Member Directory
Abdul-Razzak, Amane
Palliative Care Physician
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Palliative care, advance care planning, mixed methods
Adair, Carol E.
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health services research (especially measurement e.g. PROMS/PREMS), psychiatric epidemiology.
Adams, Cindy
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health, animal welfare, communication skills, social and child welfare, assessment
Adhikari Dahal, Kamala
Scientist
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Population, Public and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
kamala.adhikaridahal@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Population Health and Prevention: maternal and child health; chronic diseases and cancer; mental health
Projects include: 1. Immigration status and cesarean-section in Canada. 2. Data harmonization of two pregnancy cohort studies in Alberta. 3. Barriers and facilitators experienced by immigrants to access primary healthcare in Calgary, Alberta. 4. Vaping patterns in Canadian general population.
Aghajafari, Fariba
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Systematic review, pregnancy, refugee health, health services research
Projects: The COVID-19 Primary Care Integrated Pathway: A Potential Healthy Neighbourhood
Ahmed, Sofia
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Nephrologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney, renal hemodynamics, cardiorenal physiology
Allison, Sandra
Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Adjunct Professor
School of Health Sciences
College of Arts Social and Health Sciences
University of Northern British Columbia
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental Health, Population Health, Community Health, Community Oriented Primary Care, Primary Care
Almekhlafi, Mohammed
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Clinical Neurosciences and Radiology
mohammed.almekhlafi1@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Stroke, endovascular therapy, meta-analysis
Ambasta, Anshula
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Affiliate Faculty
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Aparicio-Ting, Fabiola
Senior Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director for Health and Society
Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours Program
Cumming School of Medicine
Lead for Public Health Education and Capacity Building
Indigenous, Local, and Global Health Office
Research Interest / Projects:
Social epidemiology, public health, global health, educational scholarship
Projects: Quality enhancements and sustainability for the Masters of Public Health. A structured exploration of Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park: Designing an experiential learning activity about Indigenous health.
Arain, Mubashir
Senior Research and Evaluation Consultant
Workforce Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, evaluation, primary health care, patient engagement
Armson, Heather
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Dean
CME and Professional Development
Research Interests / Projects:
Practice change; small group learning in CME, knowledge translation, role of community in learning, commitment-to-change, continuing professional
Arnold, Bruce
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Social Psychology. Collecting end-of-life narratives from hospice and palliative care patients to complement current psychosocial "total pain" and quality of life.
Arora, Rahul
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health informatics, public health, global health, infectious disease, surveillance, statistical modelling
Arvai, Joe
Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise;
Director
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University of Michigan
Research Interests / Projects
Decision science, risk, well being, poverty, development, engagement, environment, climate change
Austen-Wiebe, Val
Senior Provincial Director
Population, Public and Indigenous Health SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety and culture, qualitative research, community health assessment, knowledge exchange, system capacity evaluation
Bagshaw, Sean
Professor and Chair
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Intensive care, acute kidney injury, frailty, vulnerable, ICU organization, randomized trial, health services research, health economics
Bains-Maki, Pam
Registered Nurse
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Global health, public policy
Ball, Chad
Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, trauma, injury, liver, pancreas, biliary, randomized trials, grants, podcast, hemorrhage
Bandali, Farah
Director
Healthy Children and Families
Healthy Living, Population Public and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Best practices in school health promotion
Barber, Claire
Assistant Professor
Division of Rheumatology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Rheumatoid arthritis, quality of care, health services research
Barkema, Herman W.
Professor
Departments of Production Animal Health and Community Health Sciences
Scientific Director
Antimicrobial Resistance - Once Health Consortium
Lead
University of Calgary Biostatistic Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious diseases with animal and public health perspectives, One Health, antimicrobial resistance, inflammatory bowel disease
Barnabe, Cheryl
Associate Professor
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences
Senior Scientist
Arthritis Research Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Rheumatoid arthritis, Aboriginal rheumatic disease epidemiology
Baugh Littlejohns, Lori
Principal consultant
Eddy Turn Consulting and Research
Research Associate
University of Sydney
Research Interests /Projects:
Health promotion action on social determinants of health and inequity; chronic disease prevention, comprehensive primary health care, evaluation of health promotion interventions; public health and health promotion competencies; social sustainability; community participation, intersectoral collaboration
Bayat, Sayeh
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Engineering
Research Interest / Projects:
Mobile Health Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Behaviors, Dementia, Older Adults, GIScience
Baylis, Barry
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Executive Co-Leader
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interest / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and reduction, diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, hypertension, lipid disorders, obesity, thrombophillia, and innovation in healthcare
Beckie, Jo Ann
Director
Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary Care; Primary Care Networks; research and knowledge informed strategic decision making in a systems environment; Utilizing a population health and public health backdrop to inform business planning and optimize primary care resources/strategies/services/approaches.
Beck, Cynthia
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
cindy.beck@albertahealthservices.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental Health, Health Services, Epidemiology
Beall, Reed
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Affiliated Faculty
Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and the Law
Division of Pharmacoepidemiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Research Interests / Projects:
Pharmaceutical policy, Healthcare inequities, Health Policy
Benham, Jamie
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Women's Health; Reproductive Endocrinology; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; Diabetes in Pregnancy; Cardiometabolic Health
Benzies, Karen
Professor and Associate Dean Research
Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Research Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Social vulnerability, resilience, parenting, early childhood development, behavioural neuroscience, community-based research
Beran, Tanya
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Prevention, public education, program evaluation
Bergman, June S.
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Family Medicine
Surveyor of Health Systems
Accreditation Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary care, primary care evaluation, chronic disease management, adverse childhood experiences, chronic pain
Project: partnering with Covenant Living to develop a seniors low rental or condo unity.
Bertazzon, Stefania
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Co-Lead
Geography of Health & GIS Analysis Research Group
Research Interests / Projects:
Health geography, spatial analysis, GIS (geographic information science)
Bharwani, Aleem
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Director, Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships
Cumming School of Medicine
Lead for Public Policy
O'Brien Institute Executive Committee
Research Interest / Projects:
Innovation, leadership, strategy, health policy and health management, social policy
Bhindi, Bimal
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Urologist Oncologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney cancer, prostate cancer, clinical outcomes, health services research, prostate cancer screening
Bichel, Allison
Senior Provincial Director
Maternal Newborn Child & Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Bierman, Alex
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental Health, Sleep Problems, Aging, Stress, COVID-19, Population Health, Quantitative Research Methods, Social Psychology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of the Family, and Military Sociology
Projects: 1. The Canadian Quality of Work and Economic Life Study (C-QWELS). 2. Stress and health in the context of aging.
Bijvank, Marco
Assistant Professor
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Haskayne School of Business
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare Operations Management, Supply Chain Management
Billington, Emma
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Department of Medicine
Physician
Dr. David Hanley Osteoporosis Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research interest / Projects:
Osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease, nutrition, health services research, clinical trials
Birdsell, Judy
Board Chair
Imagine Citizens Collaborating for Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge Translation; inter-organizational relationships; organizational strategy and analysis; patient engagement; research policy and management; quality and safety of health care; seniors health; cancer care, child and youth mental health.
Birney, Arden
Project Manager
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Continuing care, patient and family centred care, stakeholder engagement, integrated e-technology in patient care
Birnie, Kathryn (Katie)
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Child health, pain, knowledge mobilization, patient partnership, co-design, health systems.
Black, Amanda
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, knowledge translation, implementation science, injury prevention, sport-related concussion, theory-driven implementation, behaviour change and evaluation.
Blanchard, Ian
Scientist
Emergency Medical Services
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency Medical Services, Paramedic, Ambulance, Prehospital, Projects: Canadian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network (C-SCAN)
Blue, Gwendolyn
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
Public Engagement; Governance of science and technology; Climate change; Genomics; Impact Assessment; Environmental Justice
Bostick, Jason
Health Promotion Facilitator
Healthy Children and Families
Alberta Health Services
Boucher, Paul
Intensivist and Medical Director
Cardiovascular Intensive Care unit
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care, End of Life Care, Public policy
Boulton, Tiffany
Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability; Chronic Illness; Social Determinants of Health; Marginalization; Gender; Mental Health; Qualitative Methods
Projects: Examining Attitudes and Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals in Rehabilitation and Disability Services; Maternity Care and Midwifery Services in Alberta
Bourassa, Cheryl
Executive Director
Emergency Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Impact of disasters / emergencies on vulnerable populations ; Research modeling; capacity for responding to major events; Staff perception of organizational preparedness; incident management capabilities; Behavioural health impacts of emergencies.
Boussat, Bastien
Associate Professor
Public Health Department
Quality of care unit
Faculty of Medicine
Grenoble Alpes University
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research; Clinical epidemiology; Patient safety; Medico-administrative database analysis; Digital health
Projects: Patient safety culture, Patient safety indicator, Communication between acute care and primary care, Clinical epidemiology in traumatology and infectiology, Electronical Discharge Tool assessment
Brahmania, Mayur
Clinical Associate Professor
Faculty of Gastroenterology
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality Improvement, Implementation science, Cirrhosis, Metrics, SDH
Brennand, Erin
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Women's health ; gynaecology ; health services research; pelvic floor disorders ; clinical trials
Projects: MidUrethral Sling Tensioning (MUST) Trial and Uterine preservation versus hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse surgery
Brenner, Darren
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology and Community Health Sciences
Associate Director of Research
Forzani and MacPhail Colon Cancer Screening Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Outcomes, Prevention Research, Epidemiologic Methods, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Current research projects include: Machine learning applications in cancer prevention, screening and treatment
Brenner, Jennifer
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Medicine
Director
Healthy Child Uganda
Community Engagement - Local and Global
Paediatrician
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Global health, paediatrics and maternal health
Bresee, Lauren
Scientific Advisor
Canadian Agency for Drug and Technology in Health (CADTH)
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health technology assessment
Projects: working with the Scientific Advice, Common Drug Review, and pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review programs. Probiotics to reduce clostridium difficile infection and antibiotic associated diarrhea in hospitalized older adult patients receiving antibiotics. Prescribing higher-priced medicines: Implications for payers, patients, and chronic disease management.
