Organizing committee

Planning Committee

CIHR representatives 

Joanne Goldberg 
Assistant Director, CIHR Institute of Aging 

Susan Rogers 
Project Lead – Institute Initiatives, CIHR Institute of Aging  

Patricia Versteegh 
Scientific Project Coordinator, CIHR Institute of Aging 

McMaster University representatives

Kara Aaserud 
Communications Manager, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging

Roxanne Cheeseman 
Administrative Coordinator, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 

Sherly Kyorkis 
Communications Assistant, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 

Laura Lawson 
Communications Manager, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 

Alison Outtrim 
Program Coordinator, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 

Shannon Scherer 
Research Assistant, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 
 
Summer Shepherd 
Communications Assistant, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 

Jill Van damme 
Trainee, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 

Ine Wauben 
Managing Director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging  

Curriculum committee 

Andrew Costa 
Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University 
 
Allison Dubé 
Project Manager, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 

Lauren Griffith 
Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University 
 
Andrea Gonzalez 
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University 

Susan Kirkland 
Professor and Head, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University 
 
Tim Krahn 
Research Associate & Training Coordinator, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 

Alexandra Mayhew 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University 
 
Audrey Patocs 
Research Manager, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging 

Parminder Raina 
SPA 2021 Host & Scientific Director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging