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Machelle Wilchesky

Machelle Wilchesky, PhD

Clinical Epidemiology

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

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 also actively involved in primary care research, the Canadian Primary Care Trials Network (CPCTN) and the Canadian Primary Research Network (CPCRN) and is the Quebec lead investigator for national primary care research initiatives including AIM-Viral / PREPARED and the upcoming TreatResp study.

Major Research Activities

Machelle Wilchesky is an Associate 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