Kelli Stajduhar

Dr. Kelli Stajduhar, PhD, RN, FRSC, FCAHS, FCAN is a professor in the School of Nursing and a research fellow at the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria. Stajduhar has 300+ academic publications and presentations. She currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Palliative Approaches to Care in Aging and Community Health.

She has worked in oncology, palliative care, and gerontology for almost 30 years as a practicing nurse, educator, and researcher. Her clinical work and research has focused on health service needs for those at the end-of-life and their families, and on the needs of structurally vulnerable populations.

Student supervision is an important part of her research program working with undergraduate, Master’s, PhD, medical, and post-doctoral students. In the community, she mentors clinical scientists and other highly qualified personnel in order to support engagement in research projects.

Stajduhar is the recipient of numerous awards including most recently the 2022 Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research.