Trainee members are students or post-doctoral fellows in recognized post-secondary institutions. Membership is not limited to students of the University of Regina.
Trainee members have the opportunity to volunteer for CAH committees, which like CAH Membership in general, offers important academic experience. Ultimately, as students gain experience and become faculty, researchers or health professionals, their CAH membership status can be upgraded from Trainee Member to Associate Member, Professional Associate, or Member.
Research Interests: Health psychology, dementia, aging, loneliness in older adults
Research Interests: Pain in dementia, Aging, Quality of life of seniors
Research Interests: Substance use, Indigenous mental health, older adults, health psychology.
Research Interests: Cognitive decline and biological/behavioural/sociological factors that can delay the onset of cognitive decline; Integrating technology into cognitive training and mental health interventions for older adults
Research Interests: Pain in dementia, knowledge translation, health psychology
Research Interests: Pain Assessment & Interventions for Older Adults, Cross Cultural Psychology, Health Psychology, Knowledge Translation, End-of-Life Concerns
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
Two #URegina researchers have been elected Fellows of the @src_rsc — the country’s highest academic honour. 👏
Congrats to Dr. @rncarleton and @DrThomasHadjist, whose research is improving lives across Canada and beyond.
Learn more in Discourse:
Two U of R academics honoured | Discourse Magazine
Two University of Regina researchers elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
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📅 Mark your calendars! Join us on Dec 10 for a webinar that explores how building design & operation can protect older adults’ health against extreme heat and wildfire smoke events.
🔗 Don’t miss out—register today: https://shorturl.at/IQwQg
Deeply honoured to join the Royal Society of Canada. I am grateful to an extraordinary team of collaborators and trainees who have helped advance our research on pain in dementia. Proud of what we’ve built, and motivated for what’s next.
