Anne Martin-Matthews is the Scientific Director of the national Institute of Aging of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from McMaster University. Her publications include a recent book (with Judith Phillips) on Aging and Caring at the Intersection of Work and Home Life: Blurring the Boundaries, a book on Widowhood in Later Life, three edited volumes (on methodological diversity, bridging policy and research on aging, and Canadian gerontology in international context) as special issues of the Canadian Journal on Aging, and over 125 papers on aging in a family context, social support, caregiving, health, gender and aging, work - family balance, and aging in rural environments.
 

She served as Editor-in-Chief (1996-2000) of the Canadian Journal on Aging. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Institute of Aging/ Institut du vieillissement
Canadian Institutes of Health Research/ Instituts de recherche en santée du Can-ada
and Professor/ et professeure
Department of Sociology
The University of British Columbia
6303 N.W. Marine Drive, Rm 126
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V6T 1Z1

Phone/Tel.: 604-822-9170

Fax: 604-822-9304

Email/courriel: amm@interchange.ubc.ca