Bridel, William
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Sport sociology; gender, sexuality, and sport; bullying; inclusion; sport policy; sport-related pain and injury; qualitative research methods; poststructuralism. Projects include: A qualitative case study of LGBTQI2S+ inclusion in Canadian skating, Efficacy of painted designs on playgrounds in relation to children's physical activity levels
Brien, Susan
Director of public reporting on health system performance in Ontario
Health Quality Ontario
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Policy, quality reporting, health indicators, scoping reviews
Brierley, Meaghan
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Research Innovation and Analytics
Alberta Health Services
Associate Faculty
Department of Counselling
City University of Seattle in Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Communication; Science, Technology, and Society
Projects: Exploring the care needs of Canadians living with frailty and the role of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transforming primary health care older Canadians.
Briggs, Tom
Executive Director
Measurement and Reporting
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects
Currently conducting applied work for Population Health Observatory Calgary zone. Also a research and evaluation consultant for Chronic Disease Management
Brindle, Mary
Associate Professor and Associate Department Head
Department of Surgery
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
EQuIS (Efficiency Quality and Innovation Safety) Research Platform
Research Interests / Projects:
Neonatal, fetal, population-based outcomes, surgery, diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis
Brockton, Nigel
Director of Research
American Institute for Cancer Research
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer. Molecular epidemiology; role of inflammation in cancer etiology and progression, particularly of the breast, colorectum and head and neck
Bromley, Amy
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, Patient Safety/Quality Management
Brown, Allison
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, quality improvement, patient safety, research methods, innovation, performance analytics
Projects: exploring the impact of the COVID-19 on medical students and residents
Brown, Cary
Professor
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Pain; sleep; KT
Brown, John
Professor and Dean
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging in Place, Vibrant Communities, Spatial Equity, Resiliency
Bruno, Veronica
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Medicine
Neurologist and Movement disorder specialist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects
Global Neurology - Parkinson's disease - Epilepsy - Economic burden of neurological diseases
Buchner, Denise
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Consultant
Impact Consulting Services Ltd.
Research Interests / Projects:
Monitoring and evaluation, research, maternal and child health, global health, international development
Bulloch, Andrew
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects
Psychiatric epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology
Burns, Ryan
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Visiting Scholar
Department of Geography
University of British Columbia
Council member
O'Brien Institute's Early Faculty Council
Research Interests / Projects:
Digital geographies, digital health infrastructure, political-economy, urban GIScience, smart cities, open data, digital humanitarianism, critical social theory
Burns, Victoria
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Homelessness, aging, housing, home, place, social determinants of health, harm reduction, qualitative research
Butalia, Sonia
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests:
Diabetes, Population Health, Health Services Research, Endocrinology
Cabaj, Jason
Medical Officer of Health
Calgary Zone
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Public health practice, immunization, environmental health, medical education
Cai, Pin
Senior Research Analyst
Health Outcomes
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Data; knowledge synthesis and translation
Caird, Jeff
Professor
Department of Psychology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Human Factors, Patient Safety, Traffic Safety
Projects: Nurses' eye movements during peripheral intravenous catheterization. Decision app for anticoagulant choice in patients with atrial fibrillaion.
Campbell, David
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests/Projects:
Diabetes, Cardiovascular prevention, Social disparities, Innovative models of healthcare delivery, Health policy trials, Social prescribing, Patient engagement, Community-based participatory research, Financial barriers
Campbell, Norm
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Medicine - Physiology and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Hypertension prevention and control, nutrition policy, and public health
Carr, Eloise
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Pain, Health Professionals Pain Education, Mixed Methods, Knowledge Translation, Human-Animal Bond and Chronic Pain, Patient Engagement
Projects include: Companion dog access to public spaces evidence-base and consistency: A policy scoping review.
Casebeer, Ann
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Participatory Health Policy and Decision Making - Evaluation - Networking - Change Processes -Organizational Learning
Castillo, Eliana
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Implementation, Pregnancy, Vaccination, Reproductive Infectious Diseases, Knowledge Dissemination
Cawthorpe, David
Research and Evaluation Coordinator in Psychiatry
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry
Adjunct Associate Professor
International Graduate Medical Education
University Ambrosiana, Italy
Research Interests / Projects:
Child Adolescent Psychiatry Development Population Health Neuroscience
Ceilin, Vivian
Director
Business Operations
Calgary Counselling Centre
vivian.ceilin@calgarycounselling.com
Research Interests / Projects:
Using and creating various health assessment and surveillance mechanisms in order to identify community needs, issues and resources and affect positive change
Chaput, Kathleen
Assistant Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal epidemiology, Mental Health, Addictions, Breastfeeding, Qualitative, Inflammation, Perinatal health services, Infant development, Parenting
Checkley, Sylvia
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Adjunct Professor
Division of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Program Lead
Environmental Prov Lab
Research Interests / Projects:
One Health; Antimicrobial Stewardship, Use and Resistance; Water Quality; Human-Dog interactions; Animal Health and Environmental Surveillance
Chen, Guanmin
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patients Outcomes, Biostatistical Method, Health Research Methodology, Health Administrative Data, Epidemiological Methods
Cheng, Adam
Associate Professor, Simulation Educator and Paediatric Lead
Department of Paediatrics
Director of Research and Development
KidSIM-ASPIRE Simulation Research Program
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Simulation, resuscitation, debriefing, technology, skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cheung, Winson
Professor
Department of Oncology
Provincial Director of Health Services Research
Cancer Control Alberta
Alberta Health Services
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services, outcomes, population, real world, oncology, cancer
Chew, Derek
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Arrhythmia, cardiac implantable electronic devices, economic evaluation, quality indicators, quality care
Projects: Evaluating the economic impact of new cardiovascular technologies to inform health policy and guide sustainable adoption of cardiovascular technology. Identifying health system inefficiencies, such as overuse and underuse of medical resources, and to better understand the economic consequences of variation in care. Assessing how to better optimize care pathways that improve the value proposition of existing therapeutic strategies
Chowdhury, Tanvir Turin
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine
Scholarship Director
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Newcomer health and wellness, integrated knowledge translation, community engagement, primary care access, health and wellness literacy, risk perception
Projects include: Labour market integration of internationally trained health professionals through alternative career pathways.
Churchill, Katie
Senior Practice Lead
Practice Based Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Neuroscience
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Capacity building, clinical research, rehabilitation
Clarke, Ann
Professor
Division of Rheumatology,
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Systemic lupus erythematosus, food allergy, chronic autoimmune and atopic diseases
Clement, Fiona
Department Head and Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Health Technology Assessment Unit
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Policy, pharmaceutical policy, evidence-informed policy development, health economics, economic evaluation
Coffin, Carla
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases
Medical Director
Liver Unit and Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Senior Advisor Global Health
Global Health Office
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Hepatitis B, liver disease, viral hepatitis, HIV co-infection, liver cancer.
Colgan, Simon
Palliative Care Physician
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Vulnerable populations, homelessness, palliative care, end of life care.
Projects: physician lead and founder of CAMPP
Congly, Stephen
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics, health technology assessment, access to care, liver disease, cirrhosis, transplant, policy, resource utilization, equity, liver cancer
Conly, John
Professor
Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Medical Director
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
MRSA infections from a population perspective; policy changes to prevent MRSA infections; epidemiology of antimicrobial prescribing practices within populations; limiting the spread of nosocomial infections within hospitals.
Cooke, Lara
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Head
Section of Neurology
Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, continuing professional development, health services research, Choosing Wisely, Audit and Feedback, quality improvement
Cork, Susan
Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious Diseases and Diagnostics, Wildlife Diseases & Conservation, Veterinary Public Health, One Health and the interaction between humans, animals and the environment
Crabtree, Ann E.
Consulting Physician
Calgary Chronic Pain Centre
Alberta Health Services
Consulting Physician
Prescription Drug Misuse, Health, and Wellness
College of Physician and Surgeons of Alberta
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Crowder, Kathryn
Research Director
Emergency Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency department crowding, substance use disorders, multidisciplinary collaboration
Crowshoe, Chelsea
Director
Indigenous Health Program South
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Aboriginal Health; Cultural Competency/Safety
Crowshoe, Lynden (Lindsay)
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Director
Indigenous Health Program
Cumming School of Medicine
Physician
Elbow River Healing Lodge
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous health, diabetes, chronic disease, dementia, cognition, equity, anti-racism, primary health care and policy, resilience, survivance, health promotion through art and sport, Indigenous health education
Crump, Trafford
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient-reported outcomes, health-related quality of life, preferences, utilities, methods
Crutcher, Rodney
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
medical education, global health
Csizmadi, Ilona
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer. Etiologic roles of nutrition and energy balance in cancer and its risk factors. Prevention programs for energy imbalance, obesity and obesity related risk factors.
