Fellows

Keren Etkin is a gerontologist, entrepreneur, and the author of The AgeTech Revolution, which explores the intersection of technology and aging. In addition to founding and running The Gerontechnologist, Etkin leads the AgeTech Academy, where she helps innovators and healthcare organizations navigate the AgeTech landscape. 

Dr. Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, FRSM, FCAHS, AGSF is a Geriatrician and Clinician Scientist at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, the Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto Metropolitan University’s National Institute on Ageing, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the Royal Society of Medicine.  

Dr. Saskia Sivananthan—neuroscientist and data scientist—is an internationally recognized strategy and policy advisor on dementia care and the co-founder and CEO of the Brainwell Institute, a nonprofit dementia policy think tank.  She is also an Affiliate Professor at McGill University. 

Jon Warner is an author, speaker, and business and health/healthcare expert, having led several organizations and founded/led three startups (with two successful exits). He also serves as the Executive Chairman of Citizen Health, is an Ambassador for the Global Health Connector, and is an Adjunct Professor at Redlands University, teaching entrepreneurship. 

Laura Tamblyn Watts is the CEO of CanAge, Canada’s National Seniors’ Advocacy Organization. She is a lawyer, seniors’ advocate, professor, media commentator and #1 International Bestselling Author of “Let’s Talk About Aging Parents”. She is an Assistant Professor (status) at the Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Institute for LifeCourse and Aging.