Understanding how the environmental, cultural, and social factors that we experience throughout the life course influence the aging process as well as health and well-being in the later years. An important component of this research is understanding how the social determinants of health lead to disparities in health outcomes as people age.
Members
Meet faculty members and trainees in this research area:
Page, Brent
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Patrick, David
Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine; Director of Research, BC Centre for Disease Control
Pauly, Theresa
Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University
Phinney, Alison
Professor and Associate Director, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
Povshedna, Tetiana
PhD Student, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Puterman, Eli
Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
Schaffner, Samantha
Postdoctoral Fellow, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Medicine
Sin, Nancy
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Stringhini, Silvia
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
Stuart, Nicole
MA Student, Health Psychology, Faculty of Arts