Research Affiliates

The following is a list of the current research affiliates of the Centre on Aging. These researchers are mainly from the University of Manitoba; however, many are from other Universities in Canada.

For more specific information on their current projects or areas of interest, please click on the research affiliate's name. 

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University of Manitoba research affiliates

Name	Faculty/Department	Research areas of interest
Julie Guard	Faculty of Arts Labour Studies	History of popular movements, radical history, women's history, labour history Canadian social history, history and construction of class; ethnic, racialized and gendered identities Manitoba's call centres; union renewal in Canada
Brenda Austin-Smith	Faculty of Arts Department of English, Film, and Theatre	Intergenerational responses to film; seniors and popular culture; particular interest in film melodrama. Specialization in: Film and emotion; gender and media; audience studies; cinema history and cultural memory; narrative rhetoric in fiction and film; melodrama; Henry James; adaptation.
Roisin Cossar	Faculty of Arts, Department of History	Religion and society Late medieval Italy Urban history Gender
Daniel Bailis	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Area of social psychology and health Currently investigating goal conflict as a barrier to regular physical activity Worked in the area of healthy aging and has a long-term interest in topics such as perceived control, collective self-esteem, and social comparison
Judith Chipperfield	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Conducts research in the Laboratory for Aging and Health Research (LAHR) to examine psychological aspects of health and illness in later life In the Emotion, Motivation, and Control Research (EMCOR) Group, she is studying emotions, motivation, and perceived control among younger and older populations
Richard Kruk	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Sensory and cognitive development related to reading and language skills
Jason Leboe-McGowan	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Investigating the rules that govern errors people make in both perceptual and remembering tasks. Investigating how people's ability to perform a task in the present is influenced by prior learning.
Corey Mackenzie	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Caregiver stress Mental health service utilization Mindfulness
Jonathan Marotta	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Research goals are directed at offering a better understanding of the functional architecture of visual perception and the visual control of action
Debbie Kelly	Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology	Canada Research Chair in Comparative Cognition Spatial cognition Understanding how spatial abilities change across the lifespan of humans and animals How spatial cue use changes with age in healthy older adults
Alexander Segall	Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology	Social Determinants of Health Status Self-Health Management and Health Protective Behaviour Population Health Assessment Healthy Aging
Christopher Fries	Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology	Health lifestyles and behaviour Critical public health Social determinants of health Complementary/alternative medicine (CAM)
Laura Funk	Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology	Responsibility, health and care/support across the life course. Encompasses aspects of the sociology of health, aging, and family as well as the social determinants of health Current focus is on family care provided to older, chronically and terminally ill individuals, understood within broader social, cultural and structural contexts
Colleen Millikin	Faculty of Medicine Department of Clinical Health Psychology	Differential diagnosis of dementi Delusions in dementia, language and cultural issues in assessment Neuropsychological and behavioural interventions
Lesley Ritchie	Faculty of Medicine Department of Clinical Health Psychology	Aging and neuropsychology Mild cognitive impairment Diagnostic criteria and progression to dementia Stroke and cognitive rehabilitation
Kelly Cranswick	Faculty of Medicine Department of Community Health Sciences
Malcolm Doupe	Faculty of Medicine Department of Community Health Sciences	Utilization of health care services by older adults Alternative care strategies for this population.
Verena Menec	Faculty of Medicine Department of Community Health Sciences	Holds the Canada Research Chair Tier II in Healthy Aging Healthy aging Determinants of healthy aging Age-friendly communities Health care utilization among older adults, particularly at the end of life
Robert Tate	Faculty of Medicine Department of Community Health Sciences	Cardiovascular epidemiology Environmental, occupational, and international (Cuba) health Health services research Epidemiology of aging
Benedict Albensi	Faculty of Medicine Department of  Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Synaptic Plasticity Memory Dysfunction
Grant Hatch	Faculty of Medicine Department of  Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Holds the Canada Research Chair in Molecular Cardiolipin Metabolism Focuses on three main areas in whole animal, organ, cellular and molecular biology Biology of Cardiolipin Biology of Human Lipid Disorders Biology of Lipoprotein Metabolism
Dan Sitar	Faculty of Medicine Department of  Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Clinical and renal pharmacology
Ruth Barclay-Goddard	Faculty of Medicine School of Medical Rehabilitation	Meta-analysis Physical function and health related quality of life post stroke Response shift in health related quality of life outcome measuremen Instructural equation modeling Participation post stroke
Donna Collins	Faculty of Medicine School of Medical Rehabilitation	Wheelchairs and Seating Independent Living and Housing Options Seniors Housing Community Service Delivery
Juliette Cooper	Faculty of Medicine School of Medical Rehabilitation	Evidence-based practice Outcome measures Uptake of research by clinicians
Leah Weinberg	Faculty of Medicine School of Medical Rehabilitation	Older Adult Health (Geriatrics and Gerontology) in health promotion, injury/disease prevention, and rehabilitation of older Aging, health, functional ability, and social cognition (perceived personal control, motivation, attributional retraining) in older adults Prevention of falls in elderly persons Osteoporosis in older adults Interprofessional education (IPE) for health professionals and health professional students
Jason Peeler	Faculty of Medicine Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science	Clinical orthopaedics with an emphasis on validity and reliability testing of clinical orthopaedic assessment rehabilitation techniques designed to enhance patient care and musculoskeletal function
Thomas Klonisch	Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Microbiology Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science	Determine molecular signalling Structure/function relationships and proteomic changes mediated by the actions of membrane-anchored preEpidermal Growth Factor (EGF) family members and the relaxin hormone in tumor cells Identifying functional roles of endocrine disruptors on cell differentiation in newly developed human cellular models.
Sabine Hombach-Klonisch	Faculty of Medicine Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences	The role of insulin-like members of the relaxin familiy and cognate receptors in tumor growth, angiogenesis, and tissue invasion/metastasis. The role of non-histone chromatin binding proteins of the HMGA family, found exclusively in stem cells and many cancer cells, in telomere architecture and resistance to DNA damage in cancer cells and investigate their innovative use in advanced strategies for the treatments of cancer patients.
Philip St. John	Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine	Rural health Epidemiology of cognitive impairment and depression
Lorna Guse	Faculty of Nursing	Quality of life Older adults in long-term care settings
Michelle Lobchuk	Faculty of Nursing	Cancer nursing Psychosocial nursing Family caregiving Perception, empathy and perspective-taking Symptom experiences Illness attributions Dyadic communication Cancer screening General practitioner-informal caregiver partnerships
Verna Pangman	Faculty of Nursing	Family caregiving
Jo-Ann Sawatzky	Faculty of Nursing	Cardiovascular Health and Disease Women’s Health Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Critical Care Nursing issues
Genevieve Thompson	Faculty of Nursing	Palliative care Family caregivers Quality of care Delivery of end-of-life care in long-term care
Elaine Mordoch	Faculty of Nursing	Child and family health promotion in families living with a mental illness Children's perception of stigma Parenting experiences when living with a mental illness Manifestations of childhood sexual trauma in adults with psychiatric diagnoses Communications in the family living with Alzheimer's disease Rural and remote mental health care
Ruby Grymonpre	Faculty of Pharmacy	Targets optimal medication use by the aged population including the role of the community pharmacist Rural health and aging Interprofessional education
Cecilia Dong	Faculty of Dentistry Department of Restorative Dentistry	Dental Caries Diagnosis Dental Materials Research Dental Implant Prosthodontics CAD/CAM Dental Technology Oral Implants Metal-Ceramic Dental Materials
John Bond	Faculty of Human Ecology Department of Family Social Sciences	Abuse and neglect of the elderly Family support to older parents Death and dying
Carol Harvey	Faculty of Human Ecology Department of Family Social Sciences	Problem solving within families, including grandparents Family resource management of immigrants and multicultural groups
