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Machelle Wilchesky

Machelle Wilchesky, PhD

Clinical Epidemiology

Appropriate medication use, Clinical Trials in the Primary Care Setting, Delirium, Dementia, Long-term care, Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Principal Investigator, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University
  • Director, Donald Berman Maimonides Centre for Research in Aging

Contact details

(514) 340-7563 ext. 28391
machelle.wilchesky@mcgill.ca
@mach5555

Snapshot

Machelle Wilchesky laboratory’s overarching aim is to improve the care provided to vulnerable older adults living with dementia. A major focus of this work centres on clinical (medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical) care provided to persons residing in long-term care facilities.

She is an active member of the Canadian Primary Care Trials Network (CPCTN) where she has collaborated on CanTreatCOVID, CanTreatResp, AIM-Viral and PREPARED. Before being named scientific director of the McGill Primary Care Practice-based Research Network (PBRN), she served on its advisory board since 2022.

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See Machelle Wilchesky's publications on PubMed

Major Research Activities

Machelle Wilchesky is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Family Medicine and Division of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University, and Scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (Jewish General Hospital). As Director of the Donald Berman Maimonides Centre for Research in Aging, she has established an independent research program that focuses on improving the care provided to vulnerable older adults (many of whom live with dementia) residing in long-term care facilities.

Her specific areas of research include:

  • Appropriate medication use among persons living with dementia;
  • Improving clinical (i.e., medical and nursing) care provided to persons living with dementia;
  • Primary care practice innovation;
  • Elder abuse detection in residential settings;
  • Epidemiology and prevention of delirium superimposed on dementia.

Recent Publications and References