Aging, Community and Health Research Group (ACHRU)

McMaster University

About ACHRU

Investigators and Decision-Makers

    Noori Akhtar-Danesh, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    McMaster University, Biostatistics

    Carol Anderson, RN, BScN

    Role in Research Program:
    Decision Maker / Knowledge User
    Current Position:
    Executive Director
    Alberta Health Services, Continuing Care-Edmonton Zone

    Norm Archer

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Professor Emeritus
    McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business

    Sue Baptiste, MHSc, OT Reg (ON)

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Professor Emeritus
    McMaster University, School of Rehabilitation Science

    Michelle Butt

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Sinéad Dufour

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Past Trainee
    Current Position:
    Assistant Clinical Professor
    McMaster University, School of Rehabilitation Science, School of Nursing

    Wendy Duggleby, PhD, RN, ACCN

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Professor
    University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing

    Sid Feldman, MD, CCFP, FCFP

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Researcher/Clinician
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine

    Kathryn Fisher, MSc,PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Data Analyst
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Kimberly Fraser, RN, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Retired Associate Professor
    University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing

    Amiram Gafni, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Professor
    McMaster University; Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis;, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    Rebecca Ganann, RN, BScN, MS, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Past Trainee / KT Co-Lead
    Current Position:
    Assistant Professor School of Nursing, Co-Investigator ACHRU
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Alain P. Gauthier

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    Laurentian University, School of Human Kinetics

    Sunita Ghosh, PhD, PStat

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Assistant Clinical Professor
    University of Alberta, Department of Oncology

    Lauren Griffith, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Assistant Professor
    McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Andrea Gruneir, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Assistant Professor
    University of Alberta, Department of Family Medicine

    Gail Heald-Taylor

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Caregiver Stakeholder
    Aging, Community and Health Research Unit

    Sandra Hirst, RN, PhD, GNC(C)

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    University of Calgary, Faculty of Nursing

    Bill Johnson

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Patient Stakeholder
    Aging, Community and Health Research Unit

    Sharon Kaasalainen, RN, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Nick Kates

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
    McMaster University

    Anita Kothari

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    Western University, School of Health Studies

    John Lavis

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Director
    McMaster Health Forum

    Carrie McAiney, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor, Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia
    University of Waterloo, School of Public Health and Health Systems

    Janet McElhaney

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Vice President of Research & Scientific Director
    Health Sciences North Research Institute

    Melissa Northwood

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Past Trainee
    Current Position:
    Assistant Professor, Co-Investigator ACHRU
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Lawrence Ogden

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Caregiver Stakeholder
    Aging, Community and Health Research Unit

    Christopher Patterson, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FRCP (Glasg.)

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Researcher/Clinician
    Current Position:
    Professor
    McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

    Shelley Peacock, MN, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Assistant Professor
    University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing

    Cheryl A. Sadowski, BSc (Pharm), Pharm.D., FCSHP

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    University of Alberta, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Diana Sherifali

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Lehana Thabane, MSc, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Professor / Associate Chair
    McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Jean A.C. Triscott, Geriatrician, MD, CCFP, FAAFP, FCFP-Geriatrics

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Researcher/Clinician
    Current Position:
    Professor
    University of Alberta, Department of Family Medicine

    Ross Upshur, MD, MSc

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator / Researcher/Clinician
    Current Position:
    Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine

    Diana Urajnik

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Senior Research Associate ​
    Laurentian University, Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research

    Ruta Valaitis, BScN, MHSc, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Researcher/Clinician
    Current Position:
    Emeritus
    McMaster University, School of Nursing

    Isabelle Vedel

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Assistant Professor
    McGill University, Department of Family Medicine and Division of Geriatrics

    Lorraine Venturato, RN, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    University of Calgary, Faculty of Nursing

    Allison Williams, PhD

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    McMaster University, School of Geography & Earth Sciences

    Patricia Wilson

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Professor of Primary and Community Care
    University of Kent, Canterbury, England

    Jennifer Yost

    Role in Research Program:
    Co-Investigator
    Current Position:
    Associate Professor
    Villanova University, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing