Virtual Reality for Healthy Aging: A Lunch & Learn with Natasha Tat, MSc

Cornett Building (COR), Room B111
Free & open to everyone. Registration required.
Hybrid (Zoom link sent upon registration).
Lunch provided.
Natasha Tat, MSc, IALH Student Affiliate, successfully defended her master’s thesis, “Virtual Reality for Healthy Aging: Assessing the Feasibility of a Community-Delivered Virtual Reality Intervention for Older Adults Experiencing Subjective Cognitive Decline,” and will present her research findings to the community.

Natasha, under the supervision of Dr. Sam Liu in the Digital Health Lab, conducted her study at the UVic Institute of Aging and Lifelong Health and at the Monterey Recreation Centre in Oak Bay. She received a SSHRC Partnerships Engage grant which helped fund the virtual reality equipment, supplies, and two undergraduate research assistants to support the data collection and analysis process. Natasha is also the recipient of the prestigious Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Award.

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