This issue contains stories about: Dominic Carter’s 2024-25 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture, CAH Member Dr. Vivian Puplampu’s CIHR Institute of Aging funded project, the CAH Director’s recent TEDx Talk about pain and dementia, our 2025 Brain Awareness Week film screening of ‘Robot and Frank’, CAH Member Dr. Rebecca Genoe’s research on the impact of COVID-19 on therapeutic recreation in long-term care, and this year’s winner of the CAH Award for Innovation in Health and Wellness, Neale Partington.
The CAH Newsletter features stories and updates on member research and awards, CAH events, graduate education, and a variety of other topics related to aging and health research.
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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.
This National Pain Awareness Week, people are still needlessly experiencing unmanaged pain. Find out what can be done to address it and look at how far we've come in the implementation of the Action Plan for Pain in Canada. #NPAW2025 http://PainCanada.ca/actionplan
Congratulations to #URegina psychology professor @DrThomasHadjist, recipient of the 2025 @cagacg Contribution to Gerontology Award!
Presented on Saturday in Montreal, the award honours outstanding contributions to the field of aging. 👏 #gerontology #research #congrats
Congratulations to my student @HaileyReimer on her presentation on validating synthetic images for use in development of automated pain expression detection algorithms #AGEWELL2025 @Babak_Taati @UofRAgingCentre @UofRegina
