Scientist @ Women’s College Research Institute | Epidemiology | Public Health

Joined May 2009
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Rachel Savage retweeted
📢New opportunity coming Sept 9, 2024! We fund projects that: - Aim to improve seniors’ health & wellness - Promote social engagement for older adults - Pursue research in the field of geriatrics. Determine if your organization is eligible for funding. rtoero.ca/rtoero-foundation/…
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Our latest paper in @AGSJournal, led by @savagera's former trainee @mayaasheth, looks at residents of naturally occurring retirement communities on #nursinghome waitlists to tailor support for #aging residents with on-site programs & services
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UPCOMING EVENT! @DrSamirSinha will be speaking with other experts at the @torontolibrary. Register for this virtual event. Ageism Unmasked: Creating an anti-ageist society. ow.ly/Tq2U50RT3ea
Mary Hynes, @DrSamirSinha and Dr. Tracey Gendron discuss how to recognize ageism and what can be done to build an anti-ageist society. In conversation with Toronto Star journalist and host @MoiraWelsh. Jun 13 at 12 pm | Online Register: ow.ly/Tq2U50RT3ea #OnCivilSociety
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We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest report! From optimizing therapies, to investing in aging in the right place & promoting social connections, the report provides valuable recommendations to improve the quality of life for older women bit.ly/women-at-forefront
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Join our Healthy Cities team in the #WomensAgeLab 🎉 2 Job Opps below ⬇️ Are you an epidemiologist or health service researcher? We are looking for a #postdoc to join our team! shorturl.at/iV149 We are also looking for a Research Assistant 📝 shorturl.at/cNX06
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Publication alert🚨🎉 Thrilled to see our | Key Learnings from ‘@SofCanada’: A Community Project Aimed to Disrupt Ageism l out in @cjarcv. With @RachelWeldrick @KelseyAHarvey we highlight insights gained since the inception of our KMb project. 1/3 🧵 bit.ly/3xTPPGN
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6 Mar 2024
📺 New: Older women and loneliness, presented by @savagera. Watch the full research video: youtu.be/l9ILqCjNBHs. Read the study: ices.on.ca/publications/jour… @AmerGeriatrics @RochonPaula @LauraCRosella
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The epidemic of #loneliness is spreading at an alarming pace in @canada, impacting older adults & other vulnerable populations. #WomensAgeLab's latest #policy brief provides recommendations for the federal government to put to action. @WCHResearch 🔗womensresearch.ca/womens-age…
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Proud to be a #WomenInScience and grateful to work alongside so many amazing women scientists @WCH @WCHResearch #WomensAgeLab @ihpmeuoft @ICESOntario!
It’s International Day of Women & Girls in Science, of course our WCH scientists are here to clear the air 🔬 Today we celebrate the brilliance & resilience of #WomenInScience. Let's foster a future where every girl can dream & every woman can lead without boundaries. #IDWGS
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In our most recent Women’s Age Lab study, we identify downstream outcomes of #prescribingcascades at a population level. @AGSJournal @savagera @pharmacist_lisa @epistrauss agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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15 Nov 2023
Enlightening op-ed by ICES scientist @savagera. Read it in the @TorontoStar 👇
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We Have a Loneliness Crisis, it's time to Act - Op-Ed by @savagera thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
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A summary of the great work by #WomensAgeLab Scientist, Rachel Savage on narrowing the digital divide for older adults.
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Members of our iKASCADE consortium at #EuGMS2023 - some of us meeting for the first time in person after years of collaborating online! Looking forward to continuing our #research together in the coming years! @savagera @MirkoPe41401841 @RochonPaula & Denis O'Mahony
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Happy to share our vignette study protocol to explore #physician gender bias in the initiation of prescribing cascades for older men & women ♂️♀️ This made us think more deeply about implicit biases with #sex & #gender, especially with medication use 💊 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7…
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New research from another ⭐️ student, Mindy Lu, looking at correlates of #loneliness in older #immigrants: rdcu.be/dhkJg #WomensAgeLab @ICESOntario @RochonPaula @AndreaGruneir @sebskill @WCHResearch @UofT_dlsph

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While older #immigrants had many shared correlates of #loneliness as Canadian-born older adults, we found that community-level factors (⬇️ ethnic diversity and income) were more strongly associated with loneliness in immigrants.
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18 Jul 2023
New: Severe loneliness associated with polypharmacy in older women ices.on.ca/publications/jour… @sebskill @AndreaGruneir @RochonPaula @savagera
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Exciting to see this important work on sex differences in the relationship between #loneliness and #polypharmacy by former ⭐️ student, James Im, out now in @AGSJournal. #WomensAgeLab @WCHResearch @ICESOntario @UofT_dlsph @ihpmeuoft @RochonPaula @sebskill
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Clinicians should consider loneliness as an important risk factor in medication reviews and deprescribing efforts to minimize medication-related harms, particularly in older women. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Rachel Savage retweeted
Looking forward to advancing important work on medical provider commitment in #LTC with @NathanStall @Andrew_P_Costa @savagera and others! @WCHospital @McMasterU
Today, CIHR & partners are pleased to announce 60 projects funded in the Policy Research for Health System Transformation grants. These grants will generate evidence to inform policies for high-performing health systems: shorturl.at/eqxDY @ONThealth @NBHRF @_SHRF_ @FRQS1
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