A ssociate Professor and Graham Trust Research Chair in Health Informatics, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology and Cross-Appointed to the School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/hsg/research/pstolee.html Researcher and Program Evaluation Consultant, Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging. Co-Theme Leader, Aging and Disability, Ontario Rehabilitation Research Advisory Network. www.ontariorehabresearch.com Member, Ontario Home Care Research Consortium.
Education: B.A.(Hon.), Political Science (1977, University of Alberta) M.P.A., Public Administration (1978, Queen’s University) M.Sc., Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (1991, McMaster University) Ph.D., Health Studies (1996, University of Waterloo)
Dr. Stolee has been actively involved in health research, health program planning and evaluation, and health policy analysis for more than 25 years. During this time, a consistent major focus has been on planning and evaluating health services for older persons. Health policy experience includes seven years with the Research and Planning Branch of the Alberta Department of Health. From 1996 to 2004, he led the research and evaluation activities of Specialized Geriatric Services of Southwestern Ontario, based in London, Ontario. Since 2004, he has been Associate Professor and Graham Trust Research Chair in Health Informatics at the University of Waterloo. He is also associated with the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (www.the-ria.ca), where he serves as a resource for program evaluation and outcome measurement.
Dr. Stolee’s research interests are in geriatric health services, rehabilitation, long-term care, home care, health information systems and databases, health outcome measurement, optometric practice, and the integration and use of knowledge and information in practice. He has been involved in many evaluations of initiatives aimed at improving the quality of care and quality of life of older persons. He is interested in the role of knowledge networks and since 2005, has been involved in the ongoing evaluation of the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network in Ontario (www.shrtn.on.ca). He is also the lead evaluator for the CIHR-funded Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network.
Dr. Stolee’s current major research focus is on better use of information systems in the rehabilitation of older persons. This includes investigation of the information needs of rehabilitation patients and clinicians, and exploration of the potential application of data mining techniques and other advanced statistical methods to support better decision-making in rehabilitation practice and policy-making. This work is currently funded by CIHR.
With Dr. Mary Egan of the School of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Ottawa, he is the Co-Theme Leader, Aging and Disability, for the Ontario Rehabilitation Research Advisory Network. This network is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to advance rehabilitation research in Ontario.
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