Philip St. John, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CCFP

  • Portrait of Philip St. John

  • Professor

    Max Rady College of Medicine
    Internal Medicine
    Section: Geriatric Medicine
    University of Manitoba
    Room GE 547 - 800 Sherbrook Street
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1M4

    Phone: 204-787-3365
    pstjohn@hsc.mb.ca

Research achievements

Research summary

I am a geriatrician with an interest in the epidemiology of ageing. Specifically, I am interested in changes in cognition, functional status and mood over time; and how these factors inter-relate. I am also interested in the health of older adults living in rural areas. 

Research themes

  • Cohort studies of ageing
  • Epidemiology of ageing
  • Geriatric medicine
  • Rural health

Research affiliations

Research groups

Biography

I was born and grew up in Minnedosa and have lived most of my life here in Manitoba.

Education

  • Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP) (2016)
  • Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University (1997)
  • Certificate Added Qualifications (Geriatric Medicine), University of Ottawa (1996)
  • Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba (1995)
  • Rotating Internship, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1991)
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Manitoba (1990)

Awards and honours

Fellow of the Canadian Geriatrics Society and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America

Contact us

Internal Medicine
Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre
820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada

intmed@umanitoba.ca
204-787-7772
204-787-4826