Culos-Reed, Nicole
Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Associate Dean (Graduate)
Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical activity, exercise psychology, community outreach, cancer rehabilitation, survivorship, cancer prevention, quality of life, psychosocial oncology, knowledge translation
Cunning, Leslie R.
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Lead Physician
Calgary Rural Primary Care Network
Research Interests / Projects:
Change management/development evaluation
Currie, Gillian
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Paediatrics
Associate Director
Health Economics Research
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics
Currie, Shawn
Director
Adult NW Addiction and Mental Health Services (Calgary Zone)
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health and addictions, concurrent disorders and comorbidity, gambling, mental health in the workplace, chronic pain, sleep disorders, patient experience
Cuthbert, Colleen
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Research, Mixed Methods Research, Patient Oriented Research, Cancer Survivorship, Models of Care
Dalton, Bruce
Clinical Practice Leader
Infectious Diseases
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious diseases, antibiotic utilization, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Daodu, Oluwuatomilayo (Tito)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
healthy equity, surgical safety, health systems, patient-centered care, EDI
Current Projects: Exploring Experiences of Racism by BIPOC Patients and Health Care Providers at a Pediatric Tertiary Care Centre. Improving Health Equity and Patient Empowerment in Surgical Systems: Using mixed methods to leverage old structures and create new tools. Effect of Socioeconomic status in the need for emergency general surgery. Exploring the role of Gender on Surgical Case Cancellation. Gender Differences in Surgical Billing Fees in Canada.
Davachi, Shahnaz
Program Lead
Provincial Strategic Coordination
Primary health Care
Alberta Health Services
Director
Policy and Strategic Partnerships
Provincial Primary Health Care
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Disparities; socio-cultural factors in accessing information and services; Best strategies for primary prevention of chronic illnesses
Davis, Catherine
Consultant
Trauma Informed Care
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health, suicide, social determinants of health
Dayal, Deepak
Administrative Support
Research Urgent Mental Health/Police and Crisis Team
Sheldon Chumir Health Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health, anthropology, medical anthropology, public health, health policy, vulnerable populations, health promotion, psychology
de Koning, Lawrence
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Paediatrics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Biochemist
Calgary Laboratory Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, nutrition, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, biochemical markers, clinical chemistry, statistics, administrative data
Deardon, Rob
Professor
Departments of Production Animal Health and Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious disease modeling and surveillance, Bayesian statistics, biostatistics, computational statistics, data science.
dela Cruz, Aniela
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV/AIDS, STBBIs, Stigma, Health of Newcomers and Immigrants, Health of Indigenous Peoples, Social Determinants of Health, Population and Public Health, Public Health Policy, Community Based Research, Cultural Safety, Intersectionality, Qualitative Methodology, Narrative Inquiry, Applied Research - Program Evaluation.
Delon, Sandra
Director
Chronic Disease Prevention and Oral Health
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic disease prevention, risk factors
Desjardine, Patricia
Practicum Coordinator
Department of Community Health Sciences
Sessional Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Advocacy and education on behalf of children with special needs; Raising public awareness of disability issues for children and their families; Inclusive education; Child Human Rights; Reflective practice.
Desy, Janeve
Clinical Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Assistant Dean, Evaluation and Research
Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
General Internal Medicine Doctor
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Assessment, point of care ultrasound, undergraduate medical education, post graduate medical education, remediation
Devolin, Maureen
Executive Director
Population, Public and Aboriginal Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal Child and Youth, Population Health
Dickinson, James (Jim)
Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surveillance of Influenza, evaluation of vaccine effectiveness. Critical evaluation of screening for cancer, and preventive health care in general. Policy for preventive care, and its application in clinical practice.
Dimitropoulos, Gina
Associate Professor
Departments of Social Work, Paediatrics, and Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Mental Health, Child Welfare, Mental Health and Complex Health Needs, Child Maltreatment, Organization and Delivery of Services, Discrimination and Perception, Outcomes-Based Service Delivery, Eating Disorders, Clinical Practice, Stigma, Transition Through Care, Health System Integration, Organization and Delivery of Service.
Dixon, Elijah
Deputy Head
Department of Surgery
Professor
Departments of Surgery, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Research; Health technology assessment; Quality improvement; Systematic reviews; Clinical epidemiology
Doig, Christopher
Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Internal Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Sepsis, intensive care
Donald, Maoliosa
Implementation Scientist
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Implementation Support Consultant
The Center for Implementation
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient Oriented Research, Knowledge Translation, Implementation Science, mixed-methods, qualitative research, self-management, chronic disease management
Projects include: Characterizing emergency department utilization and perceived avoidability among patients with end-stage kidney disease; and Adapting, implementing, and evaluating MuBubVax in Canada: An intervention to protect every mom and every baby
Donnelly, Tam Truong
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health promotion and disease prevention, multicultural health care, women's health care, breast cancer screening, infectious diseases, mental health, cardiovascular, maternal - child health
Donnon, Tyrone
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Resiliency assessment and development, cognitive and noncognitive assessment and evaluation, medical education teaching and learning in post-secondary settings; use of advanced statistical analysis methods and teaching and assessment strategies in simulation-based research projects; development of measures related to resiliency development.
Donovan, Lois E.
Clinical Professor
Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Medical Director
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Department of Medicine Calgary Zone
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes, Pregnancy, Thyroid, Monogenic Diabetes, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Thyroid in Pregnancy, Epidemiology
Dort, Joseph
Professor
Department of Surgery
Executive Director
Ohlson Research Initiative
Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
Research Interests / Projects:
Head and neck cancer, clinical outcomes, clinical effectiveness, tumour tissue interrogation, bio markers
Dosani, Aliyah
Professor
Department of Health, Community and Education
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Mount Royal University
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population/Public Health; Community Health; Global Health; Maternal, Infant and Child Health; and Social Justice.
Doyle-Baker, Tish
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Preventative Health, Health Promotion, Exercise Interventions, Chronic Disease (special interest in obesity), and Osteoarthritis (special interest in knee injury)
Drolet, Julie
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
International social work; field education; immigration; social protection; disasters; climate change; gender; qualitative research; resilience;
Projects: Training caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable children nationwide in Eswatini.
Drummond, Neil
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Chair
Primary Care Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Care for dementia, primary care research networks, primary care health surveillance, health in vulnerable populations
Dubyk, Alexander-Sandy
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Director
Alberta Academic Health Network
Research Interests / Projects:
Precision health, precision medicine, health policy, primary prevention, secondary prevention, therapeutics, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, pharmacists, pharmacy, entrepreneurship, innovation, commercialization, continuity of patient care, patient transfer
Ducey, Ariel
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical sociology, health care policy, health care work and occupations, political economy, science and technology studies
Duffy, Anne
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Calgary and Queens University
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Co-Director
Mood Disorders Centre of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Research Interests / Projects:
High-risk, mood disorders, psychiatric illness, genetics, risk prediction, psychological and biological markers
Dunbar, Mary
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal stroke, fetal stroke, cerebral palsy, clinical epidemiology
Duttchen, Kaylene
Anesthesiologist
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Anesthesia, lactate, airway, pain
Eagle, Chris
Board Member
Board of Directors
Calgary Health Trust
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health systems design and performance measurement
Edwards, Alun
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Retired
Edwards, Meaghan
Instructor
Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality of Life, Social Support, Informal and Formal Supports, Families, Disability, Mental Health, Mental Health Recovery, Community-Based Research Models, Mixed Methods Research Methodology, Ethics
Edwards, Sarah
Senior Epidemiologist
ICES
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surveillance, health status assessment, epidemiological methods, health equity, smoking cessation, vaccination
Ellaway, Rachel
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Co-Director
Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
Research Interests / Projects:
Health professional education, educational systems, community engagement, health and educational technologies, philosophy of science
Elliott, Charlene
Professor
Department of Communication, Media and Film
Research Chair
Food Policy, Marketing and Children's Health
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Childhood Obesity, impact of food marketing (and food policy) on dietary habits and behaviour. food promotion, food labeling, food regulation, food policy.
Elliott, Meghan
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient engagement, patient-oriented research, chronic kidney disease, qualitative research, knowledge translation
Elton, David
Special Advisor
Max Bell Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Intervention strategies for vulnerable children & families; how the environment influences brain & or child development; early origins of addictive disease; biological basis of behavioural addictions
Emery, Carolyn
Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology and Departments of Community Health Sciences and Paediatrics
Chair
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Injury epidemiology, physiotherapy, sport and recreation, paediatrics, injury prevention, concussion, musculoskeletal injury, rehabilitation, osteoarthritis
Esdaile, John
Adjunct Professor
Department of Medicine
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Scientific Director
Arthritis Research Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, musculoskeletal
Esmail, Rosmin
Provincial Trauma Epidemiologist
Trauma Services
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge translation, health technology assessment, health technology reassessment, quality improvement, patient safety.
Etches, Nicholas
Medical Officer of Health Lead
Provincial Harm Reduction Program
Alberta Health Services
Physician
Metro City Medical Clinic
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality improvement, patient safety and quality management, applied public health
Exner, Derek
Professor
Departments of Cardiac Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Medical Director
IMPACT Clinical Trials Program
University of Calgary
Chief Medical Officer
HelpWear
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical trials, cardiology, epidemiology
Exner-Cortens, Deinera
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Calgary Division
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Adolescent; mental health promotion; school mental health; violence prevention
Projects: Our projects focus on supporting schools and community organizations to promote mental health and prevent violence among adolescents. For more information on our current projects, please visit www.hopelab.ca.
