Outreach and Dissemination
I am invested in public knowledge dissemination, whether at conferences, in local communities, or in educational settings.
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Speaker at Katz Interprofessional Research Program in Geriatric and Dementia Care Rounds, February 3rd, 2025: How vision loss affects older adults’ narrative listening experiences.
Speaker at AGE-WELL Annual Conference, Oct. 23-24, 2024, Edmonton, Canada. Conference closing remarks.
Speaker at EUROSENSE 2022: A Sense of Earth – 10th European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research, 13-16 September 2022: The sound of silence: presence and absence of sound during meals affect meal duration and hedonic evaluation of food.
Speaker at Do science, Art, and Technology Spice Up Future Food Experiences? Helsinki, 8 October 2021: Is music the best dining companion?
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ReThink Eating 2020 conference. Virtual zoom conference dinner host. Aarhus, December 3, 2020.
D2S: MAKING SENSE IN SENSORY. The use of auditory stimuli to promote healthy eating behaviour and food choice. Copenhagen June 3, 2019.
EiT: Understanding Consumer Choices and Experiences in Food. The use of auditory stimuli to promote healthy eating behaviour and food choice. Aarhus June 6, 2019.
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PSY202: Qualitative Research and Data Analysis, University of Toronto, February 2024.
Teaching assistant: Food Chemistry, Aarhus University. July, 2020.
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Intelligent Life Assistants for Older Adults with Dementia: Ethical Challenges and Solutions. Brief commentary, exploring key ethical challenges in designing and implementing IATs. Published in the AGE-WELL HQP Monthly Newsletter, March 2025.
Food Festival. Volunteer at the Department of Food Science’s stand, science communication and demonstration. Aarhus, 2019, 2021.
Multisensory Dinner at ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum, 2019. Planning and design, soundtrack production for five-course meal. Aarhus, March 30, 2019.
Festival of Research at Aarhus University. Volunteer at the Department of Food Science’s stand, science communication and demonstration. Aarhus, April 24, 2019.
MICHELIN Guide Nordic Countries 2019. Audience engagement, science demonstration, sonic installation and soundtrack production. Aarhus, February 18, 2019.
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P4 Weekend Midt & Vest, 15/07/2023; Radio reportage: DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation).
Die Profis vom 08.08.2020, 08/08/2020; Radio: Radio Eins, Germany, Mark Benecke.
Collaborators and Affiliations
My research extends beyond academia through active partnerships with community organizations, healthcare institutions, and industry collaborators.
Partnering with advocacy groups, rehabilitation centers, and interdisciplinary networks enables co-development of research projects and solutions that enhance accessibility, well-being, and inclusion. These collaborations ensure that my work remains responsive to the lived experiences of those it seeks to support, fostering meaningful change through research-informed practice.
AGE-WELL
2024-2025
Early Professionals, Inspired Careers in AgeTech (EPIC-AT) Health Research Training Program
As a recipient of this one-year competitive fellowship grant, I am committed to continuing my learning through participating in cross-platform activities, workshops, and courses to develop, implement, and evaluate solutions that improve the lives of older adults.
2024
The AGE-WELL Summer Institute Co-Creating Possibilities: Autonomy and Independence focused on creating solutions to help older adults to live independently and improve their quality of life. Working in a multidisciplinary team alongside stakeholders with lived experience, we developed an app that helps individuals with hearing loss better follow group discussions in challenging acoustic environments, ultimately winning the final Summer Institute pitch competition.
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AGE-WELL HQP Affiliate Membership Program
Membership access to exclusive educational programming, experiential opportunities, funding, and mentorship.
Community, Health Sector, and Industry Partners
2022-
Canadian Council for the Blind – Toronto Visionaries Chapter
2022-2024
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
2019-2021
Skive Regionshospital and Hammel Neurocenter (Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University)
2019-2021
Test and Development Centre for Welfare Tech
The centre focuses on how working with new technology can support users' and organizations' needs for solutions through collaboration between public and private actors, such as companies, researchers, and health care institutions.
2019-2021
(Acoustic consultancy)