Dr. W. Ben Mortenson, Clinical Assistant Professor, wins Age+ Prize from CIHR’s Institute of Aging
By Kate Keech on January 3, 2012
The CIHR-Institute of Aging Age+ Prize recognizes excellence in research on aging carried out by emerging Canadian scholars. Up to 15 awards are offered annually to meritorious authors of published, scientific articles on aging. The Age+ Prize is aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents from all disciplines, working in the field of aging.
Congratulations to Dr. W. Ben Mortenson for being a recent recipient of the CIHR-IA Age+ Prize for his article titled: “Grey spaces: The wheeled fields of residential care.” Dr. Mortenson graduated from our Rehabilitation Sciences PhD program in 2009, under the supervision of Professor Bill Miller, with his thesis exploring the impact of wheelchairs on individuals in residential care. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the SFU Gerontology Research Centre and University of Montreal and is a clinical assistant professor within our department.
This winning paper is available as an early-on-line publication in Sociology of Health & Illness and was completed in collaboration with Dr. John Oliffe in the School of Nursing at UBC and with our own Professors Bill Miller and Catherine Backman.