Ezeife, Doreen
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Medical Oncologist
Oncology
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer drug access, cancer drug funding, multi-criteria decision analysis, lung cancer and AI, evolution in clinical endpoints, and NCIC BR34 clinical trial economic evaluation.
Fabreau, Gabriel
Assistant Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Health disparities, quality of care, socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, gender inequities
Falvo, Nick
Research Consultant
Nick Falvo Consulting
Section Editor
Canadian Review of Social Policy
Research Interests / Projects:
Social policy
Faris, Peter
Senior Scientist and Director
Data and Analytics
Health Services Statistical and Analytic Methods
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Study Design, Study Methods, Cardiology, Orthopaedics
Fast, Victoria
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
Geographic Information Science, Participatory Mapping, Volunteered Geographic Information, Spatial Analytics, Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Accessibility Mapping, Active Transit, Digital Injustice in the Smart City
Feasby, Thomas
Professor Emeritus
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, overuse
Projects: Tanzania clinical skills enhancement project and International Guillain-Barre Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOS)
Fenton, Tanis
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Nutrition Research Lead
Nutrition Services
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Growth, child, preterm infant, neonatology
Fenwick, Peter
Managing Director
Fenwick and Associates Inc.
Expert Advisor
INNOVATE Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
health system reform and good governance, innovation adoption, value for money/benefits realization analysis, values-based decision-making, health economics, research commercialization, procurement reform.
Ferrer, Ilyan
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Gerontology; immigration; digital storytelling; intersectionality; life course
Ferri de Barros, Fabio
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Paediatric Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Quality Improvement Lead
Division of Paediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, clinical research, resource allocation, quality of care
Fidler-Benaoudia, Miranda
Research Scientist
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Childhood cancer; adolescent and young adult cancer; survivorship; cancer surveillance; epidemiology; administrative health databases; social inequities
Projects:
Fiest, Kirsten
Director of Research and Innovation
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology; comorbidity; psychiatric conditions; depression; critical care
Fine, Nowell
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Clinical Director
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular, heart failure, diagnostic imaging, clinical outcomes based research, registry research
Finegan, Donal
Anesthesiologist
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality Improvement
Fisher, Dina
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine
Medical Lead
Calgary Tuberculosis Service
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Tuberculosis; Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease
Flemons, Ward
Professor
Department of Medicine
Zone Clinical Section Chief
Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine
Respirologist
Foothills Medical Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, quality improvement, sleep apnea syndromes
Forbes, Nauzer
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Director
Therapeutic Endoscopy Training Program
Calgary Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Research Interests / Projects:
Endoscopy outcomes, health services research, meta-analysis, endoscopy quality, endoscopy education, randomized trials, prospective studies
Forest, Pierre-Gerlier
Director
School of Public Policy
James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair
Public Policy
School of Public Policy
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Sector Reform; Health System Performance; Primary Care Network; Healthcare Financing
Foster, Sheri
Health Promotion Facilitator
Healthy Living
Healthy Children and Families
Alberta Health Services
Provincial Program Coordinator / Project Manager / Research Associate
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Currently redeployed to work on COVID-19 (my 3rd redeployment). Member of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Team working on a preconception health initiative
Freedman, Stephen
Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics
ACHF Professorship in Child Health and Wellness
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dehydration, vomiting, outcomes research, COVID-19.
Friedenreich, Christine
Scientific Director and Division Head
Cancer Research and Analytics
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Cancer Control Alberta
Alberta Health Services
Interim Scientific Director
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Kinesiology, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer epidemiology, observational studies, randomized controlled trials, physical activity, prevention, public health, survivorship
Friesen, Brent
Medical Officer of Health
Safety and Healthy Environment and Tobacco
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental health
Fuller, Christina
Senior Executive Advisor
Planning and Development
City of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging populations, seniors, municipal services, healthy communities, age-friendly cities, built environment, healthy public policy, population health, social sustainability
Gagnon, Michele
President
The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health, in particular intervention research, health policy and policy making processes, global health governance, whole-of-government policy and policy making, knowledge translation, international relations
Ganesh, Aravind
Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Stroke, Dementia, Carotid Disease, Small Vessel Disease, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychiatry, Prevention, Natural history, Epidemiology, Treatment.
Ghali, William
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Executive Co-leader
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Vice-President of Research
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, venous thromboembolic disease. health system innovation for improving patient safety and quality of care.
Ghosh, Sumantra 'Monty'
Physician
Opioid Dependency Program - Alberta Health Services, and The Alex Community Health Centre
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Neurology
University of Alberta
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Psychiatry
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Homelessness, Substance Use Disorders, Addiction, Recovery Oriented Research, Harm Reduction, Hepatitis C, Linkage to Care, Health Inequities , Disaster Medicine. Projects: Cannabis for the Prophylactic Treatment of Migraine, Cirrhosis Care Alberta Program: Pathways to Cirrhosis Treatment
Gibson, Christine
Family Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Executive Director
Global Familymed Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Family medicine, medical education, storytelling and narrative, health equity, global health, mental health and trauma therapy, social innovation and human centred design, community engagement and asset-based community development, participatory-action-research, addictions, refugee health
Gibson, Paul
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynacology
Research Interests / Projects:
Pregnancy, Thrombosis, Hypertension, Cardiac Disease, Medical Education
Gill, John
Professor
Department of Medicine
Medical Director
Alberta HIV Clinic
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV epidemiology, treatments, outcomes and economics
Gilmour, Loreen
Assistant Scientific Director (Interim)
Kidney Health SCN
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Lead
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Vulnerable groups, knowledge transfer
Ginn, Carla
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Resiliency, Low Income, Social Isolation, Mental Health, Addiction, Child and Family Health, FNMI Health
Godley, Jenny
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Social Network Analysis; Demography; Social Determinants of Health; Obesity; Eating Disorders; Reproductive Health; South and Southeast Asia
Goldsworthy, Sandra
Associate Professor
Research Professorship in Simulation Nursing
Faculty of Nursing
sandra.goldsworthy@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Simulation, critical care, interprofessional education, resuscitation, healthy work environments, nurse retention
Goodarzi, Zahra
Assistant Professor
Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Neuropsychiatric symptoms, Diagnostic Accuracy, Depression, Anxiety, Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Health Services Research, Knowledge synthesis, knowledge translation
Goopy, Suzanne Elizabeth
Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Walkability, Newcomers, Public Transit, Healthy Communities, Health Care Professionals, Qualitative research, especially visual and engagement ethnography.
Gotto, Geoffrey
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Surgery and Oncology
Urologic Surgeon
Southern Alberta Institute of Urology
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Outcomes Research; Synoptic reporting initiative in Urology
Goulet, Sharon
Indigenous Relations Strategist
Indigenous Housing
Indigenous Relations Office
City of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous (FN, Metis and Inuit)
Graham, Andrew J.
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Surgery, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Head
Office of Surgical Quality
Throacic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgical Quality Improvement, Electronic Health Record, Adverse Event Reporting
Projects: Improvement In Length of Stay following Lung Resection, Improve discharge prescription of Opioids following Lung Resection
Grant, Christopher
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Physiatrist
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Critical Care
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care Rehabilitation, Trauma Rehabilitation, Patient Outcomes
Gray, Deb
Manager
Mental Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
To promote mental health and to prevent the development of mental illness; to facilitate opportunities for health and mitigate the impact of inequities on health; the impact mental health has on a person's overall well-being; to develop proactive strategies that attempt to address root causes of poor mental health.
Greening, Stacy
Senior Operating Officer
QEII Regional Hospital and Area 9 Operations
Alberta Health Services
Griep, Yannick
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Faculty Member
Stress Research Institute and the Division of Epidemiology
Stockholm University
Research Interests / Projects:
Workplace mistreatment, volunteering, health and well-being, time-sensitive research methods
Grinman, Michelle
Clinical Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine Program
Department of Medicine
Medical Lead
Seniors, Palliative and Continuing Care and Complex Care Hub
Alberta Health Services
General Internal Medicine Specialist
Rockyview General Hospital
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Seniors health, hospital at home, integration of care, vulnerable populations
Projects: Complex Care Hub Program
Hagel, Brent
Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Child and Family Health Research Unit
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Evaluation of the intended and unintended effects of protective equipment use and injury prevention policies, with particular interest in child and adolescent sport and recreational injury prevention.
Hagen, Neil
Professor Emeritus
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer pain; palliative care; neurological oncology; end of life care; knowledge management; advance care planning
Haines, Valerie
Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Connections among characteristics of where people live, the structure and content of their social networks and their health.
Hall, David
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Impact and quantitative measurement of ecosystem health management, the economics of newly emerging infectious diseases, delivery systems for veterinary services, prion diseases in ruminants, and measurement of welfare changes from integrated farming in developing countries.
Hamilton, Douglas
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Telemedicine and technology development
Hanley, David
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Osteoporosis; The epidemiology of osteoporosis; Fracture intervention programs designed to identify patients presenting with osteoporotic fractures
Hardcastle, Lorian
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law and the Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health law, health policy, public health law, hospital and institutional liability, professional regulation, hospital governance, patient safety, professional negligence, long-term care regulation, antimicrobial resistance
Harrison, Alexandra
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient and Family Centred Care; Medical Education; healing partnerships and related capacity building between patients, families and providers; Health Care Organizations - structure, function and leadership.
