Adults over 65 years of age represent 1 in 5 Canadians and the population over 85 years of age will triple in the next 25 years. In addition, 22% of Canadians over the age of 15 live with a disability that impacts their ability to be independent or lowers their quality of life. The Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a University of British Columbia affiliated, internationally recognized research centre to accelerate discoveries and new knowledge to improve the lives of an aging population and individuals living with a disability. We are focused on developing novel Solutions for Mobility, Activity, Rehabilitation and Technology so that people living with the effects of aging or disability can live a high quality of life. The vision of the Centre for Aging SMART is to ensure that people of all ages and abilities enjoy a life with quality.
The Centre for Aging SMART at VCH is one of the 15 Major Research Programs supported by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and one of 23 Senate approved centres and institutes within the Faculty of Medicine (FOM) at UBC.
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan, Stirling | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Economics of health care, policy, from UK |
| Campbell, Kristin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Clinical oncology; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Biomarkers; Breast Cancer; Exercise Physiology; oncology; physical function; Physiology; Quality of Life and Aging; rehabilitation |
| Cibere, Jolanda | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Rheumatology; early osteoarthritis; magnetic resonance imaging in osteoarthritis; biomarkers in osteoarthritis; progression of early osteoarthritis; clinical detection of early osteoarthritis |
| Cripton, Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mechanical engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; biomechanics; Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma; hip fracture; injury prevention; Mechanical Systems; neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury; spine biomechanics; Trauma / Injuries; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance |
| Forster, Bruce | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Radiology; imaging |
| Garbuz, Donald | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee; novel imaging techniques to assess early changes in articular cartilage, which may be indicators for osteoarthritis |
| Greidanus, Nelson | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | osteoarthritis and joint replacement procedures |
| Guy, Pierre | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Medical, health and life sciences; Surgery; Surgical Technologies; Hip Fracture Care; Health services research |
| Hacihaliloglu, Ilker | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bio-signal processing and analysis; Medical biotechnology; Biomedical signal processing; Image guided surgery systems; Medical and biomedical engineering, n.e.c.; Data analytics and signal processing, n.e.c.; Artificial intelligence (AI); Extraction of relevant information from 3D medical images; Image Guided Surgery; computer assisted diagnosis; Deep Learning; point of care ultrasound; ultrasound image processing; Brain Health; orthopedic surgery; liver disease; lung disease; traumatic Brian injury; neurosurgery; Biomedical Engineering |
| Hodgson, Antony | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Image guided surgery systems; computer assisted orthopaedic surgery; Medical Imaging; surgical navigation; orthopaedics; biomechanics; surgical robots; Image Processing; Machine Learning |
| Hoppmann, Christiane | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Psychology and cognitive sciences; Aging Process; Social Aspects of Aging; stress; Health Promotion; social determinants of health; Health and well-being across the adult lifespan and into old age; individual differences in goals |
| Hunt, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis; biomechanics; exercise; Joints (Articulations); musculoskeletal; Musculoskeletal Deformation; Neuromuscular Diseases; Orthoses and Prostheses; Physical Activity; rehabilitation |
| Kuo, Calvin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomechanical engineering; Medical devices; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Sensing human motion; How humans make sense of their own motion; Sensorimotor Neutrophysiology; Wearable Sensing; Musculoskeletal Modeling |
| Lefaivre, Kelly | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Orthopaedics |
| Liu-Ambrose, Teresa | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Healthy Aging; exercise; Fall prevention; Cognitive Aging; Randomized Controlled Trials; Physical Activity; Mobility; Neuroimaging; Sleep |
| Madden, Kenneth | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Geriatrics and gerontology; Exercise interventions; Sedentary Behaviour; Syncope; Falls Prevention; Sarcopenia; Machine Learning |
| Masri, Bas | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction and Replacement and to Musculoskeletal Oncology |
| Meneilly, Graydon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | diabetes and carbohydrate metabolism in the elderly |
| Mortenson, Ben | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Accessibility; Assistive technology; Caregiving; Mobility; Outcome measures; Quality of Life and Aging; rehabilitation; Robotics; Social Aspects of Aging; Social participation; Spinal cord injury |
| Mulpuri, Kishore | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Surgery; bone diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Connective Tissue Diseases; Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip; Joints (Articulations); Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease; Locomotor Activity / Movement Disorders; Methodological Research; Muscle; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Deformation; Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair; Neuromuscular Diseases; Orthopaedic Engineering; Patient Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance; Pediatric Hip Conditions; Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma; Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis; Trauma / Injuries |
| Oxland, Thomas | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Spinal Cord Injury, Aging Spine, Orthopaedic Implants |
| Reilly, Christopher | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Paediatric spine, Paediatric sports injuries, Paediatric trauma, Medical education |
| Scott, Alexander | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; musculoskeletal; Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair; orthopaedics; physical therapy; physiotherapy; sports medicine |
| Sobolev, Boris | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Health care, access, epidemiology, biostatistics, registries, simulation, policy evaluation, Methodology for analysis of waiting times, risk of adverse events while awaiting elective surgery, and the use of simulation experiments in policy evaluation |
| Wang, Rizhi | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomaterials, biomechanics Also, the structure and formation processes of biologically formed materials (eg seashells, silk, teeth) and applies the mechanisms to the design and processing of novel materials |
| Wilson, David | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | orthopaedics, arthritis, mechanics, joints, hip, imaging, MRI, activity, Hip, knee, spine mechanics, causes and treatments of osteoarthritis, medical imaging and image processing, orthopedic sports medicine |