MIRA Webinar Series
MIRA’s webinar series features online lectures from new, mid-career and established researchers from all Faculties with an interest in aging research. This is an excellent opportunity for researchers in aging to share their work with researchers at the University and beyond. If you are a researcher at McMaster University and you are interested in hosting a MIRA webinar, please contact Kara Aaserud at aaserudk@mcmaster.ca
MIRA Webinar Videos
All MIRA webinars are recorded and made available on this website and on the MIRA Youtube playlist.
MIRA Webinar Series: Dementia and Driving
Date: March 11, 2021
Speakers: Dr. Brenda Vrkljan, School of Rehabilitation Science and Dr. Richard Sztramko, Department of Medicine, McMaster University
Live Recording
MIRA Trainee Funding Webinar
Date: March 2, 2021
Speakers: Samantha Sandassie, PhD, Education Program Manager, AGE-WELL and Audrey Patocs, Research Coordinator, MIRA
Presentation Slides Live Recording
MIRA Collaborative Webinar Series: Pivoting a large-scale aging initiative due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: February 26, 2021
Speakers: Drs. Brenda Vrkljan and Marla Beauchamp, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University
Presentation Slides Live Recording
How can clinicians implement Canada's new 24-hour movement guidelines for adults?
Date: January 27, 2021
Presentation Slides Live Recording
How can I use Canada's new 24-hour movement guidelines for adults?
Date: January 28, 2021
Presentation Slides Live Recording
Host: Dr. Michelle Kho, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University Speakers: Dr. Stuart Phillips, Department of Kinesiology, Dr. Benicio Frey, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Dr. Marla Beauchamp, School of Rehabilitation Science, Dr. Jackie Bosch, School of Rehabilitation Science, Dr. Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, and Dr. Jennifer Tomasone, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University.
MIRA Webinar Series: Intergenerational trauma and life course
Date: January 19, 2021
Speakers: Dr. Amy Montour, Family Medicine, McMaster University and Dr. Andrea Gonzalez, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Presentation Slides Live Recording
MIRA Webinar Series | Polypharmacy and deprescribing: The paradox of prescription medication for older adults
Date: November 11, 2020
Speakers: Dr. James Gillett, Associate Professor Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University and Dr. Dee Mangin, Professor, Family Medicine, McMaster University
Live Recording
Exploring capacity for remote research: A MIRA idea exchange series for researchers in aging
Date: October 14, 2020 Speakers: Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Dr. Michael Wilson, Associate Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, and Robert Kaul, President & CEO of Cloud DX Inc.
Presentation Slides Live Recording
MIRA Webinar Series | Active older bodies — benefits and stumbling blocks
Date: September 28, 2020
Speakers: Dr. Stuart Phillips, Professor, Kinesiology, McMaster University and Dr. Meridith Griffin, Assistant Professor, Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University
Presentation Slides Live Recording
MIRA Webinar Series | Taking a holistic approach to frailty and resilience in older age: the roles of cognition, mobility, environment and loneliness
Date: July 27, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Carol Holland, Professor, Ageing, Lancaster University Discussant: Dr. Marla Beauchamp, Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University
Presentation Slides Live Recording
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Getting out of your silo: How and why you should
Date: July 30, 2019
Speaker: Paula Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Multimedia
Presentation Slides Live Recording
Date: June 11, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Parminder Raina, Scientific Director, MIRA
Presentation Slides Live Recording
Date: March 22, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Robert Fleisig, PhD, PEng
Presentation Slides Live Recording
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Robert Fleisig, PhD, PEng
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Robert Fleisig, PhD, PEng
Getting out of your silo: How and why you should
Date: July 30, 2019
Speaker: Paula Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Multimedia
Presentation Slides Live Recording
Getting out of your silo: How and why you should
Date: July 30, 2019
Speaker: Paula Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Multimedia
Presentation Slides Live Recording
MIRA Collaborative Webinar Series: Pivoting a large-scale aging initiative due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: February 26, 2021
Speakers: Drs. Brenda Vrkljan and Marla Beauchamp, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University
Presentation Slides Live Recording