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Lili Liu is the Dean of the Faculty of Health and a Professor at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on leveraging technologies to support older adults and family caregivers, particularly those living with dementia. She leads projects funded by Age-Well NCE, including apps for dementia risk management, usability scales for locating missing persons, and national data strategies. Collaborating with Ryerson University, she develops drone algorithms for locating cognitively impaired individuals.
Education: PhD, MSc, and BSc in Rehabilitation Science and Occupational Therapy from McGill University.
Research interests emphasize assistive technologies, caregiver support, smart home systems, and mixed-methods approaches. She explores ethical challenges in tech adoption, such as privacy concerns in alert systems and guardianship implications. Recent work includes digital storytelling interventions and frameworks for autonomy and independence in aging populations.
Publications span dementia-related wandering, technology acceptance, and fall detection, with a focus on translational research. She advocates for policy changes through initiatives like Alberta’s Bill 210 (Silver Alert system). Current lab activities include the Aging and Innovation Research Program (AIRP), focusing on tech solutions for aging challenges.
