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Alex Mihailidis

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ProfessorDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational TherapyUniversity of Toronto

Alex Mihailidis

Professor

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 24 research grants (14 CIHR, 8 NSERC, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Publications

152

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Grants

Publications by year

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Education

PhD
MASc
BASc

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Research

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Aging Artificial Intelligence Technology Planning Smart Homes Consensus Workshop Data Sensors

Latest papers

Technology for Finding Misplaced Objects in a Home: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
Gerontology · 2026 · senior author
Anomaly Detection Technologies for Dementia Care: Monitoring Goals, Sensor Applications, and Trade-offs in Home-Based Solutions-A Narrative Review.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026 · senior author
From distance to context: GPS-derived life-space mapping in older adults with and without dementia.
Health & place · 2026

All 99 publications

Latest funding

Empowering Aging in Place: Developing Integrated Assistive Technologies for Dementia Care through Behavioural Anomaly Detection and Digitial Reminder Systems
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
Adaptive and Explainable AI for Personalized Dementia Care: Advancing Reminder Platforms to Support Caregiving and Aging in Place
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Rising Stars in AgeTech
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$46,132

All 44 grants and awards

99 publications.

Technology for Finding Misplaced Objects in a Home: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Ye B, McDonough J, Chui C, Mihailidis A

Gerontology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1159/000551522 PMID: 41824642

Anomaly Detection Technologies for Dementia Care: Monitoring Goals, Sensor Applications, and Trade-offs in Home-Based Solutions-A Narrative Review.

Lai J, Ye B, Mihailidis A

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/07334648251357031 PMID: 40627502

From distance to context: GPS-derived life-space mapping in older adults with and without dementia.

Wallich M, Ye B, Mihailidis A, Bayat S

Health & place2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103692 PMID: 42217478

Machine Learning to Detect Motor Agitation in People With Dementia Using Real-Time Location Data.

Hasan Z, Shum LC, Faruk T, McGilton KS, Chu CH, McArthur C, Flint AJ, Mihailidis A, Khan SS, Iaboni A

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2025.06.001 PMID: 40634226

Undersampling and cumulative class re-decision methods to improve detection of agitation in people with dementia.

Meng Z, Iaboni A, Ye B, Newman K, Mihailidis A, Deng Z, Khan SS

Biomedical engineering letters2024

DOI: 10.1007/s13534-023-00313-8 PMID: 38186943

Assistive Technology to Support Dementia Management: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Reviews.

Desai C, Dove E, Nanthakumar J, Main E, Colquhoun H, Astell A, Mihailidis A, Layton N, Burhan AM, Chan B, Wang RH

JMIR research protocols2024

DOI: 10.2196/57036 PMID: 39527790

Smartphone-Based Hand Function Assessment: Systematic Review.

Fu Y, Zhang Y, Ye B, Babineau J, Zhao Y, Gao Z, Mihailidis A

Journal of medical Internet research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/51564 PMID: 39283676

StairNet: visual recognition of stairs for human-robot locomotion.

Kurbis AG, Kuzmenko D, Ivanyuk-Skulskiy B, Mihailidis A, Laschowski B

Biomedical engineering online2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12938-024-01216-0 PMID: 38360664

Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Chertkow H, Phillips N, Rockwood K, Anderson N, Andrew MK, Bartha R, Beaudoin C, Bélanger N, Bellec P, Belleville S

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease20249 citations

DOI: 10.1177/13872877241290990

Researched Apps Used in Dementia Care for People Living With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers: Systematic Review on App Features, Security, and Usability.

Ye B, Chu CH, Bayat S, Babineau J, How TV, Mihailidis A

Journal of medical Internet research2023Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/46188 PMID: 37824187

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Alex Mihailidis

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Technology for Finding Misplaced Objects in a Home: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Anomaly Detection Technologies for Dementia Care: Monitoring Goals, Sensor Applications, and Trade-offs in Home-Based Solutions-A Narrative Review.

From distance to context: GPS-derived life-space mapping in older adults with and without dementia.

Machine Learning to Detect Motor Agitation in People With Dementia Using Real-Time Location Data.

Undersampling and cumulative class re-decision methods to improve detection of agitation in people with dementia.

Assistive Technology to Support Dementia Management: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Reviews.

Smartphone-Based Hand Function Assessment: Systematic Review.

StairNet: visual recognition of stairs for human-robot locomotion.

Impact of a national dementia research consortium: The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Researched Apps Used in Dementia Care for People Living With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers: Systematic Review on App Features, Security, and Usability.

AGE-WELL - Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life

Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life (AGE-WELL)/Vieillir en beauté dans divers environnements utilisant la technologie pour soutenir bien-être, engagement et longévité (VBE-BEEL)

Frequent collaborators

Angela Colantonio

Andrea Iaboni

Arlene Astell

Gary Naglie

Andrew Sixsmith

Babak Taati

Tom Chau

Elizabeth Rochon

Kristine Newman

Emily Nalder

Aaron Yurkewich

Sayeh Bayat

Stephen Czarnuch

Pia Kontos

Carol Leonard

Ranil Sonnadara

Dina Brooks

Sandra Black

Eric Smith

Gillian Einstein

Colleen Maxwell

Dina Brooks

Margaret Fahnestock

Sarah Gregman

Cheryl Wellington

Nicole Anderson

Edward Fon

Bojana Stefanovic

Patricia Solomon

David Wang