Aging-focused researchers at the University of Waterloo | Network for Aging Research

Arts

Economics

Lori Curtis ResearchGate

Kathleen Rybczynski ResearchGate

English Language and Literature

Jay Dolmage Chair of English; ResearchGate

Neil Randall Director, Games Institute; Research Website

Randy Harris Cross-appointed in David Cheriton School of Computer Science; ResearchGate; Research Website

Psychology

Ramona Bobocel Former chair, Canadian Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology; ResearchGate; Research Website - Fairness at Work Lab

James Danckert Former Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Cognitive Neuroscience; Researcher, NPD; ResearchGate; Research Website

Richard Eibach Faculty of Arts Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies; ResearchGate

Myra Fernandes Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head; Director, WRAP Pool; Research Scientist, RIA; Researcher, NPD; ResearchGate; Research Website

Igor Grossmann ResearchGate; Research Website

Ian McGregor Experimental Science of Human Motivations and Relations; ResearchGate

Uzma Rehman ResearchGate; Research Website

Michael Ross Distinguished Professor Emeritus; ResearchGate

Sociology and Legal studies

Weizhen Dong ResearchGate

Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Susan Tighe ResearchGate; Research Website

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kerstin Dautenhahn Canada 150 Research Chair in Intelligent Robotics; Director of the Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory (SIRRL); ResearchGate

Moojan Ghafurian; Co-director of Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Lab (SIRRL); ResearchGate; Research Website

Dana Kulic ResearchGate

Currently on leave from UW and is serving as Director of the Robotics research group at Monash University

Alfred Yu Assistant Vice-President (Research and International); Director of NSERC CREATE Program on Next-Generation Innovations in Ultrasonics (N-GENIUS); ResearchGate; Research Website - Laboratory on Innovative Technology in Medical Ultrasound (LITMUS)

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (MME)

Arash Arami Cross-appointed in Systems Design Engineering; ResearchGate; Research Website - Neuromechanics and Assistive Robotics Laboratory

Yue Hu Director, Active & Interactive Robotics Lab; ResearchGate; Research Website

Jan Huissoon Former Department Chair of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department; ResearchGate

Stewart McLachlin ResearchGate; Research Website

James Tung ResearchGate; Research Website - Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering (NRE) Lab

Systems Design Engineering

Jennifer Boger Schlegel Chair in Technology for Independent Living, RIA;ResearchGate; Research Website - Intelligent Technologies for Wellness and Independent Living Lab

Shi Cao ResearchGate; Research Website - Human Optimization Modelling Lab (HOMLab)

Jonathan Kofman Cross-appointed in Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering; ResearchGate; Research Website

Katja Mombaur Canada Excellence Research Chair; Joint appointment with Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering; Cross-appointed in Applied Mathematics; ResearchGate; Research Website

Cosmin Munteanu Schlegel Research Chair in Technology for Healthy Aging; ResearchGate; Research Website

Thomas Willett Director, Biomedical Engineering graduate program; ResearchGate; Research Website - Waterloo Composite Biomaterial Systems Lab

Environment

Environment, Resources and Sustainability

Stephen Quilley ResearchGate

Geography and Environmental Management

Peter Crank ResearchGate

Susan Elliott University Research Chair in Medical Geography; ResearchGate

School of Planning

Martine August ResearchGate

Jennifer Dean ResearchGate

Jane Law ResearchGate

John Lewis Director, Indigenous Faculty Relations; Theme Leader, RIA (Age-friendly Physical Environments); ResearchGate

Health

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

Stacey Acker ResearchGate; Research Website - Biomechanics of Human Mobility Lab

Jason Au Google Scholar; Research Website - Vascular Observations through Research on Technology and Exercise (VORTEX) Lab

Michael Barnett-Cowan Associate Chair of Graduate Studies; ResearchGate

Michaela Devries-Aboud ResearchGate

Clark Dickerson Canada Research Chair in Shoulder Mechanics; Cross-appointed in Systems Design Engineering; ResearchGate

Robin Duncan Cross-appointed in Biology; ResearchGate; Research Website - Lipid Enzyme Discovery Lab

Lora Giangregorio Research Scientist, Research Institute for Aging; ResearchGate; Research Website - Bone Health and Exercise Science Lab (BonES)

Richard Hughson Research Scientist, Research Institute for Aging; Schlegel Research Chair, Vascular Aging and Brain Health; ResearchGate

Heather Keller Schlegel Research Chair, Nutrition and Aging; Research Scientist, Agri-food for Healthy Aging; ResearchGate

Andrew Laing Director, Injury Biomechanics and Aging Laboratory; Research Scientist, Research Institute for Aging; ResearchGate

Monica Maly University Research Chair; ResearchGate; Research Website - Mobilize Clinical Biomechanics Lab

Bill McIlroy Researcher, Neurological Patient Database (NPD); Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute; ResearchGate; Research Website - Neuroscience, Mobility and Balance Lab (NiMBaL)

Laura Middleton Research Scientist, Research Institute for Aging; Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living; Researcher, Neurological Patient Database (NPD); ResearchGate; Research Website - Brian and Body Lab

Marina Mourtzakis Cross-appointed in School of Public Health Sciences; Associate Dean, Research; ResearchGate; Research Website - Integrative Metabolism and Body Composition (IMBC) Lab

Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo ResearchGate; Research Website - Visuomotor Development and Learning Lab

