Jennifer Watt
Dr. Jennifer Watt (MD, PhD, FRCPC) is a geriatrician and clinician-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital – Unity Health Toronto. She completed medical school at the University of Ottawa, residency in geriatric medicine at the University of Toronto, and a PhD in clinical epidemiology and health care research at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral thesis used knowledge synthesis and observational study methods to describe the comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions in older adults with dementia. She received awards for her doctoral thesis including the 2019 Thomas & Edna Naylor Memorial Award for the best paper by a graduate trainee completing their thesis at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and a CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research 2019 Rising Star Award. As an early career investigator, she studies the comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions in older adults.