Jeffrey Wong

Bio

Jeffrey Wong (he/him) is a Research Assistant at the Innovation in Dementia and Aging Lab at the University of British Columbia. He supports projects focused on technology co-design, social prescribing, and community-based social supports to improve health and social care for older adults and people living with dementia.

Profile

Educational Background

BA, Sociology, Trinity Western University (in-progress)

Service

Co-Lead, Local Initiatives, Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective

Publications

1. Hung, L., Fisher, L., Wong, J., Zhao, Y., Yuen, K., & Ren, L. H. (2025). Best practices and practical strategies for co-designing virtual reality with Indigenous peoples: A scoping review protocol. PLOS One, 20(6), e0325111. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325111
    
2. Iverson, T., Alfares, H., Nijjar, G. S., Wong, J., Abbasi, E., Esfandiari, E., Lin, M., Petrella, R. J., Symes, B., Chudyk, A., & Ashe, M. C. (2024). A rapid systematic review of the effect of health or peer volunteers for diabetes self-management: Synthesizing evidence to guide social prescribing. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(12), e0004071. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004071