Biography
Dr. Amy Hsu is an Investigator at the Bruyère Health Research Institute and holds the uOttawa Brain and Mind-Bruyère Health Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care Dementia Research. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Her research uses population-level health administrative data to examine older adults' health and health care needs, particularly among those living with dementia and individuals requiring long-term care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Hsu led the development of several national reports on the impact of COVID-19 on residents of Canadian long-term care homes. She also represents Canada in the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC), an international collaborative that facilitates cross-national learning to improve and strengthen care systems. Dr. Hsu is the principal investigator for the development, implementation, and evaluation of RESPECT (Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in their Communities Tool), a predictive tool that supports earlier identification of palliative care needs in older adults receiving home care and in long-term care across Canada.