Abstract
Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
Department of Psychology
University of Regina
Investigating Pain in Dementia within a Changing Research Landscape
The focus of this presentation is on the evolution of a research program on pain in dementia within the context of a changing research landscape. This landscape has shifted toward increased interdisciplinarity, partnerships with stakeholders and emphasis on knowledge translation. Early laboratory-based investigations evolved into applied clinical research, unique partnerships, novel approaches to knowledge mobilization, costing analyses of clinical problems, technology development/evaluation and policy studies. The presentation will illustrate that tackling complex clinical problems can lead traditionally-trained clinical scientists to areas of scholarly inquiry that were previously foreign to them.
