Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard

Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard, PhD, RN Université de Moncton

Principal Investigator:

2018 Catalyst Grant Program – Social Frailty in Recently Relocated Semi-Independent Older Adults (CAT 2018-42)

Dr. Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard is CNFS-Université de Moncton Research Chair in Population Aging and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, as well as Director of the Centre for Aging Research at l’Université de Moncton. She obtained a PhD in Nursing from the University of Alberta, Master of Nursing from the University of New Brunswick and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from l’Université de Moncton. She is the Chair of the federal National Seniors Council, and a board member of the Atlantic Institute on Aging and l’Université du troisième âge of Southeastern New Brunswick. She also recently served as the President of the Canadian Association on Gerontology (2014 to 2018). Internationally, Dr Dupuis-Blanchard chaired the Charter Review Task Force (2009-2013) and was an elected member of the Governance Committee of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She also serves on research review committees at CIHR, the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada and the Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association. Her program of research is on the diverse aspects of aging-in-place.