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Jennifer Boger

ResearcherSystems Design EngineeringUniversity of Waterloo

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Jennifer Boger

Researcher

Systems Design Engineering

Health Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Dementia Design Interactive Agents Participation Technology Caregivers Exchange Strategies Impact Of Technology

Latest papers

Potential of the Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool for Individuals Working With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia.
Dementia (London, England) · 2026
Bridging game metrics and user perception in remote virtual reality exergames: Lessons from a COVID-19 home-based study.
Digital health · 2025 · senior author
Barriers and Facilitators of Older Workers' Abilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: A Scoping Review.
Journal of aging research · 2025

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Critical by Design: Fostering Responsible Innovation with Critical Design Methods
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$154,746
Dementia International expert Group on Interactive Technology (DIGIT)
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$78,000
Critical by Design: Fostering Responsible Innovation with Critical Design Methods
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$44,059

All 9 grants and awards

32 publications.

Potential of the Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool for Individuals Working With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia.

Bak K, Kokorelias K, Boger J, Nygård L, Issakainen M, Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonon A, Nedlund AC, Ryd C, Astell A

Dementia (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1177/14713012251374204 PMID: 40875923

Bridging game metrics and user perception in remote virtual reality exergames: Lessons from a COVID-19 home-based study.

Muñoz JE, Bicknell EA, Mehrabi S, Basharat A, Middleton L, Cao S, Barnett-Cowan M, Boger J

Digital health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251401340 PMID: 41367931

Barriers and Facilitators of Older Workers' Abilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: A Scoping Review.

Lai J, Eales J, Lariviere M, Boger J, Fast J

Journal of aging research2025

DOI: 10.1155/jare/5609589 PMID: 41341836

Expectations of a virtual reality program for older adults with dementia in hospitals: Perspectives of patient partners, families, staff, and care leaders.

Ren LH, Liu GY, Nolte J, Wu C, Kholmatov S, Mann J, Wallsworth C, Wong L, Schaffner K, Mortenson WB, Lim A, Boger J, Hung L

Digital health2025

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251382099 PMID: 41018512

Non-contact, non-visual, multi-person hallway gait monitoring.

Abedi H, Ansariyan A, Hedge ET, Mastrandrea CJ, Morita PP, Boger J, Wong A, Hughson RL, Shaker G

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-97757-y PMID: 40851093

The use and impact of virtual reality programs supported by aromatherapy for older adults: A scoping review protocol.

Hung L, Wong J, Ren H, Mortenson WB, Lim A, Boger J, Wallsworth C, Zhao Y

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316908 PMID: 39787056

Developing and Sustaining Dementia Capable Communities: An Analysis of the Current Evidence.

Biglieri S, Ahmed N, Main S, Tupling OL, Vijayakumar R, Boger J, Daum C, Dupuis S, Koch M, Liu L, Lopez K, Mann J, Martin M, McAiney C, Nasir HJ, Nasir N, Pearce B, Weldrick R, Vanderlinden K, Middleton L

Dementia (London, England)2025

DOI: 10.1177/14713012251404533 PMID: 41432943

The impact on employment and education of caregiving for a family member with young onset dementia: A scoping review.

Kokorelias KM, Nadesar N, Bak K, Boger J, Nygård L, Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen A, Nedlund AC, Astell A

Dementia (London, England)2024

DOI: 10.1177/14713012241247339 PMID: 38623057

You've Got E-Mail: A Pilot Study Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Group-Based Technology-Training Intervention Among Older Adults Living in Residential Care.

Ysseldyk R, Morton TA, Haslam C, Haslam SA, Boger J, Giau E, Macdonald EP, Matharu A, McCoy M

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2024

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980823000375 PMID: 37501571

What happens when people develop dementia whilst working? An exploratory multiple case study.

