1. Visit us at: mira.mcmaster.ca
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AGING REIMAGINED.
TRANSFORMING THE EXPERIENCE OF AGING BY TRANSFORMING THE SCIENCE OF AGING.

2. Our Approach We combine three elements:
A coordinated, collaborative research agenda between academics and clinicians from all Faculties;
Use of design thinking to generate human-centred solutions;
Ongoing interaction with a diverse group of stakeholders.

3. Governance

4. Executive Committee Membership: Matthew Woolhouse (Humanities)
Jim Dunn (Social Science)
Ravi Selvaganapathy (Engineering)
Bhagwati Gupta (Science)
Isik Zeytinoglu (Business)
Alex Papaioannou (Health Sciences)
Brenda Vrkljan (Design Thinking)

5. First Focused Centre Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging
$15M gift from Chancellor Suzanne Labarge
Three priority areas:
1. Understand, define, and explore mobility in aging.
2. Maintain and restore mobility: prevention, intervention and interaction with health systems.
3. Explore environmental facilitators and barriers influencing mobility.

6. Staff and Infrastructure
Managing Director: Laura Harrington
Research Coordinator: Audrey Patocs
Communications Coordinator: Kara Aaserud
Office:
McMaster Innovation Park, 109A
Other infrastructure:
Access to the Evidence Review and Synthesis Centre to conduct synthesis/scoping reviews

7. Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities available in 2017:
Exploration Grants
Catalyst grants ($40,000 + $5000 match)
Planning grants ($ $500 match)
Distribution will occur through the Associate Deans (Research)
Cross-Faculty collaboration is required
Labarge graduate student scholarships
Available to PhD and Master’s students
For more details, please visit mira.mcmaster.ca.

8. Funding Opportunities
Opportunities to come in 2018:
Labarge Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Funding for demonstration projects and case studies
Major interdisciplinary research initiatives
Funding to leverage support from other funders/organizations

9. Get involved!
There are several ways for researchers to become involved with MIRA:
Become a member of MIRA
Join one or more of the thematic working groups
These groups will be involved in developing collaborative research projects to be funded by the Centre
Identify potential funding opportunities, including those requiring matching funds
Participate in communication initiatives, such as through social media. Share your stories with us!

10. Contact Us Scientific Director: Parminder Raina (rainap@mcmaster.ca)
Managing Director: Laura Harrington
Research Coordinator: Audrey Patocs
Communications Coordinator: Kara Aaserud
Office:
McMaster Innovation Park, 109A

11. Visit us at: mira.mcmaster.ca
Follow us on
AGING REIMAGINED.
TRANSFORMING THE EXPERIENCE OF AGING BY TRANSFORMING THE SCIENCE OF AGING.

12. How can members of Faculty of Humanities contribute to the vision of MIRA and LCMA?
Examples:
Images of aging-prejudices and ageism
Culture and creativity as a tool for for social inclusion of older people
Music, mobility and aging
Dance, mobility and aging
digital technologies and aging process
Gendered optimal aging
Design of intergenerational communities