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What does pioneering supportive smart home technologies look like? See the challenge, pull the right people together, and seize the opportunity to build solutions. Dr. Frank Knoefel is the Bruyère Health Chair in Research in Technology for Aging in Place and a physician at the Bruyère Memory Program. He has been providing bilingual care to aging Canadians for some 30 years, focusing initially on geriatric rehabilitation, and for the last 15 years caring for older Canadians with cognitive challenges. Dr. Knoefel’s research interests are focused on the use of technology to monitor and support cognition, including how sensors in the home can monitor activities of daily living and how artificial intelligence will be able to help cue a person’s activities to maintain independence. Dr. Knoefel also studies how technology can help assess and improve driving safety in older drivers. Learn more about Dr. Knoefel's work here.

A single clinical question can an entire program of research, ultimately leading to the development of a new clinical service. Her talk will emphasize the importance of practice-driven research in shaping innovation and improving patient care. Dr. Christine Watt is a palliative medicine physician at Bruyère Health Saint-Vincent Hospital and The Ottawa Hospital. Clinically, she works on the palliative care unit, palliative care consult teams and leads the outpatient neuropalliative clinic. She is a clinical teacher for medical learners and is actively involved in the Palliative Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Watt’s research interests include the palliative care of neurological diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Her research focuses on demonstrating the impact of palliative care for patients and caregivers in these populations, in order to advocate for earlier palliative care involvement. In addition, Dr. Watt employs her basic science background in palliative care research by exploring how genetic factors can impact pain and symptom management, with the goal of integrating personalized medicine into palliative care. Learn more about Dr. Watt's work here.

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S-01-AM - A consolidated logic model of Ontario nurse-led outreach teams' role in long-term care resident repatriation from hospital Vasudha Sharma S-02-AM - Cognitive and functional trajectories in subjective cognitive decline with and without worry Farnam Parcham S-03-AM - Existing health risk calculators for older adults: a scoping review Elias Azizi S-04-AM - Exploring relationships between sleep quality and dementia in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Samia Salame S-05-AM - Exploring the association between cardiovascular disease and dementia: the MARVEL Project Abby Hensel S-06-AM - Honouring grief in LTC Nadia Potoczny

Barb Farrell shares how her experience as a pharmacist in the Bruyère Health Geriatric Day Hospital informed her decision to develop 'deprescribing guidelines' that are helping people here and around the world make decisions about when and how to stop medications. Barbara Farrell, PharmD, is the Founder and Senior Advisor of the Deprescribing Guidelines Research team Deprescribing.org . She is a Senior Scientist with the Bruyère Health Research Institute and CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa and Adjunct Assistant Professor with the School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo. She maintains a clinical practice as a pharmacist in the Bruyère Health Geriatric Day Hospital. She has worked clinically in hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, primary care and for over 25 years in a specialized Geriatric Day Hospital practice. Farrell has experience in curricular design, including designing and implementing a structured practice experience program for undergraduate students and developing online educational programming focused on medication management skills for pharmacists. She was also instrumental in co-leading a large demonstration project incorporating pharmacists into primary health care teams and resulting in growth of this practice model in Canada. Learn more about Farrell's work here.

Across Canada and other high-income countries, rapid policy liberalization — from cannabis legalization to sports betting — is reshaping society. Real-world evidence can uncover the impacts of these changes. Drawing on recent studies, Dr. Myran highlights why rigorous, timely evaluation is essential to ensure that policies evolve based on their true impacts, not just their intentions. Dr. Daniel Myran is a Public Health and Preventative Medicine physician, a Family Physician, and health services researcher. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Social Accountability at uOttawa and is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He practices family medicine with an interest in addiction medicine. Dr. Myran’s research uses health administrative data to investigate two areas. First, tracking healthcare visits for mental health and substance use at the population-level and investigating the impact of policy (e.g., legalization of non-medical cannabis) on these outcomes. Second, understanding patterns of mental health service use by physicians and identifying policy options to improve access to comprehensive primary care. A key focus of both streams of work is investigating differences in outcomes across systematically disadvantaged groups to identify and mitigate health inequities in society. Learn more about Dr. Myran's work here.

Reaching those who have been left behind in health programming is critical if we are to meet our global and national goals for health and wellbeing. This talk explores this concept through global research on equity considering how we can respond as researchers, clinicians and advocates. Alison Krentel, PhD has been a researcher and consultant in public health working in over 14 countries. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa and a Senior Investigator with the Bruyère Health Research Institute. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation, Technology Assessment for Health Equity, holds an honorary fellowship with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and is an Adjunct Professor at the Pattimura University in Indonesia. She is co-founder and current chair of the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases . She is the principal investigator of the Threads Lab . Krentel's research interests include facilitating community engagement, the use of implementation research to support health systems and the translation of research results into programmatic action. Her research program largely focuses on issues related to neglected tropical diseases, equity, and effectiveness. Learn more about Krentel’s work here.

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S-01-PM - The art of a good death Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus S-02-PM - Psilocybin at the end of life: restoring meaning and dignity in care Defne Oksit S-03-PM - "Walk 'n Watch" - improving outcomes after stroke Lisa Sheehy S-04-PM - Enquête sur l’utilisation de semelles intelligentes comme méthode de dépistage des chutes chez les personnes âgés francophones : une étude de faisabilité Elizabeth Thibault S-05-PM - Services in Canada supporting communication between primary care providers and specialists for dementia care: an environmental scan Kunal Dalsania S-06-PM - The population health impact of community-campus engagement (CCE): a qualitative study to understand the reach of knowledge outputs generated from CCE Chloe Chambers