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Shannon Freeman, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Shannon Freeman is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia. Dr. Freeman has expertise in the health and social care needs of older adults in rural and northern communities, both among community-dwelling older adults and those in long-term care. She holds a PhD in Health Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo and an MSc in Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Japan. Dr. Freeman was awarded a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) 2020 Scholar Award. Dr. Freeman has served as the Academic Director of the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at the University of Northern British Columbia since 2020. Dr. Freeman’s interest in improving quality of life and care for older adults shows through her engagement in a range of community-partnered research activities, which are having a real-world impact on the rural and northern communities where the research is taking place. Dr. Freeman has spearheaded and contributed to a number of cutting-edge projects in the area of aged care, including establishing CTAAN, the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, an AGEWELL national innovation hub and collaborating center dedicated to enhance innovations in technology development and implementation to support older adults in rural and northern communities.

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