Panel of industry-leading experts join CABHI to turn insights into impact
CABHI, powered by Baycrest, is convening a panel of industry-leading experts under its AgeTech Insights initiative to serve as strategic advisors and thought leaders.
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About CABHI's AgeTech Insights Fellows As the aging population grows rapidly in Canada and around the world, so too does the demand for expert-reviewed products and policies that encourage healthy aging and support brain health. To meet this urgent need—and further strengthen its mandate of driving innovation that transforms the aging experience—CABHI is convening a panel of industry-leading experts under its AgeTech Insights initiative. These thought leaders will bring their deep subject matter expertise to the cutting-edge think tank and knowledge hub, which provides actionable data, analysis, and recommendations to researchers, innovators, and policymakers to address emerging issues related to aging and brain health at both national and international levels.
The inaugural five AgeTech Insights Fellows will serve as strategic advisors, co-authors, and thought leaders for CABHI’s AgeTech Insights Reports and publications. In addition to contributing directly to AgeTech Insights Reports—CABHI’s market intelligence series centred on the aging and brain health sector—Fellows will represent CABHI on the global stage as speakers, panellists, and moderators. Alongside their impactful work, the Fellows will help influence public policy, healthcare models, investment decisions, research priorities, and innovation strategies across sectors and regions. Their voices will be instrumental in further cementing CABHI and, by extension, Baycrest’s reputations as global leaders in aging innovation.
Meet our Fellows These are the acclaimed individuals lending their expertise and profile to bring CABHI’s AgeTech Insights to more innovators, researchers, investors, and policymakers across the globe.
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.
MD, DPhil, FRCPC, FRSM, FCAHS, AGSF Geriatrician and Clinician Scientist
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.
What’s Next for our Fellows? As CABHI prepares to release its third AgeTech Insights Report, our Fellows are gearing up to transform intelligence into action. Follow our social media accounts, and those of our Fellows, to stay up to date on news from the thought leaders whose insights are driving meaningful impact in aging and brain health.
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