Dr. Tamara Daly
Director, York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE)
School of Health Policy and Management
Research interests:
Health equity for older adults through interdisciplinary lenses that address aging and long-term care, health and social care policy, formal and informal care systems, conditions of care and care work, and how gender and ethnicity shape access to health and social care.
Dr. Brad A. Meisner
School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Research Interests:
Challenging common misconceptions that ‘normal aging’ is associated with inevitable biological disease, psychological decline, social disengagement, and inactivity.
Dr. Gary Turner
Centre Co-Chair, York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE)
Department of Psychology
Research Interests:
The overarching theme of my research involves the translation of cognitive neuroscience research into brain and behaviour-based rehabilitation interventions to enhance higher cognitive (i.e. executive) functioning in healthy aging, acquired brain injury and brain disease - an approach I describe as cognitive rehabilitation neuroscience.
Dr. Joseph Baker
Centre Co-Chair, York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE)
School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Research interests:
Psychological and social factors that influence involvement in physical activity and sport across the lifespan. In particular, I am trying to determine the role that societal stereotypes about growing older play in promoting a disengagement from physical activity and sport involvement thereby perpetuating and accentuating the decline in physical and cognitive abilities we typically see as we grow older.
Dr. Mary Fox
School of Nursing
Research interests:
Comprehensive of function-focused interprofessional interventions to improve outcomes during older adults’ hospitalization. Her expertise includes qualitative and quantitative data analysis; systematic reviews; survey and intervention research; bedrest; and the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) model.
Dr. Susan Murtha
Department of Psychology
Research interests:
Research explores the role of neuroplasticity in older adults. In particular, she is investigating external factors (such as technology, activity) that focus attention in older adults. Her ultimate aim is to improve cognitive performance such that older adults in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease can live independently longer in their own homes.
Dr. Rosanna Furgiuele
Department of French Studies, Glendon College
York University Retirees Association (YURA) Representative
Bri Darboh
Chair, Trainee Network, York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE)
Department of Psychology
Research interests:
Utilizing experimental performance-based measures, well-established neurocognitive tests, and neuroimaging methods to explore the neuropsychological correlates of higher order cognition in younger and older adults. Aspires to synthesize the research and clinical skills obtained through her neuropsychological training with the specialized knowledge and leadership skills developed through her MBA studies in order to develop a special fusion of expertise that will allow her to better serve the older adult cohort of the healthcare industry.