Harrison, Tyrone
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney disease, perioperative outcomes, administrative health data, person-centred care, Connect Care
Hartley, Rebecca
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, Epidemiology, Health Services Research
Harrop, Robertson (Rob)
Head
Section of Plastic Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
Section Chief
Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Plastic surgery and epidemiologic research in injury and injury prevention; research in process improvement
Harvey, Adrian
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Education, Competency based medical education, Evaluation, Program evaluation, Evaluation, Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal. Projects: 1. Prediction and enhancement of the Cumming School of Medicine’s Undergraduate Medical Education’s student performances. 2. The impact of COVID 19 health care restrictions on the presentation of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism at the time of surgery. 3. Surgical Adrenal Experience: A Provincial Review
Hatfield, Jennifer
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Health and Society Program and Global Health Program
Cumming School of Medicine
Hawe, Penny
Professor
School of Public Health
University of Sydney
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Strengthening the effectiveness of population-level preventive interventions - the theory, methods, economics and ethics
Haywood, Julie
Director
Julie Haywood Consulting Ltd.
Research Interests / Projects:
System transformation, service re-design, improving health outcomes, innovation
Hazlewood, Glen
Associate Professor
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, rheumatology, systematic reviews, guidelines, arthritis
Projects: Systematic review, network meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, patient preferences, clinical practice guidelines, comparative effectiveness research.
Healy, Bonnie
Executive Director
Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre
Chair
First Nations Information Governance Centre
Health Director
Blackfoot Confederacy
Research Interests / Projects:
First Nations
Hecker, Kent
Professor
Departments of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Neuroeducation, educational neurosciences, measurement, assessment
Hebert, Marilynne
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Health Science Information
University of Victoria
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge Transfer: determining the message and delivering the message; applied aspects of e-health and e-learning in health; use of technology in knowledge transfer and knowledge dissemination.
Heitman, Steven
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Medical Director
Forzani & MacPhail Colon Cancer Screening Centre
Alberta Health Services
Hemmelgarn, Brenda
Dean & Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UofA
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Nephrology
Research Interests / Projects:
Use of administrative data for research purposes; access to care in various ethnic groups, and in particular the First Nations population
Henderson, Rita Isabel
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Indigenous Health Dialogue Co-Chair
Group for Research with Indigenous People
Research Interests / Projects:
Youth, Aboriginal, Inter-generational trauma, Canada, Chile
Hendrikse, Jesse
Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Philosophy of Science, Pluralism, Cross-disciplinary Research, Knowledge Translation, Integrated Knowledge Translation, Interactional Expertise, Education
Hergott, Christopher A. (Chris)
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Respirology
Program Director
Interventional Pulmonary Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Associate Professor
Division of Respirology Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
christopher.hergott@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education and simulation, respiratory medicine, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine program
Hewson, Jennifer
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Gerontology, age-friendly communities, social participation and inclusion
Highet, Megan
Applied Research Scientist
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Health Services
Fellow
Health System Improvement Collaborative
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Innovation, Population and Public Health, Cancer Prevention, Integrated Knowledge Translation, Implementation Science, Health System Improvement
Hill, Michael
Professor
Departments of Neuroscience, Community Health Sciences, Medicine, and Radiology
Director
Stroke Unit
Calgary Stroke Program
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Interests: Stroke, Projects: Stroke clinical trials, Stroke epidemiology, Clinical trials methodology
Hilsden, Robert (Bob)
Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Colorectal Cancer, mass screening, colonoscopy
Ho, Chester
Professor and Director
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Medicine
University of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Research Affiliate
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Pressure ulcer and spinal cord injury
Hogan, David
Professor
Geriatric Medicine Program and Departments of Community Health Sciences and Neuroscience
Seniors' Health Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Academic Lead
The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd.
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services for older persons, population therapeutics, gerontechnology, dementia/cognitive impairment, frailty, falls, geriatric medicine
Hollis, Aidan
Professor
Department of Economics
Research Interests / Projects:
Economics, pharmaceuticals, innovation
Projects: One Health, Antibiotics, Rare diseases, Health Impact Fund
Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Deputy Department Head (Academic)
Department of Medicine
Zone Clinical Section Chief
Section of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging and Geriatric Medicine. Translation and dissemination of research evidence/knowledge to improve the quality of care provided to older patients across the continuum of care
Hrycak, Nina
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
(1) Factors related to resilience and positive health outcomes for immigrant and refugee women, children and youth (2)Economic Downtown Risk Assessment
Hu, Jia
Medical Officer of Health
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health policy, pharmaceutical policy, global health, communicable disease research, management consulting
Hu, Liang
Associate Professor
Zhejiang University
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical activity, fitness, psychological well-being, cognitive function
Huq, Jo-Louise
Senior Business Consultant
Early Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Haskayne School of Business
Research Interests
Innovation, organizational change, institutional theory, social innovation, community and citizen engagement, wicked problems, qualitative research, case studies, ethnography
Projects: Healthcare 101 / iKNOW Health
- AHS/MEDTEQ Stroke & Neuroinformatics Beachhead
- AHS/ Alberta Innovates Health Innovation Platform Partnership (HIPP) Pre-commercial engagement platform
Innes, Grant
Health Services Researcher
Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor
Department of Community Health Science
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency, cardiac care, renal colic, health services, access block, emergency overcrowding
Projects: Diagnostic and prognostic value of hydronephrosis
Isaac, Debra
Clinical Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Section Head Transplant Medicine
Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Transplantation, Global Health.
Ismail, Zahinoor
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry, Community Health Sciences, and Neuroscience
Jackson, Jennifer
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Nursing, social determinants of health, resilience, harm reduction, technology, safety, quality improvement, cost-effectiveness of Calgary supervised consumption services, nursing during COVID-19
Jamal, Aamir
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
International Social Development, Gender Justice, Domestic Violence, Children Mental Health in Wars and Conflict affected regions.
James, Matthew
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Nephrology, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, cardiovascular disease
Jaworska, Natalia
Clinical Lecturer
Critical Care Medicne
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care; Delirium; Sedation management.
Jeffries, Julie
Instructor
Faculty of Nursing in Qatar
julie.jeffries@ucalgary.edu.qa
Research Interest / Projects:
Education - eLearning; International learners; Simulation; Qualitative research
Jette, Nathalie
Professor
Departments of Neurology and Population Health Science and Policy
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai University
Associate Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Epilepsy: Administrative data and health surveys, appropriateness of care, health resource use and access to care, comorbidities, behavioural determinants of health, national epilepsy surveillance program.
Ji, Yunqi
Senior Researcher
Planning and Performance
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Machine Learning and Big Data, Statistical Methodology in epidemiological, clinical and public health studies, statistical genetics, statistical consulting, Health service research, Longitudinal data analysis; Survival data analysis
Job McIntosh, Christiane
Assistant Scientific Director
Cardiovascular Health and Stroke SCN
Alberta Health Services
Senior Research Associate
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care, Patient Oriented Research, Mixed Methods, Kinesiology, Sociology, Health and Recreation Policy, Older Adults
Johannson, Kerri
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Respirology
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental justice and clinical outcomes in patients with pulmonary fibrosis; Exposure assessment for hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Genetic testing for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung diseases; Bronchoscopic fluid lavage resident cell populations and cytokines as theragnostic biomarkers for patients with CTD-ILD; Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of IPF; Development of an exposure questionnaire for fibrotic ILD; Occupational and environmental exposures and clinical outcomes in patients with fibrotic ILD; Malignancy risk associated with MMF or AZA therapy in patients with fibrotic ILD.
Johnson, David
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Emergency Medicine
Senior Medical Director
Maternal Newborn Child and Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Management of common childhood respiratory emergencies and ensuring primary health care professionals utilize best evidence in managing these diseases.
Johnson, Delaine
Manager
Promoting Health Equity, Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity, social determinants of health
Johnson, Jessie
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing in Qatar
University of Calgary
jessie.johnson1@ucalgary.edu.qa
Research Interest / Projects:
Interprofessional collaboration, chronic disease management, palliative care, health literacy
Psychometric testing and Arabic Translation of the Palliative Outcome Scale
Nursing perspective of working in palliative care during COVID 19
Assessing health literacy among healthcare providers and patients attending a movement and muscle disorder clinic in Sidra Medicine in Qatar
Johnston, Dave
Senior Evaluation Consultant
Quality and Health Care Improvement/Patient Safety
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, human factors, evaluation, quality improvement, paediatrics, obstetrics, mental health, pregnancy, child development, psychology
Johnston, Cyne
Manager
Knowledge Translation and Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health interventions, parental decision making and patient decision aids, systematic reviews for improving evidence-based practice, Knowledge Translation
Josephson, Colin
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests / Projects:
Epilepsy, epidemiology, big data, machine learning, prediction
Juzwishin, Donald W.M.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health - University of Alberta, School of Health Information - University of Victoria
Research Interests / Projects:
Health technology assessment, health care management, health care informatics, health care finance, accreditation, risk management, evidence based policy making, health care outcomes, health care reform, accountability and performance indicators and knowledge transfer.
