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Sharon Koehn

778-782-9467

Position actuelle:   Clinical Research Professor

Affiliation institutionnelle:   Simon Fraser University (Gerontology Dept.)

Lieu:   Colombie-Britannique

Secteur:   Universitaire - professeur
Expertise:  
  • Santé et bienêtre
  • Immigrants à risque

Langues:   English

Description:  

Sharon Koehn, PhD, is a Clinical Research Professor in the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University. Trained as a medical anthropologist, she conducts interdisciplinary community-based research with immigrant older adults on dementia, health care access, chronic disease self-management support, quality of life, and mental health promotion. She currently teaches courses on culture migration and aging, health care issues for minority older adults, death and dying, and health and illness in later life.