Forthcoming Event

While advances in digital technologies, including AI, hold great promise for their potential applications in supporting health, health care and ageing well, there is a real risk that they can ultimately cause greater harm than good.  Digital technologies are not infallible, and their outputs depend on how they are designed. the quality of their inputs and how we regulate them.  This seminar will help to explain the potential benefits, but also the real risks that currently exist in using digital technologies in the support and care of older persons who have very unique needs that are often not appreciated or well considered.  We will also explore what safeguards need to be considered to ensure they can ultimately promote healthy ageing and ageing in the 'right' place for our 'super-aged' societies.

About the Speaker

Dr. Samir K. Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, FCAHS, AGSF

Dr. Samir Sinha is a Geriatrician and Clinician Scientist at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, the Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto Metropolitan University’s National Institute on Ageing, and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sinha received his Medical Degree from Western University and completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the University of Toronto and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He further holds a Masters in Medical History and a Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Oxford.

He is a member of the Government of Canada’s National Seniors Council and Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia that developed, launched and now oversees Canada’s National Dementia Strategy.  He also recently led the successful development of Canada’s new National Long-Term Care Services Standard.  Internationally, since 2014, he has served as a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Trustees for HelpAge International. 

After recently completing a long and successful tenure as the Director of Geriatrics for Sinai Health and the University Health Network, Samir is currently serving as a 2024-2025 Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and AMS Fellow in Compassion and AI exploring the ethical and other implications of leveraging AI and other technologies to enable healthy ageing and ageing-in-the-right-place.

 

Please note that this is a Hybrid event. We welcome colleagues to 66 Banbury Road or on line via Zoom: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87641304492

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