Kerstin Roger	Faculty of Human Ecology Department of Family Social Sciences	Family and care provision Aging, dementia, end-of-life Health care and applied ethics Qualitative research
Shahin Shooshtari	Faculty of Human Ecology Department of Family Social Sciences	Population/Public health Health and aging Mental health Community health assessment Health education and promotion Health and disability measurement
Christina Lengyel	Faculty of Human Ecology Department of Human Nutritional Sciences	Nutrition and health-related issues of older adults residing in personal care homes and in community residences
Don Fuchs	Faculty of Social Work	Group work Social network intervention Self-help and informal helping Community development/organization Social planning Organizational Program evaluation Child abuse prevention
Silvia Straka	Faculty of Social Work	Child Welfare Elder Abuse HIV/AIDS medical educational projects Mental Health Social Gerontology with a feminist AOP approach
Laura Taylor	Faculty of Social Work	Health, social well-being, and resiliency Focus group research Oral history collection Narrative research Community-based research and development
Sharon Taylor-Henley	Faculty of Social Work	Aging, gerontological social work Aboriginal people: Development of social institutions within the context of self-government framework, most particularly, facilities for Elders and social welfare institutions to serve Elders
Danielle Bouchard	Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management	how to decrease rate of inactivity the role of age in lifestyle modifications how obesity affects the physical capacity in older adults
Michelle Porter	Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management	Neuromuscular adaptations with aging Strength training Functional changes with aging and training Driving and aging
Elizabeth Ready	Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management	Physical health benefits of physical activity in the elderly as related to exercise dose-response issues. Recent studies have examined the effects of walking programs on risk factors for coronary heart disease in older women, and the benefits of physical activity during and after menopause. Other studies include the impact of leisure and lifestyle activities on health and function in the elderly. The relationship of guidelines for physical activity (e.g. Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Healthy Active Living) to health benefits. Community-based physical activity interventions, most recently as co-investigator on the Manitoba and Winnipeg in motion baseline physical activity study.
Geoffrey Smith	Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources Department of Environment and Geography	Travel activities of the elderly Geographical distributions of the elderly Geographical aspects of institutional care provision for older adults in the United Kingdom Spatial aspects of the intergenerational relations of senior citizen apartment residents Elderly housing
Frank Schweizer	Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry	Novel therapeutic approaches against neurodegenerative diseases Chemistry of aging
Jeannette Montufar	Faculty of Engineering Transportation Engineering	Road engineering issues affecting the safety of older adults
Richard Milgrom	Faculty of Architecture Department of City Planning	Social impacts of sprawl in a slow growth city Planning and design for age-friendly communities Planning and design with urban aboriginal communities Sustainability and urban design Participatory planning and design processes
Robert G. Biscontri	I.H. Asper School of Business Accounting and Finance	Neural networks Earnings management Financial distress Accounting education
Malcolm Smith	I.H. Asper School of Business Marketing	Consumer behaviour Memory Marketing and aging
Mary J. Shariff	Faculty of Law	Bioethics, Biotechnology, Genetics and the Law Life Extension, Anti-aging and mortality and the Law Legal Strategies Natural Resources, the Environment and the Law Legal Pedagogy
University of Winnipeg
Name	Faculty/Department	Research areas of interest
Doreen Smith	Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology	Intergenerational relations as expressed in caregiving and care receiving attitudes and behaviours Financial abuse of mentally incompetent older adults Travel and tourism accessibility issues and older adults
Michael Zhang	Chronic Disease Management Winnipeg Regional Health Authority	Health informatics Bioinformatics Biomedical engineering Tissue engineering
Brandon University
Name	Faculty/Department	Research areas of interest
John Everitt	Faculty of Science Department of Geography	Commonwealth Carribean Prairie Landscapes and Subcultures Aging/Elderly Small Settlements Studies Changing Rural Lifestyles Historical Aspects of the Grain Distribution System in the Prairies Tourist Development
Frances Racher	School of Health Studies	Population health Community development Health promotion Access to health services Nursing leadership Philosophy of nursing science.
Athabasca University
Name	Faculty/Department	Research areas of interest
Pamela Hawranik	Faculty of Graduate Studies	Use of community services by older adults and their informal caregivers Barriers and issues related to the use of community services in rural areas by older adults and their informal caregivers Interventions to assist in improving the quality of life in people with advanced dementia