Kachra, Rahim
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Director
Teacher Innovation and Internal Medicine Clerkship
Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, the impact of COVID-19 on medical trainees, COVID-19 Interprofessional Challenge, Patient Experience Project
Kaplan, Gilaad (Gil)
Professor
Departments of Gastroenterology and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Global epidemiology of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Burden of IBD in Canada and forecasting the changing epidemiology of IBD in Canada, and Impact of COVID-19 on IBD
Kassam, Aliya
Research Lead
Office of Postgraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Mentorship and Leadership Portfolio Lead
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, patient-centered care, health advocacy, health literacy, social accountability, quality improvement
Keegan, David
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Dean (Faculty Assessment and Development)
Department of Family Medicine
Clinical Co-Director
Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education and leadership
Kellner, James (Jim)
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics, Community Health Sciences, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious diseases research and public health initiatives related to infectious diseases control; clinical care guidelines; setting goals and objectives for vaccine use.
Kelly, Martina
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, Undergraduate education, Embodiment, Sensory learning, Phenomenology, Qualitative research methods. Scaling-up Integrated Harm Reduction Health, Housing, and Social Supports for Inner City Older Adults with Addictions and Mental Health Challenges.
Kembel, Lorena
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Health Systems Evaluation and Evidence
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Workforce research, health systems evaluation, public health, primary care, policy
Kemp, Kyle
Senior Data Manager and Lead
Health System Analytics
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Senior Research Associate
SPOR Patient Engagement Platform
Alberta Innovates
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient experience, survey development, survey data, Triple Aim, acute care, primary care, healthcare utilization, data visualization, associations between patient survey data and other performance measures (e.g. mortality, readmissions, patient safety incidents, etc.).
Kenny, Sarah
Assistant Professor
Faculties of Kinesiology and Arts - School of Creating and Performing Arts (Division of Dance)
Research Interests / Projects:
Injury prevention, pre-season screening, injury surveillance, risk factors, dance
Kerba, Marc
Radiation Oncologist
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Radiation, cancer, health services, palliative care
Khan, Sharaz
Instructor
Business Technologies
Haskayne School of Business
sharaz.khan@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical simulation
Kidd, Monica
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical humanities, child and maternal health, intrapartum care
Kinch, Janice
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Older women's health
King, Regine
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Community mental health; refugee mental health, women's rights; cross-cultural mental health interventions; indigenous knowledges; psychosocial processes of healing, forgiveness and reconciliation; transnational research
Kirkham, Julia
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality of care, quality measurement, dementia, geriatric mental health
Kirkpatrick, Andrew
Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Surgery
andrew.kirkpatrick@albertahealthservices.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Abdominal wall, trauma, general surgery, telemedicine, space medicine, austere environment.
Kiss, Valerie (Val)
Project Coordinator
Health Promotion, Disease and Injury Prevention
Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health inequalities/inequities, project evaluation, framework development for reducing health disparities
Koch, Marcus
Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neuroscience and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Multiple sclerosis, progression, epidemiology, risk factors
Konnert, Candace
Professor
Department of Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging and mental health. Projects: Family-staff conflict in long-term care and Planning for future aging among adults 50+
Kopciuk, Karen
Research Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Oncology, and Community Health Sciences
Foundations Division Lead
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Biostatistics, statistical methodology, survival data analysis methods, metabolomics, missing data, high dimensional data. Projects include: evaluation of cancer screening and outcomes in First Nations people in Alberta and feature selection methods for ordinal response regression models with mixed covariate types
Kortbeek, John
Professor
Departments of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, Critical Care, Triage, Global Health, Simulation, Medical education
Projects: Enhanced surgery protocols and rehabilitation on outcomes defined by National Surgery Quality Improvement Program, Applying artificial intelligence to the performance of meta-analysis on NSQIP outcomes, and Covid ICU Triage protocols.
Krishnamurthy, Ashok
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computing
Mount Royal University
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interests / Projects:
Spatial Epidemiology, Mathematical Modelling, Infectious Diseases, Disease Mapping, Biostatistics
Projects include: Spatiotemporal transmission dynamics of COVID-19
Kusmirski, Maryann
Clinical Quality Improvement Consultant
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Harm reduction (smoking cessation)
Kutz, Susan
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Associate
Arctic Institute of North America and Canadian Circumpolar Institute
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Wildlife parasitology, disease ecology, ecosystem health, arctic ecology, climate change, and community-based disease surveillance
Lagendyk, Laura
Senior Consultant
Knowledge Management
Alberta Health Services
Principal
QuotesWork
Research Interests / Projects:
Qualitative research, evaluation, mixed methods, NVivo training, team-based research, facilitation, interviewing, focus groups. knowledge management
Lahtinen, Markus
Director
Health System Analytics
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health quality indicators, outcome measures, patient and family experience, EQ-5D
Laing, Catherine
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Paediatric oncology, hermeneutics, families, social return on investment in healthcare, innovative health delivery approaches, leadership
Lam, Ngan
Associate Professor
Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney transplantation, Living kidney donors, Health outcomes
Lang, Eddy
Professor and Academic and Clinical Department Head
Department of Emergency Medicine
Scientific Director
Emergency Strategic Clinical Network (ESCN)
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge translation. Emergency Medicine, EBM, ED operations research
Lang, Raynell
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV, Infectious Disease, Epidemiology
Larson, Bonnie
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Global Health Lecturer and Director
Global Health Enhanced Skills Residency Program
Community Engagement, Local and Global
Research Interests / Projects:
Global health, addictions, homelessness, structural vulnerabilities, harm reduction
Lashewicz, Bonnie
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Families, caregiving, siblings, disability, mental health issues, chronic health issues
Lau, Harold
Radiation Oncologist
Alberta Health Services
Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Head and Neck Cancer: Patterns of presentation and associated risk factors; molecular markers that predict for resistance to treatment; screening for psychosocial distress in newly diagnosed patients; quality of life for patients during and after treatment; creation of a survivorship network and care plan for patients.
Lauzon, Matthew (Matt)
Physician Specialist
Internal and Occupational Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Occupational medicine, environmental medicine, workplace health and safety.
Lea-Makenny, Susan
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Family Physician
Dr. Susan Lea-Makenny Clinic
Co-Manager
Homeplace Ranch
Research Interests / Projects:
Environment and Health, Dr. Derrick Thompson Legacy Project
Leal, Jenine
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Scientist
Infection Prevention and Control
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare epidemiology, health economics, infection prevention and control, antimicrobial resistance
Leason, Jennifer
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Archeology
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous, Maternal-Child
LeBlanc, Justin
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Shoulder, Eduction, Simulation, Handover
Leduc, Charles
Professor and Department Head
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical epidemiology, health services research, clinical services delivery
Lee, Chel Hee
Senior Statistician
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interests / Projects:
Imprecise probabilities, uncertainty quantification, statistical computation, metabolomics, performance analysis, biostatistics, R
Projects: Dr. Lee is participating in the research of (1) developing algorithms and metrics in the performance analysis, (2) developing a methodology for the initial dose determination in Phase I clinical trial, and (3) validating the efficiency of learning in medical education.
Lee, Joon
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, mobile health, data-driven decision support, natural language processing, information visualization
Lee, Sonya
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
medical education, women's health, sexual and reproductive health, gender
Lee, Yeonjung
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging-in-place, caregiving, long-term care, aging in poverty
Projects include: Digital Storytelling and Dementia Care for Intergenerational, Racialized and Immigrant Families in Calgary
Lemaire, Jane
Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Wellness Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Director of Wellness
Office of Professionalism, Equity, and Diversity
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Physician wellness, health care provider wellness
Leslie, Myles
Associate Director of Research
School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
COVID-19; Primary Care; Patient Engagement; Healthcare Policy; Quality Improvement
Leung, Alexander
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Endocrinologist
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Hypertension, endocrinology, cardiometabolic disorders, health services research, clinical practice guidelines
Leung, Brenda
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Public Health Program
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Lethbridge
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal mental health, child neurocognitive development, nutrition epidemiology
Lewis, Jacqueline
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, measurement, outcome measures, surveys, physiological measures, administrative datasets, instrument interpretation and standardization, RCTs
Lewis, Steven
President
Access Consulting Ltd.
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Clinical Professor
Department of Community of Health and Epidemiology
University of Saskatchewan
Research Interests / Projects:
Health policy; health care utilization and outcomes; equity; determinants of health; pharmaceutical policy; physician payment mechanisms; scope of practice; quality improvement; regulation and licensure; evaluation; knowledge translation
Projects: Writing series of articles on the COVID-19 pandemic for CBC Saskatchewan
Li, Na
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Faculty Member
Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
Research Interests / Projects:
Operations research in healthcare, biostatistics, statistics, programming and tool developments
Lin, Katie
Associate Research Director
Emergency Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency Medicine, Stroke Medicine, Medical Education, Knowledge Translation, Quality Improvement, Public Health
Lind, Candace
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Adolescents, children, youth voices; social justice; health promotion; mental health promotion; marginalization; PAR; capacity-building; strengths-building
Liu, Mingfu
Senior Research Analyst
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Statistical Methodologies, Epidemiological Studies, Healthcare Utilization
Liu, Ping
Epidemiologist
Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Individualized risk prediction, shared decision making, causal inference, defining and classifying chronic kidney disease.
Lockyer, Jocelyn
Professor Emerita
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Physician assessment, curriculum design and evaluation, performance feedback. Projects: Professional development and R2C2 model; accreditation (UME).
Long, Quan
Assistant Professor
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Research Interests / Projects:
Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Genomics; Computer science
Lorenzetti, Diane
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Health Sciences Library
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge Synthesis, Mentorship; Scoping Reviews; Systematic Reviews. Projects: Exploration of the mental health benefits of peer mentorship in graduate education.
