A research chair at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada will be trying to make life better for seniors, who make up a growing part of the population. The Health Research Chair in Community Health and Aging will do research aimed at keeping seniors in their own homes longer, and relieving the effects of social isolation. The research chair will have a tenured faculty position at St. Thomas and spend half the academic year researching and the other half teaching three new courses. The McCain Foundation and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation are co-funding the chair with $1 million over the next five years. The research chair will help policymakers improve programs based on best practices and come up with novel tools and techniques to improve health care and the delivery of social services, said Dr. Bruno Battistini, president, CEO and scientific director of the New Brunswick Health and Research Foundation. The president of St. Thomas expects an increase in the enrolment of gerontology students as a result of the chair.
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