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As the Manager of Simulation and Virtual Learning, Dr. Meaghan Adams shares Baycrest innovations in brain health and older adult care with partners across the province, country, and world. This role is ideal for her as it blends her clinical experience as a physiotherapist, her PhD and postdoctoral work in neuroscience and virtual reality, and her interest in health professions education. Says Meaghan, "I'm on a team of world-leading experts who value innovation and knowledge sharing in everything that we do, and I get to do work that has meaningful impacts on clinical care and on the lives of the people we serve. As a clinician, a scientist, and an educator, I couldn't ask for more." Ruth Cymerman has volunteered in various capacities at Baycrest since she retired 12 years ago, and presently volunteers at the newly renovated Centre for Health Information. As an avid reader and lover of books, this is a perfect fit for her. In this role, she helps clients and caregivers find reliable health resources, like books about dementia and brain disorders, as well as fiction. She also helps them use the computers to access information online. "I find it very rewarding to volunteer in the Centre for Health Information," says Ruth. "I also love observing some moving and tender interactions between senior residents and their wonderful caregivers, be they spouses, children, or professionals." If you would like to volunteer at Baycrest, visit baycrest.org/ Baycrest-Pages/Get-Involved/Volunteer As the Senior Grants Development and Pre-Award Specialist, Deirdre Sequeira supports the Rotman Research Institute (RRI) in all things related to grants. For example, she identifies new grant opportunities, writes letters of support, and documents annual grant call processes – ultimately helping to ensure critical research gets as much funding as possible. "Working at the RRI has taught me the power of the scientific community within Baycrest and given me a lot of insight into the collaborations and innovations occurring across the institute," says Deirdre. "Since we are currently in the middle of an integration, I am excited to see the increase in partnerships and development across the Baycrest Academy." Norm Solomon has been an active research participant at the RRI for over 20 years, and sees it as a way of contributing to his community and to humanity more broadly. He recently participated in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study during which researchers observed his brain activity while he completed various tasks, such as listing as many words as possible starting with a particular letter (for example, the letter A). In his free time, Norm likes to travel, read, and cycle. "But in many ways, the most meaningful free time spent for me has been being part of research at the RRI," he says. Spotlight: Those Who Make Us Great People from all across the Baycrest Academy make critical contributions to our research and education. Without our dedicated staff members, educators, volunteers, and research participants, our work would not be possible. 30 BAYCREST ACADEMY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION The RRI is always looking for individuals to participate in research studies. For more information or to participate, please visit www.baycrest.org/participateinresearch

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