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← Scientifiques

Harmehr Sekhon, MSc, PhD

Champs d’intérêt

  • Soins aux aînés
  • Technologies numériques (réalité virtuelle et augmentée, objets connectés, applications, IA et robotique)
  • Santé mentale, sociale et physique
  • Milieu de vie communautaire, soins de longue durée et hospitalisation

Subventions et collaborations choisies

  • Cochercheuse principaleVirtual Reality Mindfulness Meditation Intervention for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of DementiaSociété Alzheimer du Canada et subvention CARE
  • Cochercheuse principaleVirtual Reality based Music Intervention in an Acute Geriatric SettingSociété Alzheimer du Canada et subvention CARE

Publications choisies

  1. Sekhon, H., Dickinson, R. A., Kimball, J. E., Cray, H. V., Alkhatib, F., Moore, I., ... & Vahia, I. V. (2024). Safety considerations in the use of extended reality technologies for mental health with older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  2. Sekhon, H.*, Lavin, P.*, Vacaflor, B.*, Rigas, C., Cinalioglu, K., Su, C.L., Bodenstein, K., Dikaios, E., Goodman, A., Coulombe, F., Ibrahim, M., Bein, M., Gruber , J., Se, J., Sasi, N., Sandra, D., Walsh, C., Nazar, R., Hanganu, C., Berkani, S., Royal, I., Schiavetto, A., Luxemberg, D., Alexopoulos, G., Looper, K., Launay, C., McDonald, E.G., Seitz, D., Kumar, S., Beauchet, O., Khoury, B., Bouchard, S., Battistini, B., Fallavollita, P., Miresco, M., Bruneau, M.A., Vahia, I., Bukhari, S.**, Rej, S.**. (2022). Isolating Together during COVID-19: Results from the Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults (TIP-OA). Frontiers in Medicine
  3. Sekhon, H., Cray, H., Vahia, I., (2021). Robots in Geriatric Mental Health: Pipe Dream or Viable Solution? American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  4. Sekhon, H.*, Sekhon, K.*, Launay, C., Afililo, M., Innocente, N., Vahia, I., Rej, S., Beauchet, O. (2020). Telehealth and the rural dementia population: A Systematic Review. Mauritas
  5. Cinalioglu, K., Lavín, P., Bein, M., Lesage, M., Se, J., Gruber, J., Bukhari, S., Sasi, N., Noble, H., Beauchet, O., Andree-Bruneau, M., Launay, C., Battistini, B., Fallavollita, P., Bouchard, S., Khoury, B., Vahia, I., Rej, S., Sekhon, H. (2023). Effects of Virtual Reality Meditation in Older Adults: The Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychology
  6. Elbaz, S.*, Gruber, J.*, Elberhoumi, K., Bukhari, S., Rej, S.**, and Sekhon, H** (2023). Evaluation of a Virtual 4-Week Digital Literacy Program for Older Adults During COVID-19: A Pilot Study. In press Educational Gerontology
  7. Cinalioglu, K.*, Elbaz, S.*, Sekhon, K., Su. C.L., Rej, S.**, Sekhon, H.** Exploring Differential Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Among Younger vs Older Canadians: Results from the 2021 Canadian Digital Health Survey. JIMR
  8. Lavin, P.*, Lesage, M.*, Monroe, E., Kanevsky M., Gruber, J., Cinalioglu, K., Rej, S.**, Sekhon, H.** (2022). Humanoid Robot Intervention vs Treatment as Usual for Loneliness in Long-term Care Homes: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry
  9. Elbaz, S.*, Cinalioglu, K.*, Sekhon, K., Gruber, J., Rigas, C., Bodenstein, K., Naghi, K., Lavin, P., Greenway, K., Ipsit, V., Rej, S.**, Sekhon, H.**. (2021). A Systematic Review of Telemedicine for Older Adults with Dementia during COVID-19: An Alternative to Face-to-Face Services? Frontier in Neurology
  10. Paquin, V., Sekhon, H., Rej, S. (2022). Time to Think “Meta” – Risks and Benefits of Virtual Worlds in Mental Illness. JMIR Serious Games

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