Mentors

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    Jen Davis
    Associate Professor
    Faculty of Management
    UBC Okanagan

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    Janice Eng
    Professor
    Physical Therapy
    UBC

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    Kristen Haase
    Assistant Professor
    Nursing
    UBC

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    Julia Henderson
    Assistant Professor
    Occupational Science &
    Occupational Therapy

    UBC

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    Christiane Hoppmann
    Professor
    Psychology
    UBC

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    Lillian Hung
    Assistant Professor
    School of Nursing
    UBC

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    Laura Hurd
    Professor
    School of Kinesiology
    UBC

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    Karen Li
    Professor
    Psychology
    Concordia University

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    Linda Li
    Professor
    Physical Therapy
    UBC

    Laura Middleton

    Laura Middleton
    Associate Professor
    Kinesiology & Health Sciences
    University of Waterloo

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    Ben Mortenson
    Professor
    Occupational Science &
    Occupational Therapy

    UBC

    Keynotes

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    Julie Ober Allen
    Assistant Professor
    Dept. of Health & Exercise Sciences
    The University of Oklahoma

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    Iggy E-Shien Chang
    Assistant Professor
    Gerontology in Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College

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    Carole Estabrooks
    Professor
    Nursing
    University of Alberta

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    Sibila Marques
    Assistant Professor
    Dept. of Social & Organizational Psychology
    University Institute of Lisbon

    Speakers

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    Nighat Afsar
    Senior Legal Advocate,
    Legal Advocacy Program
    Seniors First BC

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    Pat Camp
    Associate Professor
    Physical Therapy
    UBC

    Tina Chang, SFBC CIHR 2024

    Tina Chang
    Seniors Abuse & Information Line and Victim Services Program Manager
    Seniors First BC

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    Alison Chayka
    Lead, Program Design
    and Delivery
    CIHR / Government of Canada

    Ken Madden

    Ken Madden
    Professor
    Division of Geriatric Medicine
    UBC

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    Taru Manyanga
    Assistant Professor
    Division of Medical Sciences
    University of Northern British Columbia

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    Kiran Rabheru
    Professor
    University of Ottawa
    United Way BC

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    Parminder Raina
    Professor
    Dept. of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
    McMaster University

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    Jane Rylett
    Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Aging 
    Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
    University of Western Ontario

    Eric Smith

    Eric Smith
    Professor
    Cumming School of Medicine
    University of Calgary
    Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

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    Roger Tam
    Associate Professor
    School of Biomedical Engineering
    UBC

    Vervaecke, Deanna

    Deanna Vervaecke
    President,
    Canadian Association on Gerontology
    SPA PhD Trainee

    Roger wong

    Roger Wong
    Clinical Professor
    Vice Dean, Education,
    Faculty of Medicine
    UBC

    Planning Committee

    The planning committee is led by Dr Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at UBC and Canada Research Chair Tier 1 (Healthy Aging).

    Guilherme Moraes Balbim, Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC
    Jen Davis, Assistant Professor, UBC Okanagan
    Janice Eng, Professor, UBC
    Christiane Hoppmann, Professor, UBC
    Lillian Hung, Assistant Professor, UBC
    Laura Hurd, Professor, UBC
    Ken Madden, Professor, UBC
    Amanda Main, Research Coordinator, UBC
    Ben Mortenson, Professor, UBC
    Kim Neville, Administrative Manager, UBC
    Roger Tam, Associate Professor, UBC