Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging
The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging brings together researchers across disciplines at UBC to harness the science of healthy aging in order to help people in British Columbia, across Canada, and around the world stay healthy, happy, and active as they age.
The Centre seeks to transform healthy aging by expanding interdisciplinary research focused on the biological, social, cultural and environmental factors that influence aging trajectories and harnessing this information to devise new strategies to promote healthy aging for all.
Our concept of healthy aging is built on the World Health Organization’s definition of healthy aging as the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing in older age. Functional ability is having the capabilities that enable people to be and do what they value. Importantly, there is no “typical” healthy older person, and this definition of healthy aging does not require an individual to be free of diseases or health conditions.
Campus
Vancouver
Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Conklin, Annalijn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders; social nutritional epidemiology; women's health; Health Equity; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Obesity; CVD risk factors; healthy ageing; food and nutrition policy; Indigenous health; Community Health / Public Health; disease management evaluation; healthcare quality improvement; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders, Social nutritional epidemiology, Women's Health, Health equity, Chronic Diseases in Elderly, Obesity, CVD risk factors, Healthy ageing, Food and nutrition policy, Indigenous health, Community Health / Public Health, Disease management evaluation, Healthcare quality improvement |
| Dennis, Jessica | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Complex Trait Genetics; genetic epidemiology; statistical genetics; Psychiatric conditions; neurodegenerative disease; Precision Health; Administrative health data; Electronic health records; Machine Learning; Complex trait genetics, Genetic epidemiology, Statistical genetics, Psychiatric conditions, Neurodegenerative disease, Precision health, Administrative health data, Electronic health records, Machine learning |
| Jenstad, Lorienne | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | hearing aids; Aging; audiology; hearing health; amplification; hearing aids, aging, audiology, hearing health, amplification |
| Madden, Kenneth | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Exercise interventions; Sedentary Behaviour; Syncope; Falls Prevention; Sarcopenia; Machine Learning; point of care ultrasound; Exercise interventions, Sedentary Behaviour, Syncope, Falls Prevention, Sarcopenia, Machine Learning, Point of Care Ultrasound |
| McKay, Heather | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Health and community services; Health promotion and disease prevention; Social and biological determinants of aging; Aging Process; Population health interventions; Public and Population Health; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health, Health and community services, Health promotion and disease prevention, Social and biological determinants of aging, Aging process, Population health interventions, Public and population health |
| McKendry, James | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Skeletal Muscle; Protein metabolism; Aging; Nutrition; exercise; Sarcopenia; Protein; Muscle Disuse; Stable Isotope Tracers; Omics; Cell Culture; Microscopy; Skeletal Muscle, Protein Metabolism, Aging, Nutrition , Exercise, Sarcopenia, Protein , Muscle Disuse, Stable Isotope Tracers, Omics , Cell Culture, Microscopy |
| Metcalfe-Roach, Avril | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Microbiome; Bioinformatics; Healthy Aging; :label |
| Sin, Nancy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | stress; Well-being; Adult development and aging; Social Aspects of Aging; Positive Emotions; Sleep; Health Promotion; social determinants of health; Health behaviours; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Stress, Well-being, Adult development and aging, Social Aspects of Aging, Positive Emotions, Sleep, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Health behaviours, Lifestyle Determinants and Health |
| Spering, Miriam | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | vision; movement; perception and action; eye movements; hand movements; eye-hand coordination; sport vision; Parkinson's disease; vision, movement, perception and action, eye movements, hand movements, eye-hand coordination, sport vision, Parkinson's disease |
| Taubert, Stefan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Aging; beta cells; C. elegans; Diabetes; Gene Regulation and Expression; Gene regulation; Genetics of Aging; genomics; Hypoxia; Metabolism; Molecular Genetics; Mouse; stress; Stress and Cancer; Stress responses; Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism; Transcription; Aging, Beta cells, C. elegans, Diabetes, Gene Regulation and Expression, Gene regulation, Genetics of Aging, Genomics, Hypoxia, Metabolism, Molecular Genetics, Mouse, Stress, Stress and Cancer, Stress responses, Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism, Transcription |
| Tremlett, Helen | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; prodrome,; Drug safety and effectiveness; Pharmacogenomics; comorbidities; health administrative data; Gut microbiome; prodromes; Multiple Sclerosis , Neuroepidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, prodrome,, drug safety and effectiveness , pharmacogenomics, comorbidities, health administrative data, gut microbiome , prodromes |
| Wright, Stephen | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Circulatory physiology; pulmonary physiology; heart function; exercise; Rehabiliation; Aging; Heart Failure; Circulatory Physiology, Pulmonary Physiology, Heart Function, Exercise, Rehabiliation, Aging, Heart Failure |