Cultural Relevance: Pelden Chejor shares about research into care for older immigrants in Australia, growing up in Bhutan, and dementia research challenges

Episode 12 August 28, 2024 00:25:23
Cultural Relevance: Pelden Chejor shares about research into care for older immigrants in Australia, growing up in Bhutan, and dementia research challenges
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Cultural Relevance: Pelden Chejor shares about research into care for older immigrants in Australia, growing up in Bhutan, and dementia research challenges

Aug 28 2024 | 00:25:23

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Show Notes

Pelden Chejor is a public health professional and PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University. His research seeks to explore and analyze the experiences of dementia care in older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. A pharmacist by training, he worked as a hospital pharmacist in his home country of Bhutan before joining the Drug Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health in Bhutan.

Follow Pelden on Linkedin and or Facebook can be reached via email at [email protected]

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