The School of Public Health and Health Systems is a division of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Contact information
Office: LHN 2727
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 35879
Fax: 519-888-4362
Email: stolee@uwaterloo.ca
Websites: Geriatric Health Systems Research Group, Network for Aging Research
Research interests
As Director of the Geriatrics Health Systems Research Group (GHS), our research focuses on strategies to improve the effectiveness of geriatric health services and systems. Areas of research interest include challenges experienced by older patients as they transition across care settings, strategies that can foster greater care coordination and health system integration, and patient and citizen engagement in decision-making. I lead several projects for one of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence, AGE-WELL, focused on technological innovation to support healthy and independent aging.
Graduate supervision and student opportunities
I supervise graduate students with related research interests in: (not currently accepting applications)
- Geriatric health care
- Care transitions
- Patient and citizen engagement
- Primary care for older adults
- Aging and technology
Teaching interests
- Health measurement and survey methods
- Aging
Awards and leadership
Recipient of the Canadian Association on Gerontology Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring: In Honour of Evelyn Shapiro
Current editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal on Aging
Director of the University of Waterloo Network for Aging Research
Education
BA (Hon.), Political Science (University of Alberta)
MPA, Public Administration (Queen’s University)
MSc, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (McMaster University)
PhD, Health Studies (University of Waterloo)
Selected recent publications
See Google Scholar for full list of publications.