Lorenzetti, Liza
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
transformative learning; feminist research; participatory action research; men's roles in violence prevention; masculinities and well-being; gender-based violence prevention; intersectionality
Projects: Promoting Graduate Student Mental Health Through Peer Mentorship
Lu, Mingshan
Professor
Department of Economics
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
health economics; health care financing; economic evaluation; risk adjustment; global health
Lu, Shuang
Senior Surveillance Analyst
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Biostatistics, cancer prevention, obesity, data analysis
Lysack, Michael (Myshka)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental health
Ma, Christopher
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical trials; epidemiology; inflammatory bowel disease; gastroenterology; research methods
Ma, Irene
Professor
Department of Medicine
Clinical Simulation Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Point of care ultrasound; Medical education; Consensus
MacDonald, Shannon
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics (Cumming School of Medicine) and School of Public Health (University of Alberta)
Research Interests / Projects:
Immunization, vaccines, child health, public health, policy
Macedo, Joseli
Professor
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Urban ecology, urban design, human settlements, international development, design pedagogy.
MacKean, Gail
Health Planning, Evaluation and Research Consultant
Griffith Ridge Group
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Citizen and patient involvement in research, policy and practice improvement; person-centred health care; kind and careful care (ala the Patient Revolution; healthcare quality and safety; organizational and systems change
Malagon, Maria F.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Physician
Alberta Health Services and Carewest Sarcee Regional Community Transition Program
Research Interests / Projects:
Interested in working in projects related to chronic health resource utilization in hospital and in the community.
Malebranche, Mary
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Internal Medicine
General Internist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Social determinants of health, vulnerable populations, refugee and migrant health, addictions, maternal health, women's health, medical complications of pregnancy
Mallinson, Sara
Senior Research Consultant
Health Systems Evidence and Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Qualitative research methods, policy analysis, lay knowledge, social determinants of health, health services research, evaluation.
Projects: Technology in primary care to support older people at risk of frailty, Resources for Employers to support workers with arthritis, joint, and back pain.
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Maloff, Bretta
Retired Senior Provincial Director
Diabetes, Obesity and Nutrition SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Public Participation; Childhood Obesity; Health Promotion application and interventions (e.g. tobacco, school health, nutrition, etc); Capacity building among health professionals
Manji, Karim
Podiatric Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Surgery
Director
Zivot Limb Preservation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetic Foot, Limb salvage, Ulcer prevention
Mannion, Cynthia
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Dietary behaviour (food choices, dietary acculturation, adherence to food recommendations and impact of Public Policy) including the use of vitamin/mineral supplements and effects on health outcomes.
Manns, Braden
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Economic evaluation; costing; quality of life; physician payment model
Projects: The impact of free medications and self management in low income seniors. Patient reported outcomes in people with end-stage renal diseases.
Marahatta, Sujan Babu
Professor
Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences and Nepal Open University
Chair
Health Sciences Subject Committee
Nepal Open University
Research Interests / Projects:
Tuberculosis, respiratory diseases, medical/public health education, health system research
Marlett, Nancy
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER)
Research Interests / Projects:
Health capacity with marginalized populations. Transdisciplinary team options in Services related to Mental Health, Chronic Health, Community Care. Primary health networks.
Marlinga, Jazmin
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Family Physician
Alberta Health Services
Marshall, Deborah
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Scientific Director, Research and Partnership Evaluation and Impact
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Research Interests:
Health economics, Patient preferences, Health services research, Precision health, Patient-oriented research, Assessment of impact, Activities
Marshall, Zack
Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Science and Technology Studies, Research Ethics, Patient and Public Engagement, Community Based Participatory Research, Systematic Reviews, Health and Information Literacy, Gender and Sexuality, Harm Reduction, HIV and Marginalized Populations, Community Mental Health, Science Policy, Peer Research, Access to Health and Social Services, Program Evaluation, Transdisciplinary Collaboration.
Martino, Alan
Instructor
Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability, Gender, Sexualities, Sociology, Critical Disability Studies, Qualitative Research, Inclusive and Participatory Research, Arts-Based Methods
Projects include: The Intimate Lives of LGBTQ2S+ Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities in Alberta; What do Women Labeled with Intellectual Disabilities Think about Feminism(s)?
Mascher, Judith
Project Facilitator
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Early childhood
Massolo, Alessandro
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Pisa, Italy
Adjunct Professor and Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects
Health ecology, zoonotic diseases, Echinococcosis, human-animal interface, wildlife ecology
Maxwell, Colleen
Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Waterloo
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Scientist
Chronic Disease and Pharmacotherapy and Life Stage Programs
ICES
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging; Dementia; Neurological Conditions; Frailty; Pharmacoepidemiology; Multimorbidity; Assisted and Supportive Living; Long-Term Care; Home Care
Projects include: COVID-19 and Caregivers of Assisted living Residents: their Experiences and Support needs, Computer vision for daily monitoring of gait instability to detect an increased risk of falling, and Comorbid cancer in multiple sclerosis
McBrien, Kerry
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary care, chronic disease, health economics, health services research
McCaughey, Deirdre
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality and safety; quality improvement; process improvement; performance/quality measurement; safety culture; care delivery innovation; leadership
McCormack, Gavin
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape and Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Researcher
Faculty of Sport Sciences
Waseda University
Research Interests / Projects:
Projects: Neighbourhood built environment and weight status of adults living in Alberta urban areas, Baseline Community Data for the Vivo Play Project, Evaluation of the Vivo Play Ambassador Program, Distancing Impacts on Sedentariness and Physical Activity in Residential Environments (DISPARE), COVID-19, Perceptions of neighbourhood walkability, bike-ability, livability, health, and vibrancy, “Fit Communities”: Urban design, physical activity, and health-related fitness in adults, Neighbourhood Design and Physical Activity: Generating Evidence to Inform Healthy Public Policies
McDonald, Sheila
Scientist and Acting Director
Research and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Longitudinal analysis, causal inference, maternal-child health, lifecourse epidemiology
McDonald, Terrence
Assistant Clinical Professor Visiting Researcher (CHS)
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Research, High Volume Medical Practice, General Practitioner, Primary Care, Health Outcomes, Physician Payment Models, Billing Cap.
McMorris, Carly
Assistant Professor
Werklund School of Education
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental Health, Pre-/post-natal risks, neurodevelopmental disorders, cumulative risk
McNeil, Deborah
Scientific Director
Maternal Newborn Child and Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal Child Health, Epidemiology, Nursing, Qualitative Research, Knowledge Translation. Current Projects: Scale and spread of Family Integrated Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Community Water Fluoridation
McRae, Andrew
Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Emergency Physician
Calgary Zone
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency Medicine, Health Services Research, Cardiovascular Emergencies
Meadows, Lynn
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Qualitative; determinants of health; health promotion; fragility fractures; public health
Metcalfe, Amy
Associate Professor
Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Community Health Sciences and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Pregnancy, epidemiology, maternal morbidity, health services
Milaney, Katrina
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Theme Lead
Networks of Centres of Excellence
Making the Shift
Research Interests / Projects:
Homelessness, gender, disability, substance use, mental health, policy, social determinants
Minty, Evan
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
General Internist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Machine learning, "Big Data", data mining, EMR, clinical phenotyping, clinical ontology, clinical and gene expression meta-research.
Misfeldt, Renee
Scientific Director
Work Wellness Institute
Assistant Clinical Professor
Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health systems research, profiling and redesign, health services delivery models, health workforce planning, northern/circumpolar health services, global health, health reform, health policy
Projects: Policy Framework for Patient Safety
Mitchell, Ian
Clinical Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Ethics, Paediatrics, Education, RSV infection, advocacy, children with medical complexity
Moncayo, Gwen
Nurse Practitioner and Team Lead
Women's Health Clinic
Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS)
Research Interests / Projects:
Toxic stress/social determinants of health/risk reduction/marginalized maternal-child
Mongeau-Martin, Guillaume
Family Physician
Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Refugee health, refugee screening, tropical medicine
Montgomery, Lori
Medical Leader
Calgary Pain Program
Chronic Pain Centre
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Pain, chronic pain, opioids, addiction, chronic disease management.
Moon, Michele
Team Lead
WellBeing and WorkLife
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Employee Wellbeing, Workplace Health, Resilience, Mental Health
Morelyle, Penny
Senior Strategic Planner
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Early childhood development, prevention of childhood obesity, childhood growth measurement, early learning and care
Mourali, Mehdi
Associate Professor
Haskayne School of Business, Marketing
Research Interests / Projects:
Understanding how people make judgments and decisions in the marketplace.
Mouton, Morgan
Research Associate
Lab 'URBA
Universite Gustave Eiffel
Research Assistant
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Urban infrastructure; socio-spatial justice; health promotion; digital divides; urban political ecology
Mudry, Tanya
Assistant Professor
Werklund School of Education
Research Interests / Projects:
Addiction, Excessive Behaviours, Health Promotion, Mental Health
Murias, Juan
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests / Projects:
Exercise physiology, cardiovascular system, vascular control, aging, exercise training.
Mustata, Stefan
Clinical Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Effects of exercise training and wellness interventions on patients with chronic kidney disease.
