Janice M. Keefe

Janice M. Keefe, PhD, FCAHS, FGSA, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Aging and Family Science at Mount Saint Vincent University, where she also holds the Lena Isabel Jodrey Chair in Gerontology and serves as Director of the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging. Her expertise focuses on aging policy, caregiving, dementia care, rural aging, and continuing care systems, with an emphasis on health and social care for older adults. She is also an Adjunct Professor with Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Dr. Keefe has led and contributed to multidisciplinary research on long‑term care, home and community care, and family and friend caregiving. She is currently the Nominated Principal Investigator on a CIHR‑funded initiative building a collaborative long‑term care research network in Atlantic Canada and has led Tri‑Council‑funded work on workforce issues, care pathways, and caregiving policy. She serves as an Affiliate Scientist with Nova Scotia Health and an Associate Scientist with the Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit.

Dr. Keefe holds a BA from the University of Prince Edward Island and an MA and PhD from the University of Guelph. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the Gerontological Society of America.

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