Nygard L, Nedlund AC, Mäki Petäjä Leinonen A, Astell A, Boger J, Issakainen M, Engvall AL, Heuchemer B, Rosenberg L, Ryd C

International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2023

DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2023.2176278 PMID: 36799733

Critical by Design: Fostering Responsible Innovation with Critical Design Methods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Gorman, Marcel G.

Keywords: responsible innovation; critical design; media theory; philosophy of technology; engineering education

$154,746

Dementia International expert Group on Interactive Technology (DIGIT)

Nominated PICIHR2022Team Grant: JPND Call for Expert Working Groups

Principal investigators: Boger, Jennifer

Keywords: Dementia; Design; Interactive Agents; Participation; Technology

$78,000

Critical by Design: Fostering Responsible Innovation with Critical Design Methods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Gorman, Marcel G.

Keywords: responsible innovation; critical design; media theory; philosophy of technology; engineering education

$44,059

CARE-RATE: An AI-based dynamic online information filtering system

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Boger, Jennifer

$15,000

'What Matters' - A digital solution to support person-centered care for people with dementia in care settings

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Hung, Lillian M

Keywords: Dementia; Hospital; Long-Term Care; Patient-Oriented Research; Person-Centred Care; Technology

$100,000

Zero-effort ambient vitals monitoring

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Boger, Jennifer

$198,000

Bed rest in older adults accelerates "aging-like" changes

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Understanding the Health Impact of Inactivity - ICRH

Principal investigators: Hughson, Richard L

Keywords: Aging; Biological Aging; Bone Health; Cognition; Human Bed Rest; Insulin Resistance; Nutrition; Orthostatic Blood Pressure; Spaceflight; Technology

$200,000

Zero-effort ambient vitals monitoring

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Boger, Jennifer

$12,500

Designing assistive technology that cares: Dissemination of knowledge generated by a multidisciplinary workshop to explore the holistic needs of family caregivers and care recipients

Nominated PICIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Boger, Jennifer

Keywords: Caregivers; Exchange Strategies; Impact Of Technology; Knowledge Mobilisation; Knowledge Translation; Technology For Aging; Transdisciplinary Collaboration; User-Centered Design

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Jennifer Boger

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Potential of the Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool for Individuals Working With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia.

Bridging game metrics and user perception in remote virtual reality exergames: Lessons from a COVID-19 home-based study.

Barriers and Facilitators of Older Workers' Abilities to Obtain and Maintain Employment: A Scoping Review.

Expectations of a virtual reality program for older adults with dementia in hospitals: Perspectives of patient partners, families, staff, and care leaders.

Non-contact, non-visual, multi-person hallway gait monitoring.

The use and impact of virtual reality programs supported by aromatherapy for older adults: A scoping review protocol.

Developing and Sustaining Dementia Capable Communities: An Analysis of the Current Evidence.

The impact on employment and education of caregiving for a family member with young onset dementia: A scoping review.

You've Got E-Mail: A Pilot Study Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Group-Based Technology-Training Intervention Among Older Adults Living in Residential Care.

What happens when people develop dementia whilst working? An exploratory multiple case study.

Critical by Design: Fostering Responsible Innovation with Critical Design Methods

Dementia International expert Group on Interactive Technology (DIGIT)

Critical by Design: Fostering Responsible Innovation with Critical Design Methods

CARE-RATE: An AI-based dynamic online information filtering system

'What Matters' - A digital solution to support person-centered care for people with dementia in care settings

Zero-effort ambient vitals monitoring

Bed rest in older adults accelerates "aging-like" changes

Zero-effort ambient vitals monitoring

Designing assistive technology that cares: Dissemination of knowledge generated by a multidisciplinary workshop to explore the holistic needs of family caregivers and care recipients

Frequent collaborators

Arlene Astell

Jim Mann

Lillian Hung

Laura Middleton

Alison Phinney

Kristina Kokorelias

Carrie McAiney

Nicole Dalmer

Heather Keller

Paul Stolee

Pooja Viswanathan

Benjamin Thompson

Frank Rudzicz