The Edwin S.H. Leong Healthy Aging Program is an interdisciplinary group of faculty, trainees and staff at UBC who seek to harness the science of healthy again to help people remain healthy, happy and active longer into old age. The program was initiated by a generous donation from Dr. Edwin S.H. Leong and the Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation.
Funding interests
Award Types
Research Trainee, Reach, Convening & Collaborating
Research Interests
- The social, environmental or cultural determinants of aging.
- The biology of aging or biological mechanisms of aging.
- Mechanisms, prevention or treatments of age-associated diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease.
- Biomarkers of healthy aging, risk stratification.
- Loneliness, isolation, caregiving, relationships in older adults.
- Technology advances, smart technologies to improve older adult care.
Location parameters
The trainee’s primary supervisor must be an Investigator in the Edwin SH Leong Healthy Aging Program at UBC, in either the Vancouver or Okanagan Campus.
Keywords
aging, older adults, seniors, neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative, dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, aging biomarker, age-related disease, age-associated disease, geroscience, life course, lifespan, health span
Awards
2023
Recipient
Jennifer JakobiAward type
Convening and Collaborating award
Project title
Aging in Place: A Perspective from Indigenous Older Adults and Elders
Recipient
Marta Ruiz AlgueroAward type
Research trainee award
Project title
Advancing understanding of the multiple sclerosis (MS) prodrome: a focus on understudied signs and symptoms (MS-Pro-Us)