Joe Quadrilatero Cross-appointed in Biology; ResearchGate; Research Website - Skeletal Muscle Biology and Cell Death Laboratory

Eric Roy Director, Waterloo Research in Aging Participant (WRAP) Pool; Researcher, Neurological Patient Database (NPD); cross appointment with Psychology; ResearchGate

James Rush Professor, Vice-president Academic Provost; ResearchGate

Richard Staines Associate Dean of Research; Researcher, Neurological Patient Database (NPD); Research Website - Sensorimotor Integration and Neuroplasticity (SINAPs) Lab

Jackie Stapleton Liaison Librarian for School of Public Health and Health Systems and Department of Kinesiology (assists with Health research)

Ken Stark Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Lipidomics; Research Scientist, Agri-food for Healthy Aging; ResearchGate; Research Website - Laboratory of Nutritional Lipidomics

Russell Tupling Chair, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences; ResearchGate; Research Website - SERCA Pumps in Muscle, Metabolism and Physiology Lab

Karen Van Ooteghem ResearchGate

Richard Wells Professor Emeritus; Former Director, Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD); ResearchGate

Recreation and Leisure Studies

Aly Bailey ResearchGate

Karla Boluk ResearchGate

Sherry Dupuis Professor Emerita; University Research Chair; Co-lead of Partnerships in Dementia Care (PiDC); Research Scientist, RIA; ResearchGate

Troy Glover Director of Healthy Communities Research Network; ResearchGate

Mark Havitz Distinguished Professor Emeritus; ResearchGate

Kimberly Lopez Google Scholar

Steven Mock Previous Interim Director, NAR; cross-appointed to School of Public Health Sciences; ResearchGate

Bryan Smale Professor Emeritus; Director, Canadian Index of Wellbeing; ResearchGate

School of Public Health Sciences

Ashok Chaurasia ResearchGate

Peter Hall Cross-appointed to Psychology and Pharmacy; ResearchGate; Research Website - Prevention Neuroscience Laboratory

George Heckman Schlegel Research Chair, Geriatric Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at McMaster University; ResearchGate

John Hirdes Senior Canadian Fellow Board Member, interRAI; ResearchGate

Craig Janes Professor Emeritus; ResearchGate

Lili Liu Dean of Faculty of Health; ResearchGate

Carrie McAiney Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia; Adjunct Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University; ResearchGate

John Mielke Cross-appointed to Biology and Pharmacy; Google Scholar

Plinio Morita Director, NAR; Cross-appointed to Systems Design Engineering; Research Scientist, Research Institute for Aging; Assistant Professor (status only), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Research Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Techna Institute, University Health Network; ResearchGate; Research Website - Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab)

Anita Myers Distinguished Professor Emerita; Cross-appointed to Kinesiology; ResearchGate

Mark Oremus Associate Scientific Director, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging; Associate Researcher, Gilbrea Centre; ResearchGate

Chris Perlman ResearchGate; Research Website - Mental Health and Addictions Policy and Systems Research Group

Paul Stolee Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Former Director of NAR; ResearchGate

Suzanne Tyas ResearchGate; Research Website - Epidemiology of Cognitive Aging and Resilience Research Group

Mathematics

Applied Mathematics

Anita Layton Cross-appointed to Computer Science, Pharmacy, and Biology; Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine; Associate Dean, Research and International, Faculty of Mathematics; Chair, UW's Research Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council; Google Scholar; Research Website

Computer Science

Jesse Hoey ResearchGate; Research Website

Edith Law Co-director of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab; Google Scholar; Research Website - Augmented Intelligence Lab

Pascal Poupart Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute; ResearchGate; Research Website

Data and Artificial Intelligene Institute

Matthew Brehmer ResearchGate; Research Website

Statistics and Actuarial Science

Doug Andrews ResearchGate

Joel Dubin Joint appointment with the School of Public Health Sciences; ResearchGate; Research Website - Health Data Science Lab (HDSL)

Science

Biology

Andrew Doxey University Research Chair; Biology Core Facility Director; ResearchGate; Research Website

Dale Martin ResearchGate; Research Website - NeurdyPhagy Lab

Chemistry

Eric Fillion

Scott Hopkins Google Scholar; Research Website

Physics

Kostadinka Bizheva cross appointment with the School of Optometry and Vision Science; ResearchGate

Melanie Campbell cross appointment with the School of Optometry and Vision Science; ResearchGate

Zoya Leonenko joint appointment with Biology; University Research Chair; ResearchGate

Dmitry Pushin joint appointment with the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC); ResearchGate

Joe Sanderson

School of Optometry and Vision Science

Vivian Choh Associate Director (Research), School of Optometry and Vision Science

Lisa Christian Associate Director of Clinical Education; ResearchGate

Chris Hudson ResearchGate

Lyndon Jones Director of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE); Research Gate

Shamrozé Khan Google Scholar

Tammy Labreche Director of the Centre for Sight Enhancement; ResearchGate

Susan Leat Professor Emerita; ResearchGate

William Ngo Research Gate

Ben Thompson CEO and Scientific Director, Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR); Research Gate; Research Website - Human Visual Neuroscience Laboratory

School of Pharmacy

Michael Beazely Cross-appointed to Biology and School of Public Health Sciences; Chair of Rural Substance Use at Gateway CERH; Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars, Faculty of Science; ResearchGate