Achievements 1996-2018
“I cannot find this community expertise anywhere else.”
Stefanie Kuhn, MPhil
Architecture and Urban Design
Cambridge University, UK
2018
Partnered with the Caregiving Research Laboratory (CaRe Lab) to expand research in the area of community health and dementia
2015
Created the SMART (Student Mentoring in Aging Research Training) Program - pairing undergraduate students (Years 1,2,3,4) from different disciplines with senior scientists to stimulate creative and entrepreneurial thinking and research related to aging
2015
Expanded our community osteoporosis education model to other chronic diseases - arthritis
2011
Minto Foundation endowment to create the Sam Katz Community Health and Aging Research Unit
2011
Formally integrated student training into our partnership
2009
Invited, by the International Working Group on Patient Education andd Adherence to Treatment, to share our model 'Bringing Better Bone Health to Seniors' Communities' at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Scientific Meeting
2008
Invited Global Best Spotlight for our ‘London Seniors’ Learning and Research Partnership for Health’, International Partnership Network (IPN) in partnership with the Conference Board of Canada
2007
Osteoporosis demonstration project - first ever senior-led RCT to test a senior-friendly, peer-led community education model to improve the treatment and diagnosis of osteoporosis
2006
Developed a new phase, the Community Chronic Disease Model, a collective community (vs. self) management approach to chronic disease management with community advocates identifying neighbours at risk, peer mentors and peer educators
2006
Cherryhill Healthy Aging Program cited by the Ontario Ministry of Health as an ‘innovative solution to meet the future health care needs of older Ontarians’ and ‘innovative model of coordinated care through partnerships that demonstrates improved outcomes for seniors without increased costs’ (Ontario Ministry of Health, Seniors’ Health, Research Paper #13, page 11)
2005
Awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funding to build the Community Health and Aging Research Unit at 澳门六合彩开奖预测
2002
Cherryhill Healthy Aging Program taken up and funded by the Ministry of Health; continues to operate to this day
1997
Co-created the Cherryhill Healthy Aging Program
1996
Created a community-business-education research partnership model and demonstration site in the Cherryhill community, London, Ontario Canada
