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Sherin Rahim-Jamal
Sherin Rahim-Jamal is the Leader for the Centres of Innovation at Providence Health Care, which include Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence (CHAP) and the Centre for Practitioner Renewal (CPR). She has more than 15 years of experience in health care planning, community development, research and management. After receiving a Master of Science in Health Services Planning and Administration from the University of British Columbia, she served as a Director of Planning and Development at Cooperative University-Provincial Psychiatric Liaison (CUPPL) in the Faculty of Medicine there, before taking on positions as a Research Associate, Research Coordinator and Senior Researcher in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. In 2005, Sherin joined the Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence Health Care as a Project Specialist. In that position she facilitated research, policy and planning initiatives and implemented project plans across Providence Health Care and other relevant parts of the health care system. Sherin can be contacted at srahimjamal@providencehealth.bc.ca or View Sherin's recent reports & presentations
Dr. Sharon Koehn
Dr. Koehn is a Research Associate at the Centre for Healthy Aging and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia. The primary focus of her work has been on the constructions of health, illness and health care provision and on organizational barriers and solutions to health care access for ethnocultural minority older adults. Dr. Koehn has nonetheless applied her action-oriented qualitative research skills to the investigation of the social and cultural dimensions of health among all seniors. For example, at CHAP, she has also examined the effects of physical and social environments on challenging behaviours of cognitively impaired residents in long-term care. She has worked with a wide array of inter-disciplinary as well as community-based partners and now co-leads, with Dr. Karen Kobayashi (University of Victoria), the intersectoral ‘Immigrant Older Adults: Care, Accessibility, Research and Empowerment’ (ICARE) team. This team is concerned with chronic disease and mental health and takes an intersectionality approach to all of its work. Fundamental to their knowledge translation efforts is the understanding that health literacy is central to health care access, particularly for older adults. Dr. Koehn has also been working with national teams to understand the pathways to a diagnosis of dementia experienced by elders from different ethnocultural groups and to conduct an extensive scoping review of the published and grey literature on the health and health care access of ethnocultural minority older adults in Canada. Dr. Koehn can be contacted at skoehn@providencehealth.bc.ca or 604-876-7112 ext 605 View Sharon's recent reports & presentations
Eleanor is a Research Coordinator at the Centre for Healthy Aging. She has a clinical research and data management background. Prior to joining the center in June 2006, Eleanor has worked on several research studies on Renal and Liver Transplantation, Gastrointestinal as well as Respiratory Diseases. She will be assisting the Director of Research in all phases of the CPSI funded research study on prevalence of adverse events among frail seniors in residential care. Eleanor has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of the Philippines and holds a degree in medicine from the De La Salle University – College of Medicine. Dr. Alzona can be contacted at ealzona@providencehealth.bc.ca or 604-876-7112 ext 602
Dr. Kiran Rabheru
Dr Kiran Rabheru completed his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario (1990). In addition to being a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada (1990), Dr Rabheru is also a Certificant (1987) and a Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (2004). He holds specialty qualification in geriatric psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1992; recertification in 2005). Currently he is Clinical Associate Professor and Geriatric Psychiatrist at University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, and Riverview Hospital. He is Head of the Fellowship Program in Geriatric Psychiatry at UBC, Director of Continuing Medical Education at Riverview Hospital, and part of the Leadership Program at the Centre for Health Aging at Providence. He serves on the Board of the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry as well as the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia. Prior to February 2005, he resided in London, Ontario, where he was Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chair of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario, and Physician Leader of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program at Regional Mental Health Care, London. He has served as a Board Member and Chair of the Section of Geriatrics for Ontario Medical Association. He has published many peer-reviewed papers and is the co-author of Treating Dementia: Cognition & Beyond, and Dysfunctional Behavior in Dementia: A Clinician’s Guide.. He is an active participant on various scientific and academic advisory boards, serves as a referee for several scientific journals, and regularly participates at national and international scientific meetings. Dr Rabheru’s major area of interest is geriatric psychiatry, which he pursues by spending much of his time caring for elderly patients suffering from dementia, mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders. His special interest is continuing education programmes for physicians and other caregivers, clinical research and in planning of new strategies for health-care delivery to this growing population of elderly patients. Dr. Kiran Rabheru can be contacted at kiran.rabheru@vch.ca
Ann Sarte Ann has just started her career with the Centre as a Research Project Specialist. She is currently working as the Network Coordinator for the BC Home and Community Research Network, a 3-year provincial initiative funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and led by Dr. Jean Kozak. She is also coordinating a pilot research study on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy use in Metro Vancouver hospices. Ann is a recent graduate of the Simon Fraser University MA program in Gerontology. While studying at SFU Ann completed research work with Dr. Habib Chaudhury, Dr. Gloria Gutman, and Dr. Barb Mitchell. Ann is part of an interdisciplinary research team for a three-year, CIHR-funded study exploring neighbourhood environment, social capital, and the physical activity of older adults in Metro Vancouver and Portland, Oregon neighbourhoods. Her main research interest is in age-friendly communities. Ann Sarte can be reached at asarte@providencehealth.bc.ca or 604-876-7112 ext 607 View Ann's recent reports & presentations
Anna Haliakova
Anna is the Secretary for Centre for Healthy Aging at Providence. Her role is instrumental in scheduling meetings and supporting the team to move forward on a number of projects and initiatives. Anna has been with Providence since April 2008. Anna can be contacted by phone at 604-876-7112 ext. 601 or by email at chap@providencehealth.bc.ca
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