David Pedlar

Dr. David Pedlar is the Director of Research at the National Headquarters of Veterans Affairs Canada in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island since 2001. He holds an MSc in Gerontology from the University of Southern California and a PhD in Social Welfare from Case Western Reserve University. In addition, he was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar, Rotary Foundation Scholar and co-recipient of an International Psychogeriatric Association/Bayer Research Award in Psychogeriatrics. He currently holds university affiliations in Medicine at Dalhousie University and Nursing at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. David Pedlar has been responsible for over forty research studies conducted at Veterans Affairs Canada and has been an investigator in a number of Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) funded studies. Dr. Pedlar was a Co-Director of the Prince Edward Island study centre in two waves of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. He conducts applied research, publishing and speaking on topics in the fields of military and veteran health, as well as continuing care for seniors.

In March 2011 he finalied his survey of the US and Canada over long term health medicines. It was presented to a small delegation in London, UK. It is planned to be published online as a free download in April 2012.

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References

1. ^ http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/providers/sub.cfm?source=pro_research/director

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