OUR TEAM

Led by Principal Scientists Professor Heather McKay, PhD, FCAHS, and Clinical Associate Professor Joanie Sims Gould, PhD, the Active Aging Research Team is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of researchers, knowledge translation specialists, and staff. The Active Aging Research Team is based at the University of British Columbia, within the Faculty of Medicine and is affiliated with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

OUR LEADERSHIP

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Heather McKay

-Principal Scientist-
Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
University of British Columbia

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Joanie Sims Gould (she/her)

-Principal Scientist-
Executive Director, Active Aging Society;
Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

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Farinaz Havaei (she/her)

Assistant Professor, UBC School of Nursing
Founder and Director, UBC HOPE Lab
Scientist, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (formerly CHEOS)

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Christiane Hoppman

Professor, Department of Psychology,
Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies,
Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia;
Canada Research Chair, Health & Adult Development;
Core Member, Centre for Aging SMART, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

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Dawn Mackey

Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair,
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology,
Associate Member, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University;
Core Member, Centre for Aging SMART, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute;
Scholar, Michael Smith Health Research BC

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Meghan Winters

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University;
CIHR Applied Public Health Chair,
Gender and Sex in Healthy Cities;
Core Member, 
Centre for Aging Smart, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute;
Founder & Lead,
Cities, Health, and Active Transportation Lab

RESEARCH STAFF

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Harveen Basra (she/her)

RESEARCH COORDINATOR

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Laura Churchill (she/her)

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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Rebecca Collett (she/her)

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

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Thea Franke (she/her)

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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Douglas Race (he/him)

SENIOR RESEARCH COORDINATOR

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  Christa Hoy (she/her)

                       SENIOR MANAGER,                         PROGRAMS & EVALUATION

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Hanson Lee (he/him)

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

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Heather Macdonald 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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Dylan Moran (he/him)

COMMUNICATIONS & DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT ASSISTANT

Lindsay Nettlefold

Lindsay Nettlefold (she/her)

SENIOR
SCIENTIST

Sara Sitarski

Sara Sitarski (she/her) 

RESEARCH
COORDINATOR

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Yana Uzelac (she/her)

RESEARCH
ASSISTANT

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Callista Ottoni

Callista Ottoni (she/her)

PhD CANDIDATE, MANAGER, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION AND EXCHANGE

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Diya Chowdhury(she/her)

Post-doctoral Fellow

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