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Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging

@ubcaging

Conducting interdisciplinary research at UBC to promote health and well-being for all older adults living in British Columbia, across Canada & around the world!

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📣Join Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children for their next Trainee Hub session! Explore best practices for meaningfully engaging patient and community partners. DATE: Tuesday, April 22nd at 1-3pm (ET) METHOD: Virtual Event (Zoom) REGISTRATION: forms.office.com/r/YCrTZtyamc

📣Join <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a>  for their next Trainee Hub session! Explore best practices for meaningfully engaging patient and community partners.

DATE: Tuesday, April 22nd at 1-3pm (ET)

METHOD: Virtual Event (Zoom)

REGISTRATION: forms.office.com/r/YCrTZtyamc
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📢We are happy to announce another joint event between the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging! Join us on April 29 as LivMendelsohn from Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence discusses the state of Canada’s care system, including key challenges & possible solutions. 🫂 Full details: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/leong-ce…

📢We are happy to announce another joint event between the <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a> and <a href="/UBCAging/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging</a>! Join us on April 29 as <a href="/LivMendelsohn/">LivMendelsohn</a> from <a href="/CdnCaregiving/">Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence</a> discusses the state of Canada’s care system, including key challenges &amp; possible solutions. 🫂

Full details: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/leong-ce…
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📢We are happy to announce another joint event between the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging! Join us on April 29 as LivMendelsohn from Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence discusses the state of Canada’s care system, including key challenges & possible solutions. 🫂 Full details: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/leong-ce…

📢We are happy to announce another joint event between the <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a> and <a href="/UBCAging/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging</a>! Join us on April 29 as <a href="/LivMendelsohn/">LivMendelsohn</a> from <a href="/CdnCaregiving/">Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence</a> discusses the state of Canada’s care system, including key challenges &amp; possible solutions. 🫂

Full details: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/leong-ce…
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💻Join Surrey Place on May 15 at 7:00pm (ET) for its next webinar focused on the importance of #engagement in driving meaningful research. Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/enhancing-co…

💻Join <a href="/SurreyPlaceON/">Surrey Place</a> on May 15 at 7:00pm (ET) for its next webinar focused on the importance of #engagement in driving meaningful research. Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/enhancing-co…
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📢 Applications are now open for the 2025 UBC Healthy Aging Postdoctoral Fellowship! 💰 $60,000 + benefits (1 year, renewable) 🗓️ Start between Sept 2025–March 2026 📅 Apply by July 15, 2025! 🔗 Info: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/funding-opport… #Postdoc #HealthyAging #UBC #ResearchOpportunity

📢 Applications are now open for the 2025 UBC Healthy Aging Postdoctoral Fellowship!

💰 $60,000 + benefits (1 year, renewable)
🗓️ Start between Sept 2025–March 2026
📅 Apply by July 15, 2025!
🔗 Info: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/funding-opport…
#Postdoc #HealthyAging #UBC #ResearchOpportunity
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Thank you to all who joined our May 5th #DialogueOnAging Public Presentation on #GeriatricOncology at VanDusen Garden! Grateful to our panelists, organizers, and partners @Providence_HC, ACCESSlab & UBC Nursing for a vital discussion on aging + cancer care. #GeriOnc2025 🧑‍🔬

Thank you to all who joined our May 5th #DialogueOnAging Public Presentation on #GeriatricOncology at <a href="/VanDusenGdn/">VanDusen Garden</a>! Grateful to our panelists, organizers, and partners @Providence_HC,
<a href="/ACCESSlabUBC/">ACCESSlab</a> &amp; <a href="/ubcnursing/">UBC Nursing</a> for a vital discussion on aging + cancer care. #GeriOnc2025 🧑‍🔬
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📅 May 28 | Join the next Trainee Hub workshop to learn best practices for building advisory groups that meaningfully support research. Learn more: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/trainee-…. Brought to you by the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging

📅 May 28 | Join the next Trainee Hub workshop to learn best practices for building advisory groups that meaningfully support research.

