Publishing is a fact of academic life. In this session learn how to maximize your publication potential and work with AGE-WELL to contribute to grow the AgeTech field. You’ll hear from former AGE-WELL Scientific Director, Andrew Sixsmith about the ways in which you can work with AGE-WELL to get your work published and learn directly from a panel of HQP who worked with us to successfully publish their work as both academic books and journal articles.
WHEN: Friday, June 10, 2022
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET – STAR Institute Panel: Get Published.
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm ET – Stay with us as we close our third AGE-WELL EPIC Conference with our closing speaker Jennifer Campos, Associate Scientific Director, AGE-WELL NCE.
STAR Institute Panelists:
Dr. Charlene Chu is an Assistant Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto (2019), and an Affiliate Scientist at KITE Toronto Rehab at the University Health Network. She is also cross-appointment (status only) with the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work’s Institute for Life Course & Aging at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Mei Fang is a Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Dr Fang’s primary research contributions have focused on progressing community-based participatory research concepts, theory, and methods for co-designing inclusive and age-friendly environments.
Dr. Noelannah Neubauer is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Health at the University Waterloo and is an occupational therapist at Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre. Neubauer’s developing research program focuses on the creation and implementation of policies and strategies to enable older adults to age in place.
Dr. Andrew Sixsmith is the AGE-WELL Network Advisor, Evaluation and Impact and Challenge Area Lead for Healthy Lifestyles and Wellness. He is also the Director of the Science and Technology for Aging Research (STAR) Institute at Simon Fraser University (SFU), and a professor in the SFU Gerontology Department. He is past President of the International Society of Gerontechnology and was previously Director of the Gerontology Research Centre and Deputy Director of the IRMACS Centre at SFU.