ANNE MARTIN-MATTHEWS

Anne Martin-Matthews is Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Aging, a Professor at the University of British Columbia, and a leader in research on social gerontology. Her research has examined widowhood in later life, care giving, social support and aging in rural communities. She founded a multi-disciplinary centre on aging at the University of Guelph and was a leader on such national research initiatives as the Canadian Aging Research Network. She is a Fellow of the (U.S.) Gerontological Society of America and has been honoured with a Distinguished Alumni Award from McMaster University and awards from the Canadian Association on Gerontology, the University of Guelph, and the British Academy.