Safety of systemic treatment in older adults with psoriatic disease
- Granting Agency
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Principal Investigators
- Drucker A, Tadrous M
- Grant Type
- Project Grant
- Grant Amount
- $248,626
Paula Rochon
Senior Core Scientist (Full Status) ICES UofT Life Stage Research Program
Biography
Dr. Paula Rochon is a geriatrician and the Director of Research for the Weston and O’Born Centre for Mature Women’s Health, inaugural Barry J. Goldlist Chair in Aging and Health at Sinai Health, and a Senior Clinician Scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute. She was the founding director of the Women’s Age Lab, former VP of Research at Women’s College Hospital for 12 years, and held the RTOERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto for 10 years. She is a senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies (ICES), and her research is instrumental in shaping more inclusive, evidence-informed health systems across Canada and beyond.
Dr. Rochon’s career focuses on transforming women’s healthcare and her research is making a profound impact, informing the development of evidence-based interventions that address the unique health needs of aging women. She holds federally funded research grants and has published over 400 research articles in numerous medical journals. She served as the Chair for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Aging Advisory Board and is the Deputy Editor for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Rochon’s many distinctions include being elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2026), and a Fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the Canadian Geriatrics Society (2013). From the University of Toronto, she was awarded the Eaton Clinical Researcher of the Year (2020), the Eugenie Stuart Award for Best Thesis Supervisor (2022), and the President’s Impact Award along with the COVID-19 Science Table Leadership Award (2023) for her outstanding pandemic response contributions. She is the 2025 YWCA Women of Distinction Award Recipient in Health and the 2025 Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award from the Canadian Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Rochon is also a dedicated mentor. As a professor in the Departments of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Public Health at the University of Toronto, she supports trainees throughout their careers and researchers, clinicians, and future geriatricians in advancing medical research and inclusive care for older adults, particularly women.
- MPH, Harvard University
- MD, McMaster University
- BA, McMaster University
- Geriatrics and aging
- Drug prescribing behaviour
- Drug interactions
- Women’s health
- Director of Research, Weston and O’Born Centre for Mature Women’s Health
- Senior Clinician Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
- Barry J. Goldlist Chair in Aging and Health Sinai Health
- Retired Teachers of Ontario Chair in Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto
- Senior Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute
- Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
- Adjunct Scientist, Kunin-Lunenfeld Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation, Baycrest Health Sciences
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