Lili Liu

Dean of Faculty of Health; Professor
Lili Liu.

Contact information

Office: BMH 3115

Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 42126 

Email: lili.liu@uwaterloo.ca 

Website: Aging and Innovation Research Program (AIRP)

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    Research interests

    My research examines ways technologies can help older adults and family caregivers. As an investigator with Age-Well NCE, I have three funded projects to develop: (1) an app using predicted risk levels to recommend personalized strategies for people with dementia at risk of going missing, (2) a scale to measure the usability of technologies to locate missing persons with dementia, and (3) a national coordinated strategy for collecting data on persons with dementia who go missing. I also collaborate with researchers at Ryerson University to develop and evaluate algorithms for drones that find cognitively impaired people who are lost.

    Graduate supervision and student opportunities

    Currently, I am not accepting applications for Masters and PhD students. I continue to accept applications for postdoctoral fellows with research interests related to:

    • Aging and dementia 
    • Caregiving for persons living with dementia 
    • Health technologies 
    • Mixed methods research approaches 

    Teaching interests

    • Aging 
    • Dementia
    • Rehabilitation 
    • User adoption and usability of everyday technologies for cognitive and mental health 
    • Smart homes 

    Education

    PhD Rehabilitation Science, McGill University

    MSc Rehabilitation Science, McGill University 

    BSc Occupational Therapy, McGill University

    Selected publications

    See Google Scholar for full list of publications.

    *Designates students or highly qualified personnel (HQP).