The DICE team is a collaboration of researchers, exercise providers, health care providers, dementia service providers, and people with lived experience regarding dementia (people living with dementia and family care partners).
We use a participatory approach in this project. This means that all members of the DICE Team are equal partners. We include the diverse perspectives of all DICE Team members in all decision-making, especially the perspectives of our team members living with dementia.
DICE Team Members
Principal Investigator
Laura Middleton
Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo;
Scientist,
Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
Email
519-888-4567 ext. 33045
Research Coordinator
Kayla Regan
Exercise Physiologist/Research Coordinator
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Email
Melissa Koch
Research Assistant
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Email
Salima Somani
Research Manager
University of Northern British Columbia
Email
UNBC Site Leads
Shannon Freeman
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
University of Northern British Columbia
Email
Chelsea Pelletier
Assistant Professor
School of Health Sciences
University of Northern British Columbia
Email
Dalhousie Site Lead
Melissa Andrew
Geriatrician & Associate Professor
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
Dalhousie University
Email
Students
Lauren Bechard
PhD Candidate
Aging, Health and Well-Being
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Saara Mohamed
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Aderonke Agboji
PhD Student
School of Nursing
University of Northern British Columbia
Alanna Koopmans
Undergraduate Research Assistant
School of Nursing
University of Northern British Columbia
Rebekah Norman
Masters Student
Department of Recreation and Leisure
University of Waterloo
Partners
Carole Johannesson
Person Living with Dementia
Bill Heibein
Person Living with Dementia
Member of Advisory Committee, Alzheimer Society of Canada
Brian Johannesson
Husband of a Person Living with Dementia
Crystal Hughes
Director, Wellness
YMCA of Cambridge and Kitchener-Waterloo
Sydney Jarvis
Community Programs Coordinator
Alzheimer Society Waterloo-Wellington
Shriya Maharaj
Certified Exercise Physiologist
Propel Physiotherapy
Jenn McDonald
Manager, Exercise & Falls Prevention
Community Support Connections
Bethany Pearce
Supervisor, Older Adults Services
City of Kitchener
Cindy Rossignoli
Gentle Exercise Facilitator
Community Support Connections
Felicia White
Program and Service Lead, Workplace and Helpline
The Ontario Caregiver Organization
Srija Biswas
Programs Manager, Provincial Programs and Partnership at Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Co-Investigators
Arlene Astell
Scientist
KITE/Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
University Health Network
Assistant Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational Sciences and Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Sherry Dupuis
Professor
Department of Recreation & Leisure Studies
University of Waterloo
Co-Director
Partnerships in Dementia Care (PiDC) Alliance
Lora Giangregorio
Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo;
Chair in Mobility and Aging
Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
Manuel Montero-Odasso
Geriatrician & Professor
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Western University
Jacqui Pettersen
Neurologist & Associate Professor,
Northern Medical Program
Department of Medicine
University of Northern British Columbia
Kenneth Rockwood
Geriatrician & Professor
Division of Geriatric Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Dalhousie University
DICE Advisors
Waterloo Region Dementia Advisory Group
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Jessica Power Cyr – Wellness and Lifestyle Director at the Glencoe Club
DICE Partners & Funding
Partners
The Dementia-Inclusive Choices for Exercise (DICE) project is a collaboration of 22 people and 10 partner organizations.
Funding
The DICE project is supported by funds from the Alzheimer Society Research Program, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [PEH – 157075], the Jobson Family Foundation, the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging, and the University of Waterloo. In-kind support is provided by the Alzheimer Society of Ontario, the YMCAs of Cambridge and Kitchener-Waterloo, the City of Kitchener, Community Support Connections – Meals on Wheels and More, the Alzheimer Society of Waterloo-Wellington, and the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging.