Most people scroll past posts without realizing they could change lives. In this eye-opening TEDx talk, Dr. Thomas makes the case for using social media not just to share information but to disrupt the status quo in healthcare, mobilize public awareness, and get life-changing research into the hands of caregivers faster.
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Ph.D., FCAHS, SOM, holds the Research Chair in Aging and Health and is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Regina. With a primary focus on pain in dementia, his work has emphasized the development/validation of observational pain assessment approaches, widely cited clinical consensus guidelines, knowledge translation (e.g., resources for patients, web-based training for clinicians), pain self-management, biopsychosocial model development, policy studies, and advanced technologies aimed to facilitate pain assessment in older adults.
His recent honours include the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the D. O. Hebb Prize for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Distinguished Career Awards from the Canadian Pain Society, the Society for Clinical Geropsychology of the American Psychological Association, and from the Special Interest Group on Pain in Older Persons of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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