Tong Louie Living Lab

April 2020–March 2025
Canham, S.L. (Co-Is: Wister, A. + 13 Co-Is/Collaborators). Aging in the Right Place: Building Capacity for Promising Practices that Support Older People Experiencing Homelessness in Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver. CMHC & SSHRC: Housing Partnership Grant. Total: $1,375,000. 

February 2021–January 2022
Wister, A. (Co-I: Chaudhury, H., Partner: Healthy Aging CORE by United Way). COVID-19 community wellbeing and socioeconomic deprivation in BC: environmental scan towards neighbourhood social capital. SSHRC: Partnership Engage Grant: Special Initiative COVID-19. Total: $24,850.

September 2020–August 2021
Cosco, T. D. (Co-Is: Wister, A., Sixsmith, A., Sparrey, C., & Schiphorst, T.). COVID-19: mental health needs and technological interventions for social connectedness amongst older older adults. SSHRC: Partnership Engage Grant: Special Initiative COVID-19. Total: $25,000.

April 2020–March 2023
Cosco, T. D. (Co-Is: Ester, M., Moreno, S. Wister, A.) Precision mental health: a stakeholder-informed, big data approach to psychological wellbeing.” AGE-WELL: Core Research Project. Total: $474,0000.

March 2020–March 2021
Best, J. R.: PI (Co-Is: Cosco, T. D., Wister, A.). Cognitive aging in Canadian women and men: an exploration of environmental contributors and interactions with individual factors. CIHR: Operating Grant. Total: $74,240.

April 2019–April 2021
Cosco, T. D. (Co-Is: Ester, M., Moreno, S. Wister, A.). Artificial intelligence approaches to precision mental health: Convening experts and stakeholders to ensure the acceptability and feasibility of motion-sensing data-capture technology in older adult populations. CIHR: Planning and Dissemination Grant. Total: $25,000/$50,000 (including fund matching from Digital Health Circle).

April 2019–April 2021
Cosco, T. D. (Co-Is: Kobayashi, L., Mackey, D., & Wister, A.). Resilience and healthy aging across the life course: a longitudinal analysis of psychological wellbeing and physical adversity. CIHR: CLSA Catalyst Grant. Direct to Cosco/GRC: $66,100.

December 2018–March 2021
Blaber, A. (Co-Is: Gutman, G., McPherson, L., Scarisbrick, T., Tavololian, K. & Xu, D.). From orbit to bedside: using space-based bed-rest techniques to study cardio-vascular and skeletal muscle-pump orthostatic reflexes with and without a strength and HIT exercise intervention to prevent falls in older adult patients after hospitalization. CIHR. Total: $200,000.

October 2018–August 2019
Gutman, G. (Co-Is: Chaudhury, H. & Carr, M.). A pilot clinical trial of an interactive digital technology (MindfulGarden) in treatment of disruptive behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in a care home setting. Good Samaritan Delta View Care Centre, Ltd.: Contract. Direct to Gutman/GRC: $82,859.

September 2018–March 2021
Gutman, G. Feasibility study of an interactive digital technology in reducing bathing-related agitation in a residential care facility. AGE-WELL: SIP Accelerator Program Grant. Direct to Gutman/GRC: $39,079.

September 2018–August 2019
Chaudhury, H. & Hung, L.. Innovating together: WORKing with technologies in dementia care (IT WORKs). MSFHR: Reach Grant. Total: $10,000.

January 2018–December 2018
Wister, A. & Danielsen, C. (Co-I: Canham, S. L., Project Partners: Providence Healthcare & Catholic Charities Shelter Services). Determining the feasibility of a medical respite intervention study for older homeless patients in Vancouver, BC. MSFHR: BC SUPPORT Unit Pathway to Patient-Oriented Research (P2P) Grant. Direct to Wister/GRC: $19,992.56.

March 2017–March 2021
You, J. (Co-Is: Gutman, G., Howard, M., Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., Simon, J., Jayaraman, D., Kobewka, D., … Heyland, D.). Improving advance care planning for frail elderly Canadians. Canadian Frailty Network. Total: $2,676,698, Direct to Gutman/GRC: $356,408.

April 2017–March 2019
Wister, A., Canham, S. L., Bosma, H., & Mauboules, C. (Co-Applicants: Greater Vancouver Shelter Society & Providence Healthcare). Supporting partnerships between health and homelessness. Greater Vancouver Shelter Society: Homelessness Partnering Strategy. Direct to Wister/GRC: $128,135.

March 2017–March 2019
Wister, A. (Co-Is: Lear, S., Mackey, D., Rosin, M., & Schuurman, N.). A multilevel analysis of functional, social and psychological multimorbidity resilience and aging. CIHR: CLSA Catalyst Grant. Direct to Wister/GRC: $70,000.

January 2017–December 2017
Wister, A. & Canham, S. L. (Co-Applicant: Greater Vancouver Shelter Society). Evaluating the housing first approach in the Metro Vancouver Region. Greater Vancouver Shelter Society: Homelessness Partnering Strategy. Direct to Wister/GRC: $53,147.

September 2016–December 2019
Chaudhury, H., Whitehurst, D., McGrail, K., Bryan, S., & Lear, S. Enhancing autonomy and participation in older adults of British Columbia: an evaluation the Better at Home program. Total: $322,050.

September 2016–May 2019
Keller, H. (Co-I: Chaudhury, H.). Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3): determinants of food intake in long-term care. CIHR: Operating Grant. Total: $979,160.

September 2016–January 2017
Wister, A. & Canham, S. L. Research into gaps in facility care for East Asian cultural groups. S.U.C.C.E.S.S.: 6-Month Grant. Direct to Wister/GRC: $18,500.

April 2015–March 2018
Mortenson, B. & Routhier, F. (Co-Is: Wister, A., Demers, L., Fast, J., & Rushton, P.). Innovative technology for caregivers. AGE-WELL: Core Research Program: 3-Year Grant. Total: $290,318.