Samuel Quan, BHSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Research summary

Dr. Samuel Quan is a physician specialized in geriatric medicine, an epidemiologist, and health services researcher. His research aims to better understand dementia care in Manitoba. He uses population-based administrative data to better characterize how older adults with dementia utilize the healthcare system, and how the healthcare system can better meet the needs of older adults with dementia and their caregivers.

Research themes

• Dementia
• Health service utilization
• Population health and epidemiology

Keywords

• Dementia
• Epidemiology
• Health Services Research

Research groups

Member, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba

Dr. Samuel Quan is a physician specialized in geriatric medicine. Dr. Quan’s clinical practice includes caring for older adults living with frailty and disability.

Dr. Quan conducts research and is an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba. He teaches a variety of sessions related to geriatric medicine to medical students and resident doctors. Dr. Quan’s research interest is epidemiology and health service utilization among older persons living with dementia. His long-term research goal is to better characterize and understand dementia care in Manitoba, and where the health system needs more support.

Education

Geriatric Medicine, FRCPC, University of Manitoba (2024)

Clinician Investigator Program, University of Manitoba (2024)

Master of Science, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (2023)

Internal Medicine, FRCPC, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (2020)

Doctor of Medicine, University of Alberta (2017)

Bachelor of Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, University of Calgary (2013)

Awards

Department of Internal Medicine New Investigator Award, University of Manitoba (2026)

Manitoba Medical Research Services Research Operating Grant (2026)

Deer Lodge Centre Foundation Research Grant (2022)

Dr. Hector Ma Research Award – From Dr. Hector Ma and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba (2022)

Dr. Evelyn Shapiro Award for Health Services Research. From the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (2022)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Award (CIHR CGS-M) (2022)

Tri-Agency Top-Up Award for 2022-2023. University of Manitoba, Faculty of Graduate Studies (2022)