Philip St. John

Site co-principal investigator, Winnipeg

Dr. Phil St. John, MD MPH CCFP FRCPC, was born and grew up in Minnedosa, Manitoba. He is a Professor at the University of Manitoba and is the Head of the Section of Geriatric Medicine. He obtained an MD at the University of Manitoba, a Rotating Internship at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Internal Medicine training at the University of Manitoba, subspecialty training at the University of Ottawa and a Masters in Public Health (Epidemiology) from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. St. John’s research interests are in rural health, and the epidemiology of cognitive loss, frailty and depression. He is an affiliate of the Centre on Aging at the University of Manitoba, the co-lead of the Manitoba site of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging, and a co-investigator with the Manitoba Follow-up Study. His clinical practice is as a Consultant Geriatrician sited at Health Sciences Centre and Deer Lodge Centre.