Holly Tuokko
Professor
Psychology
University of Victoria
Canada
Biography
Professor Tuokko joined the University of Victoria's Centre on Aging (COAG) and Department of Psychology in 1997. Prior to that time she was the Supervising Psychologist at the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders and a Clinical Associate Professor is the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at UBC. Between 2009 - 2014 she was the Director of the COAG and between 2002-1007 she held a Senior Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aging for her research program on mental health and aging. Her current research interests include the evolution of cognitive disorders and the mental health challenges that are experienced by older adults. She is particularly interested in how changes in cognitive and mental health affect aspects of everyday life (e.g., driving, financial management, and end-of-life decision making), and how to best help individuals experiencing these difficulties. Dr. Tuokko played instrumental roles in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA; http://www.csha.ca/), the Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly (CanDRIVE; http://www.candrive.ca/en/home.html) and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CSLA; https://www.clsa-elcv.ca/).
Research Interest
Clinical neuropsychology Clinical aging Lifespan development and aging
