Biography
Lili Liu is in her second term as dean of the Faculty of Health and a professor in the School of Public Health Sciences. Prior to UWaterloo, she served as chair of the department of Occupational Therapy for over a decade at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. She has held several administrative positions throughout her academic career, including Associate Chair, Graduate Program Coordinator, and Director of a Centre for Gerontology and served on many university level task forces. At UWaterloo, she served on the President’s Anti-Racism Task Force (PART). She is a licensed occupational therapist and has an externally-funded research program that focuses on focuses on acceptance and adoption of technologies by older adults, their care partners, and health professionals. Specifically, she and her team are interested in the impact of innovations on end users’ autonomy and independence. Liu’s team engages with community organizations, as well as policy and decision makers, Alzheimer Societies, police services, search and rescue, dementia advocacy and caregiver associations, nationally and internationally.
