Research Interests: Longitudinal data, multivariate statistics, robust estimation, quality of life, administrative data
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).
Research Interests: Neurorehabilitation, stroke, brain injury, motor learning, motor control.
Clinical Interests: Community exercise and rehabilitation programming.
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.
Research Interests: My primary research interests focus on the role of cultural connectedness for Indigenous peoples’ mental health and holistic wellness. My research projects use innovative blends of quantitative, qualitative, and Indigenous methodologies to increase the relevance of my research for Indigenous communities. I specialize in conducting strengths-based, trauma-informed approaches to community-based participatory research, and decolonized nature-based psychotherapy with Indigenous peoples.
Clinical Interests: Culturally-specific psychotherapy with Indigenous populations.
Research Interests: Osteroporosis, fragility, fracture, nutrition, physical activity and aging, health behaviour change, patient-oriented research, health promotion/health education knowledge translation.
Research Interests: Rural and remote dementia care, early assessment and diagnosis, barriers to use of services, and primary health care.
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.
Research Interests: History, Theory & Philosophy of Psychology, Qualitative Research, Methods Research Ethics
Research Interests: Lifelong learning, health promotion, volunteerism, gerontology, cross cultural awareness, traditional medicine.
Research Interests: Nurses’ health, mental health, wellness, nurses’ work.
Research Interests: Nutrition, health sciences, musculoskeletal system and rehabilitation
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
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Age-Friendly Regina is a local organization launched in 2018 as part of a WHO initiative. The AFR Steering Committee invites all those interested to its upcoming Stakeholder Gathering.
Date: Wed. Oct. 22, 2025
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Location: Glen Elm Branch, 1601 Dewdney Ave. E.
Nominations are open until October 15 for the U of R’s Centre on Aging and Health (CAH) Award for Innovation in Health and Wellness.
For detailed information on eligibility and adjudication criteria, and the online nomination form, visit: https://research.uregina.ca/cah/about-cah/innovation-in-health-wellness-award/
The award recognizes Regina-based individuals, groups, or organizations who have:
- introduced innovations or innovative approaches to health or wellness services or service provision;
- or who have conducted field research to evaluate programs or services for older adults.
Services may be related to healthcare, mental health, exercise, nutrition, social participation and inclusion, and/or community support.
The award will be presented during a public Centre on Aging and Health event, such as the CAH's annual Distinguished Lecture.
Are you a family member or friend providing care support to a long-term care resident? Researchers @UofRegina are testing a 1-session online program to support caregivers’ mental health. Participants can earn up to $75. Learn more & join!
Congratulations to @DrThomasHadjist (#URegina Psychology, @UofRAgingCentre) on being named a Fellow of the @src_rsc’s Class of 2025! 🎉
His pioneering research has transformed how pain is assessed in older adults with #dementia and has advanced understanding of pain.
#GoFarUofR
Congratulations to @DrThomasHadjist on becoming a fellow with the Royal Society of Canada. 🎉
