Supervision and Funding

How Does Supervision Work?

Although the program will provide assistance to viable applicants in their search for a supervisor, it is ultimately the applicant’s responsibility to find a faculty member (or members) who agrees to supervise their graduate research work should they be accepted. This process takes place prior to an offer of admission being made. The selection of a supervisor is a critical decision that impacts the quality of the student’s graduate experience and influences the student’s career path. At the time of making an application to the PhD program, students should have a fairly clear idea about what their research interests are and approach potential supervisors with similar interests. Potential supervisors may request additional information, such as samples of academic writing, a telephone interview or an on-site visit.

Acceptance into the PhD program is dependent on there being an identified supervisor as well as suitable academic qualifications.

Who Can Supervise Me?

Below is the faculty in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy (SRT) that can supervise students in the Aging and Health PhD program. Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members under whose supervision they would like to study. Although most program faculty are drawn from SRT, faculty from many other departments participated in the development of the program, including School of Nursing, Religion, Geography & Planning, and French Studies. Many remain involved and are eligible to supervise.

Dr. Mohammad Auais

Associate Professor

Dr. Kim Bergeron

Term Adjunct

Dr. Vincent DePaul

Associate Professor

Dr. Nandini Deshpande

Associate Professor…

Dr. Catherine Donnelly

Associate Professor

Dr. Afolasade Fakolade

Assistant Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Vice-Dean (Faculty o…

Dr. Kathleen Norman

Professor

Dr. David Pedlar

Scientific Director…

Dr. Tracy J. Trothen

Professor

How does funding work?

Ensuring that Aging and Health PhD students have sufficient funding while they complete their graduae deegree is essential to maintaining wellbeing and remaining focused on your academic progress. For more information regarding funding and frequently asked funding questions go the SGSPA Funding Packages webpage.

Graduate student funding for Aging and Health PhD students comes from a variety of sources. It may be from internal sources including competitive Queen’s internal fellowships, departmental awards, and Queen’s Graduate Awards (QGA). Students admitted into the Aging and Health PhD program will automatically be considered in their first year for internal awards offered by Queen's University. There is information about graduate student funding opportunities on the SGSPA webpage. Doctoral students are also eligible to apply for funding from the Student Experience Fund.

Paid teaching assistantships are available each year at the School of Rehabilitation Therapy (SRT).

Research assistantships could also be available and are monies paid to you for work that you do related either to your own thesis research (Graduate Research Fellowship or GRF) or a research project of your supervisor (Research Assistantship or RA).

Aging and Health PhD students are both encouraged and expected to apply for external funding such as NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, OGS and other sources. Students must apply to external funding agencies to be eligible for program to nominate them for most of the internal fellowships.