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Charlene Chu is an Assistant Professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, and an Affiliate Scientist at KITE Toronto Rehab at the University Health Network. She is cross-appointed to the Institute of Life Course and Aging and the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. Her research focuses on technology-enabled interventions to improve quality of life for older adults, particularly in post-acute care settings, leveraging AI, sensors, and digital health innovations. She holds over $4 million in funding from agencies like SSHRC, CIHR, and NIH, and has authored/co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed papers. Awards include the 2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health and RNAO Leadership Award in Nursing Research (2022).
Education: PhD in Nursing (2016, UofT), BScN (2006, UofT), and a postdoc (2016–2018) at UofT/KITE. Languages: Fluent in English, Cantonese, and conversational Mandarin.
Research interests include AI ethics (digital ageism), co-design of assistive technologies, and innovations in long-term care. She leads interdisciplinary teams and mentors students from nursing, engineering, and computer science. Current projects explore smart home surveillance ethics, AI bias mitigation, and multimodal sensor systems for aging-at-home support.
Grants: Includes NIH-funded work on Alzheimer’s care robots, SSHRC projects on digital ageism, and CIHR studies on cannabidiol in dementia care. She is a steering member of global initiatives like the WE-THRIVE consortium for common data elements in LTC.
