Jananee Rasiah

Jananee Rasiah serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Nursing Systems at MacEwan University, bringing 18 years of combined healthcare and academic experience. Recognized among Edmonton's "Top 40 under 40" in 2021, she specializes in family nursing, community health, and leadership education across undergraduate and graduate programs while mentoring nursing, counseling psychology, and medical students.

Her educational credentials include a Master of Nursing (Alberta), Bachelor of Nursing, and Registered Nurse designation.

Dr. Rasiah's research program centers on frailty and aging through population-based administrative data analysis, examining home care characteristics and hospitalization patterns among older adults. As a committed mixed-methodologist, she pioneers patient-oriented research engaging families and caregivers in knowledge creation, while integrating arts-based knowledge translation approaches to foster empathetic understanding and behavioral change in healthcare practices.

Her publication trajectory reveals concentrated expertise in geriatric assessment tools and patient engagement frameworks, with systematic reviews on frailty instruments, concept analyses of prefrailty, and development of Canadian evaluation standards for public research involvement - all targeting improved care models for aging populations.

Her scientific recognition includes:

• Canadian Frailty Network Interdisciplinary Fellowship (2019-2020)
• Dr. Peter N. McCracken Legacy Scholarship, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation (2022)

She actively supervises students across health disciplines while leading significant research initiatives:

• Principal Investigator for ARNET Research Grant (2022-2023)
• Co-applicant on CIHR Transitions in Care (2019-2023)
• Co-applicant on CIHR SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials (2020-2024)
• Co-applicant on CFHI & CFN projects (2022-2024)

Dr. Rasiah contributes to the Alberta Research Network (ARNET) as Finance Committee Chair and Board Member, advancing therapeutic innovation through strategic governance and interdisciplinary collaboration.