Anna Cooper Reed, Junior Fellow

Anna Cooper Reed (MSW) is a second year PhD student at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and holds a Master of Social Work, from the Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. She is also the 2019-2020 President and a founding member of the Emerging Leaders for Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare (ELESH), established this year through the support of the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems. ELESH seeks to encourage interdisciplinary action and education change across the many disciplines and professions that contribute to healthcare. Anna has practiced social work in the community, long-term care and hospital, predominantly working with older adults. She is recently the recipient of the Helene and George Coward Award in Aging and the Northwater Capital Management Award in Aging. Currently Anna works as a Research Associate at Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative, housed at Toronto General Hospital. Her research and thesis work focus on the implementation and sustainability of acute care for chronically ill older adults in the community.