Learn more: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/trainee-….

Brought to you by the <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a> and <a href="/UBCAging/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging</a>
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Attend our next joint event with Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children on May 28! This Trainee Hub workshop will discuss best practices for building advisory groups that meaningfully support research. To learn more and register, see: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/events/event/l… We look forward to seeing you virtually!

Attend our next joint event with <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a> on May 28! This Trainee Hub workshop will discuss best practices for building advisory groups that meaningfully support research.

To learn more and register, see: healthyaging.med.ubc.ca/events/event/l…

We look forward to seeing you virtually!
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How can older adults prepare for, manage, and thrive when facing cancer in older age? Check out our blog post recapping our May 5 community event with Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging Providence Health Care UBC Nursing #gerionc2025 accesslab.nursing.ubc.ca/2025/03/28/joi…

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📣 Our Centre is hiring a Research Coordinator! Join the ELCHA & @KoborLab to support interdisciplinary research on aging, equity, and epigenetics. Applications accepted until June 2, 2025. Apply here now: tinyurl.com/4hes8sfc #UBC #HealthyAging #Epigenetics #AcademicJobs

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New study by ELCHA Investigator Dr. Parveen Bhatti finds greener neighbourhoods linked to better grip strength 🤳 — a key marker of #aging health — while SO2 pollution may contribute to weakness. Read more on our website: shorturl.at/s2ciM #HealthyAging #PublicHealth 🏘️

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Join us for the Frontiers in Aging Research Seminar at UBC on June 24th! Hear from experts at @CECAD_Cologne & UniversityOfVictoria in aging biology! This seminar is part of a 2-day event, "Pathways to Progress: Innovations Driving Geroscience" 🧬 📅 No reg. needed for the seminar!

Join us for the Frontiers in Aging Research Seminar at UBC on June 24th! Hear from experts at @CECAD_Cologne &amp; <a href="/uvic/">UniversityOfVictoria</a> in aging biology! This seminar is part of a 2-day event, "Pathways to Progress: Innovations Driving Geroscience" 🧬 

📅 No reg. needed for the seminar!
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A new piece today from the ACCESS lab about the need for #GeriOnc services, supports, and innovations in care for #older adults with #cancer in Canada. theconversation.com/the-leading-ri… SIOG Young SIOG CANO/ACIO SIOGNAH @ccs UBC Nursing Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging University of British Columbia

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We’re excited to launch our new asynchronous Fundamentals of Social Epidemiology course in partnership with Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children! This course explores key frameworks & methods in health equity research. 🖱️Register by July 4: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/social-epidemi… University of British Columbia

We’re excited to launch our new asynchronous Fundamentals of Social Epidemiology course in partnership with <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a>! This course explores key frameworks &amp; methods in health equity research. 🖱️Register by July 4: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/social-epidemi…
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📢Do you have multiple sclerosis? Are you aged 18+ and living in Canada? Speak up! We want to learn about the traits of people with multiple sclerosis in Canada. Take our anonymous online survey (20-30 minutes): redcap.link/MSdiversity #multiplesclerosisresearch

📢Do you have multiple sclerosis? Are you aged 18+ and living in Canada? Speak up! We want to learn about the traits of people with multiple sclerosis in Canada. Take our anonymous online survey (20-30 minutes): redcap.link/MSdiversity #multiplesclerosisresearch
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📢 Register now for our new asynchronous Fundamentals of Social Epidemiology course in partnership with Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children! Running from July 11 – October 3, 2025, this course explores key theories and tools in social epidemiology: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/social-epidemi…

📢 Register now for our new asynchronous Fundamentals of Social Epidemiology course in partnership with <a href="/LeongCentre/">Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children</a>! Running from July 11 – October 3, 2025, this course explores key theories and tools in social epidemiology: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/social-epidemi…