IHPME in collaboration with the McMaster Health Forum and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute are pleased to host a Seminar as part of the Partnership for Health System Strengthening’s program on Patient-Oriented Health Research Systems

Engagement of Patients and Caregivers in Patient-Oriented Health Research: Insights Gained from the McMaster University, Aging, Community and Health Research Unit

Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid 

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Nursing

Associate member, Department of Health Evidence and Impact, McMaster University

Dr. Jenny Ploeg

Professor, School of Nursing

Associate member, Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University

Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid, RN, PhD, is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in the School of Nursing, and Associate Member, Department of Health Evidence and Impact, McMaster University. Her research program focuses on designing and testing new tailored, person-centred interventions that will transform health care services for older adults with multimorbidity and their family caregivers, with an emphasis on large scale, sustainable implementation.

Dr. Jenny Ploeg, RN, PhD, is Professor in the School of Nursing, and Associate Member, Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University. Her research has focused on the evaluation of health services for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their family caregivers, as well as the evaluation, sustainability and spread of best practice guidelines.

Drs. Markle-Reid and Ploeg are Co-Scientific directors of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit at McMaster University. The Aging, Community and Health Research Unit is funded by the CIHR Signature Initiative in Community-Based Primary Healthcare.

Lunch will be provided. Limited space. Please RSVP to peggy.tso.ngui@utoronto.ca    
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