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SUMMARY:&quot\;Frailty in older adults: implications for contemporary heal
 th care and clinical research&quot\; - Dr. Kenneth Rockwood - Professor of
  Geriatric Medicine and Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer’s Re
 search and chair of Alzheimer Research\, Centre for Health Care of the Eld
 erly Dalhousie University\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia 
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CONTACT:Sylvie Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Kenneth Rockwood\, staff physician\, Department of Medicine\, 
 QEII Health Sciences Centre\, Halifax\, is the founder\, president\, and C
 hief Scientific Officer for DementiaGuide Inc.\, a web-based company.\nDr.
  Rockwood has practiced medicine for nearly 25 years. He has a degree in m
 edicine from Memorial University in St. John’s\, Newfoundland and he hol
 ds a Special Certificate in Internal Medicine. Dr. Rockwood is a fellow of
  the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and he holds a Certificate of S
 pecial Competence in Geriatric Medicine from the Royal College of Physicia
 ns of Canada\, as well as a Diploma in Geriatric Medicine from Dalhousie U
 niversity. Dr. Rockwood is a senior researcher acting as a key collaborato
 r and researcher lead on numerous studies in geriatric medicine. In additi
 on to being a specialist in internal medicine and geriatric medicine\, he 
 also holds a Masters in Public Administration from Queen’s University\, 
 Ontario\, and has formally provided policy advice at both the provincial a
 nd federal levels. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and si
 x books and has received numerous awards for research\, longstanding inter
 est in clinical and epidemiological aspects of frailty\, delirium\, and de
 mentia.\n\n
LOCATION:CRUK CRI lecture theatre - (Li Ka Shing Centre - Robinson Way)
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