Andrew Wister, Ph.D., is the Director of the Gerontology Research Centre, and a Professor in the Department of Gerontology, in which he has been a faculty member for over 25 years. He is an internationally recognized expert on aging research, issues, policies, and training. Dr. Wister is the past Chair of the National Seniors Council of Canada. He was awarded a prestigious SFU University Professorship award (2015-2020); and is a GSA Fellow. (Read more...)
Dr. Habib Chaudhury, Chair and Professor in the Department of Gerontology, has extensive research experience in the field of environmental gerontology. He has conducted research and consulting work in the following areas: physical environment for people with dementia in long-term care facilities, memories of home and personhood in dementia, community planning and urban design for active aging, and design in acute care settings. (Read more...)
Gloria Gutman, Ph.D., developed the Gerontology Research Centre and Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and was director of both from 1982-2005. She is currently a Research Associate and Professor Emerita at SFU. Dr. Gutman is author/editor of 23 books, the most recent (with Andrew Sixsmith), Technologies for Active Aging (Springer, 2013). Her research interests are wide-ranging; including seniors’ housing, long term care, health promotion, seniors and emergency preparedness, gerontechnology, prevention of elder abuse and neglect and most recently, increasing advance care planning among marginalized groups. (Read more...)
With close to 50 presentations and over 25 peer-reviewed articles published to date, Dr. Sarah Canham's interdisciplinary research has revolved around topics of social gerontology and the social context of medication and alcohol use in later life, homelessness and housing, health services, and service delivery. Dr. Canham is a University Research Associate with the Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) and a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University. She has a MA degree in Applied Sociology (2008) and a PhD in Gerontology (2011) from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. (Read more...)
Dr. Sharon Koehn is a Limited Term Clinical Research Professor in the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University and a Research Associate at the Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence Health Care. She has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Victoria that combined Medical Anthropology and Gerontology. The primary focus of her work has been on the constructions of health, illness and health care provision and on organizational barriers and solutions to health care access (Read more...)
Dr. Heather Stewart is jointly appointed as a research associate in the Gerontology Research Centre at Simon Fraser University, and at the University of BC’s Brain Research Centre. Heather is the regional manager for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), an unprecedented national research study on adult development and aging, and which is being led in BC by Dr. Andrew Wister at SFU, and Dr. Max Cynader at UBC. Heather earned her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University, and a diploma of technology in electroneurophysiology from the BC Institute of Technology. (Read more...)
Ian Fyffe is a Research Associate and Data Analyst for the Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre. Ian received his undergraduate degree in Psychology and his graduate degree in Gerontology from Simon Fraser University. Although Ian has worked in aging research at Simon Fraser University since 2009; he has additional experience working in community health and mental health sectors as well. (Read more...)