Charlene Chu RN PhD

Assistant Prof @UofT. #RN, #Researcher of all things #technology #geriatrics #aging. Dedicated to improving the care of older adults. Thoughts are my own.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇦🇺An Australian tech founder with zero biology background sequenced his dog’s tumor DNA, then used ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine.

A month later, the tumors shrank by half.

And this is just the start of AI medicine.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

AI is increasing the intensity of work rather than reducing it, according to one of the biggest studies of AI’s effects on work habits to date https://t.co/qGAIgjMaNg

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

@SophieLWang @phillip_isola @thisismyhat These clips are awesome. What software did you use to make them?

[Dr. Lillian Hung 🇨🇦 @nurselillian]

Published https://t.co/jcVFk7HgCA ⁦@UBCIDEALab⁩ ⁦@ubcappscience⁩

[Dr. Lillian Hung 🇨🇦 @nurselillian]

Co-creating Humanistic AI AgeTech to Support Dynamic Care Ecosystems: A Preliminary Guiding Model | The Gerontologist | Oxford Academic https://t.co/XYNWDIwfzG

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

@LilyRen62385572 Thank you Lily!! You beat me to it.

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

@nurselillian @UBCIDEALab @ubcappscience @UBCNursing @VCHResearch Love this!!!

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Thank you @AGEWELL_NCE for being a project partner!!

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Looking forward to starting our SSHRC Insight Grant continuing our research on digital ageism in AI systems. #DigitalAgeism
Excited to work with these brilliant people: @DrKateLeslie @Amanda__Grenier Rune Nyrup @ollie_pei Gio Rubeis @Shehroz_SKhan

[UHN Research @UHN_Research]

(1/2) 🎉Congratulations to #TeamUHN Drs. Divya Sharma, @DrValiante, @paularowland121, @KatMetersky, and @CharchuRn who were awarded a collective $1.1M from the recently announced New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) and @SSHRC_CRSH funding program!

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[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Excited to be an author on this paper highlighting the challenges of developing and implementing innovation in LTC from BC to Ontario. Very happy to have great collaborators and colleagues! @nurselillian @JoeyWong_oy @LilyRen62385572

[UBC IDEA Lab @UBCIDEALab]

New paper 🚨 We reflect on the messy, complex realities of doing tech implementation research in long-term care—from coast (BC) to coast (ON). @NurseLillian @JoeyWong_OY @LilyRen62385572 @UBCNursing @UBCAppScience @CharchuRn @UofTNursing
https://t.co/1Jm30Fazkz

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

And that’s a wrap! What a fantastic semester teaching the MN Clinical students. It was an honour and a true source of JOY to be part of their learning journeys. My heart is full of gratitude today as we send this incredible cohort of intelligent, thoughtful APNs into the world.👏

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Thank you for capturing this and sharing.

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

So humbled to give a plenary talk at the Our Future is Aging Conference @MSVU_NSCA. It was great to meet start-up founders, students, and other researchers and to have many others reach out after the talk.
@CTVAtlantic did a story on the conference:
https://t.co/mmTzr6CHsp

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

@DrVivianS @DrJessicaStrong @MSVU_NSCA Thank you! No one beats you at media Dr Viv

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Keynote. Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews (@UBC) continues to shape the future of aging research with clarity and vision. Her keynote was a masterclass in leadership, evidence, and collaboration. Very inspiring.

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

In beautiful #halifax for the @MSVU_NSCA Our Future is Aging Conference! Can’t wait to listen to all the amazing research.

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Thrilled to share my @UofTNursing Doctor of Nursing student’s first publication! 👏Mary O’Sullivan explores integrated care for #amyloidosis using #CFIR.
TY @parryresearch @wahab_osman22

Read it here: https://t.co/cHiiO7VBuR https://t.co/YHTGZstM2L

#ImplementationScience

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

Very happy to have been part of this report looking at ethical challenges in agetech

[SFU STAR Institute @sfu_starinst]

📢 HOT OFF THE PRESS: Check out SFU STAR Institute’s new report on addressing ethical challenges in AgeTech, in collaboration with Canadian and international partners. Thank you to our funder @AGEWELL_NCE. Learn more: https://t.co/aU1J6gKv7H #Ethics #AgeTech

[Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association @cgna_ca]

Reminder: Applications are open for CGNA Nursing Awards 2025: Research Grant & Ann C. Beckingham Scholarship. Deadline: February 21, 2025 -- more info at https://t.co/nfO0ZJrA7k

[Charlene Chu RN PhD @CharchuRn]

This is a wonderful recognition- thank you @DigiHealthCA!! To be alongside this exceptional group of women #leaders is such an honour. Truly.

[University of Toronto @UofT]

Charlene Chu & Denika McPherson named Women Leaders in Digital Health #UofT 🩺 https://t.co/wzNdSuUsEl