Paul Stolee
School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Canada
Dr. Stolee’s research focuses on strategies to improve the quality of life of older persons, and to improve the effectiveness of geriatric health services. Dr. Stolee is overseeing several projects for one of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence, AGE-WELL - Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life. AGE-WELL aims to harness and develop policies and advanced technologies to support a long, independent and healthy life. For the past several years, Dr. Stolee’s CIHR-funded research program “InfoRehab” has investigated the use and sharing of health information for older persons with chronic illness. This work has led to an increased interest in the challenges experienced by older patients as they transition across care settings, and on strategies that can foster greater health system integration. Dr. Stolee is actively involved in research on how knowledge is translated into practice and policy, and is concerned in his own research with the meaningful engagement of stakeholders in all stages of the research process. A current focus of his research is on strategies to engage seniors in health care decision-making and research. His team’s research is supported by the SHARP network – Seniors Helping as Research Partners (https://uwaterloo.ca/geriatric-health-systems-research-group/sharp).
Dr. Stolee has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts and seven book chapters. He is the 2012 recipient of the Canadian Association on Gerontology Evelyn Shapiro Mentoring Award.
Dr. Stolee is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal on Aging.
