About
who we are
The mission of the Dementia Ageing Technology Engagement (DATE) Lab is promoting positive ageing. Using participatory human-centered approaches to understand the technology needs of older adults, including those living with dementia, to support independence and wellbeing.
staff
Dr. Arlene astell
Principal Investigator
juanita atton
Research Analyst
Kristina Kokorelias
Policy Analyst
yuhan pan
Research Analyst
erica dove
PhD Student
Dr. Danielle Saney
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nirusa Nadesar
Master’s Student
Shyrose Virani
Lab Coordinator
mary hynes
Master’s student (PhD stream)
dr. shital desai
Collaborator
Alana Bernick
Project Coordinator
Current Students and Volunteers 2022/2023
TUNGSTEN Chronic Pain Study: Sabiha Meer (M.Sc OT Student) and Isabella Alonso (M.Sc OT Student)
Mixed Reality Task Sequencing Study: Ava Favero (M.Sc OT Student) and Eliora Sy Wee (M.Sc OT Student)
MCI@Work-Accommodations: Katherine Bak (PhD Psychology Student)
CIRCA Design: Serena Dosanjh (Co-op Student), Anushka Bagga (Co-op Student), Natalie Tam (Co-op Student), Saranjah Kanangarajah (Co-op Student), Shane Avila (Volunteer), Nazihah Alam (Volunteer)
DIT: Serena Dosanjh
RESILIEN-T: Anushka Bagga
Cog@Work: Anne-Marie Levy (Clinical Research Coordinator)
Students and Volunteers 2021/2022
TUNGSTEN Chronic Pain study: Emily Newton (M.Sc OT Student) and Vanessa Tam (M.Sc OT Student)
Mixed Reality: Katie Newton (M.Sc OT Student) and Erin Kirk (M.Sc OT Student)
Co-Designing MBT: Julia Lee (M.Sc OT Student) and Verena Mikhail(M.Sc OT Student) OT Role in EOD/MCI: Marissa Griffith (M.Sc OT Student) and Alec Rogers (M.Sc OT Student) Caregiving Technology: Louisa Tsoukalas (M.Sc OT Student) and Roxanna Kuperman (M.Sc OT Student) MCI@Work-Accommodations: Katherine Bak (PhD Psychology Student) CIRCA Design: Suha Rabbani (Engineering Student) Cog@Work: Anne-Marie Levy (Clinical Research Coordinator) DataDay: Melvyn Takri (B.Sc Candidate)Students and Volunteers 2020/2021
TUNGSTEN: Tamara Wong (M.Sc OT Student) & Kellie Lothiaphing (M.Sc OT Student)
Mixed Reality: Adrienne Baker (M.Sc OT Student) & Nicole Filler (M.Sc OT Student)
Kinect Bowling: Kaiwen Zhang (B.Sc Candidate) Let's Connect: Sukriti Sachdev (B.Sc Candidate) AcTo Dementia: Yoobin Cho (B.Sc Candidate) Dementia Isolation Toolkit: Shamayal Syed (B.Sc Candidate) SMART Goals (Mary Hynes’ M.Sc Project): Saloni Modi (B.Sc Candidate)Student and Volunteers 2019/2020
Let’s Connect: Maria Acenas (Hon. B.Sc, Life Sciences) & Amina Mahmood (B.HSc)
TUNGSTEN: Abhinayaa Jeyapragash (M.Sc OT) & Thusanthy Gunaseelan (M.Sc OT)
Mixed Reality: Stephanie Moore (M.Sc OT) & Alison To (M.Sc OT) Kinect Bowling: Grace Crolla (M.Sc OT), Labiba Ahmed (M. Sc OT), & Jessica Beatty (M.Sc OT) RESILIEN-T: Safa Ali (Hon. B.Sc, Health Studies)