Musto, Richard
Retired Medical Officer of Health
Alberta Health Services
Retired Clinical Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services utilization of and planning for marginalized populations; health promotion and disease and injury prevention; health services planning and resource allocation
Myhre, Douglas
Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, distributed, social accountability, postgraduate, undergraduate, preceptor
Naugler, Christopher
Professor
Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Family Medicine
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Section Head
Laboratory Informatics
Calgary Laboratory Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Computer modeling, systems capacity, bioinformatics
Nelson, Alison
Clinical Operations Readiness (CORe) Leader
Surgery and Anesthesia
Connect Care
Alberta Health Services
Provincial Manager
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Surgery SCN
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical Practice Change, Implementation Science/ Impact, Clinical Pathways, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Knowledge Translation
Nelson, Erin
Professor
Faculty of Law
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health law, health policy, healthcare ethics, women's health, reproductive health, access to healthcare, professional regulation, professional negligence, patient safety.
Nerenberg, Kara
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Preeclampsia and cardiovascular diseases. Epidemiology. RCT's. Population Health.
Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto
Associate Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Social network analysis with applications to population level interventions and to infectious diseases; application of statistical techniques in health outcomes driven research; formulating diagnostics for patterns of missing data; consulting and transferring knowledge in biostatistics. Data Mining/statistical learning and functional data analysis.
Ng, Amy
President and Founder
Community Transcultural Support Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Public, community health, education, cancer prevention screening, seniors' health, mother and child health, health policies, ethnicity, health administration, immigrants' health
Ng-Kamstra, Joshua
Clinical Instructor
John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i
Research Interests / Projects:
Health systems, health economics, health equity, critical care, surgery, intra-abdominal sepsis
Nicholas, David
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Children, youth, disability, Social Determinants of Health, transition, navigation, health systems
Projects include: The experience of staff and clients in cross-cultural and spiritual service provision. Intersections of research and practice in Canadian social work field education.
Niebergal, Dennis
Expert Evaluator
Alberta Innovates
President
D. Nierbergal and Associates Inc
Advisor
SPARK at the University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Executive Management, Strategic Planning, Board Governance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Electronic Medical Records, Electronic Health Records, Aging2.0, AAL
Niven, Daniel
Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical care medicine; intensive care medicine; health services research; knowledge translation; implementation science; de-implementation; de-adoption; low-value care; evidence-based practice
Nixon, Lara
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Humanism, relationship-centred care, vulnerable populations, professionalism
Noseworthy, Tom
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Access to scheduled health care services; establishment of national benchmarks for waiting times; appropriateness of care and interventions, as a means of improving demand-side management; use of operations research techniques and simulation modeling to improve supply-side management.
Nowell, Lorelli
Assistant Professor
Department of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Mentorship, professional learning and development, innovation in education
O'Bierne, Maeve
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, family medicine, low risk obstetrics
O'Sullivan, Dylan
Research Scientist
Departments of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Outcomes, Health Services Research, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Precision Oncology
Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth
Graduate Program Director
Department of Community Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychometrics, assessment, evaluation, applied research methods, human development and learning, higher education, competencies, mentorship, psychology, wellness, mental health, leadership, patient safety, clinical decision-making, surgical medical errors, teamwork, and group behaviours.
Oelke, Nelly D.
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary care, primary healthcare, evaluation, interprofessional practice, Aboriginal health, immigrant women's health
Olstad, Dana
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Academic Professor
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Nutrition, Policy, Dietary behaviours, Dietary patterns, Health, Obesity, Socioeconomic inequities, Social determinants of health, Food environments, Health promotion, Public health, Mixed methods
Orenstein, Marla
President
Habitat Health Impact Consulting
Director of the Natural Resources Centre
Canada West Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Impact Assessment, epidemiology, chronic disease
Ori, Elaine
Lecturer
Faculty of Health, Community and Education
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Media, believability, credibility, health, behaviour, health, promotion, physical activity
Orsel, Karin
Professor
Department of Production Animal Health
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, multidisciplinary approaches, Herd health, lameness, One Health, cattle health
Current projects: Producers perceptions of animal health issues
Reduction of antimicrobial use in the beef industry
Osei-Tutu, Kannin
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director
Student Advising and Wellness
Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Wellness, mindfulness, exercise physiology, racial equity in health care, diversity, health systems, artificial intelligence
Osis, Lara
Consultant
Chronic Disease Risk Reduction
Public, Population and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge translation; program evaluation; chronic disease prevention
Projects: Currently redeployed for COVID activities related to Public Health scope. Otherwise leading work on provincial skin cancer reduction framework; supporting physical activity interventions
Page, Stacy
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor
School of Visual Art
Alberta University of the arts
Research Interests / Projects:
Research ethics, consent, biobanking, privacy
Parhar, Ken Kuljit
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Extracorporeal Life Support, Intensive Care Unit
Parsons Leigh, Jeanna
Clinical Research Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Health Administration
Dalhousie University
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Delivery; Knowledge Translation; Patient and Family Centred Care; Qualitative Research Methods; Critical Care Medicine.
Patel, Alka
Director of Health Services Research and Innovation
Provincial Primary Health Care Team
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Co-Leader
Geography of Health and GIS Analysis
Research Interests / Projects:
Geographic Information Systems, Health Services Research, Health Geography
Patten, Scott B.
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychiatry, epidemiology, mood disorders, child and youth mental health
Pendharkar, Sachin
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Respirologist and Sleep Physician
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Access to care for patients with sleep disorders, design and implementation of innovative models of care delivery, strategies to reduce wait times
Peng, Mingkai
Statistician and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Administrative Health Data, EMR, Data mining/machine learning, statistics, data quality
Peters, Cheryl
Research Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Cancer Control Alberta
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Occupational epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; exposure assessment; carcinogen exposure; radiation; health misinformation. Projects include: Spread of health misinformation about COVID-19
Pettit, Jennifer
Dean and Professor
Department of Humanities
Faculty of Arts
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
History
Phillips, Sandy
Manager
Public Health Nursing
Rural Public Health - Rural North
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Providing services and support that best meet the needs of the community in an integrated manner.
Phillips, M. Ann
Senior Consultant
M. Ann Phillips, PhD
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity/health inequities, environmental health, environmental justice, social justice, women's health, genetics, molecular genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, wellness, traditional medicines, global health, aboriginal health
Popeski, Naomi
Assistant Scientific Director
Diabetes, Obesity and Nurition SCN
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrition, Patient centered, Knowledge translation
Potestio, Melissa
Research Analyst
Alberta Health Services
Scientific Director
Population, Public and Indigenous Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population Health; Health Services Research; Patient/Family Centred Care
Poulin, Marc
Professor
Departments of Clinical Neuroscience and Physiology and Pharmacology and Faculty of Kinesiology
Chair in Alzheimer Research
Brenda Strafford Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthy Brain Aging, Vascular Physiology, Exercise, Community Engagement
Premji, Shainur
Senior Analyst
Research and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Pritchard-Kennedy, Andrea
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health and Community Studies
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous health, Indigenous Health Nursing, nursing education, reconciliation, equity, relational learning, patient-centred care, social innovation
Quan, Hude
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
1) issues of methodology in health services research for health researchers, and 2) applied health services research in quality of care and surveillance for policy-makers and health care providers; Surveillance, methodology, administrative databases, data collection, data validity; hypertension incidence, prevalence, management, resource use and outcomes
Quan, May Lynn
Professor
Departments of Surgery, Oncology, and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Breast cancer, health services research, quality of care
Quinn, Robert (Rob)
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Nephrologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical Epidemiology, Dialysis, Chronic kidney disease
Rabi, Doreen M.
Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Departments of Community Health Sciences
Zone Clinical Section Chief
Division of Endocrinology
Endocrinologist and Internist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes. Sex differences in cardiovascular outcomes among patients with diabetes
Rankin, Joanna
Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability Studies, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Simulations, Capstone, Experiential Learning
Ravani, Pietro
Associate Professor
Division of Nephrology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Use of administrative data, observational and experimental study design methods, and analytical issues with epidemiological data
Reilly, Sandra
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Injury Prevention, prevention of intentional and non-intentional injuries to infants and children; crisis nursery and respite care programs; health education strategies; effectiveness and efficiency of post-partum home visits by local public health nurses
Rennert-May, Elissa
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Medicine
Infectious Disease Physician
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Control, Health Economics
Projects: One Health, exploring the implementation of a decolonization protocol for Staphylococcus aureus prior to hip and knee replacement surgeries in Alberta
Restoule, Patti
Public Health Professional
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthy public policy, injury prevention, promoting health equity, build environment and health promotion
Ricento, Thomas
Professor
Werklund School of Education and School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Research Interests / Projects:
Intercultural communication, English as a Second Language
Richmond, John
Assistant Professor in Healthcare Management and Leadership
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health
The University of Sheffield
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI), QI Evaluation Methods, Patient Safety, Health Emergency Management Response to COVID-19
Roach, Pamela
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine
Program Manager
Brain and Mental Health Research Clinic
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Research Interests / Projects:
Dementia; Qualitative Methods; Health Service Research; Indigenous Health; Equity
Projects include: developing anti-racist and Indigenous Health curriculum in the medical school and redefining concepts of professionalism for academic medicine
Robert, Magalie
Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic pain, outcome measures, pelvic pain, urogynecology, women's health, international health
Roberts, Derek
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery and Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, damage control surgery, evidence-based surgery, evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, low-value care, mixed-methods research, peripheral artery disease, trauma care, vascular and endovascular surgery, vascular injury
Rock, Melanie
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Ecosystem and Public Health and Anthropology and Archaeology
Research Interests / Projects:
Anthropology; social work; science and technology studies; urban studies; policy studies; socio-legal studies; population health; social determinants of health; qualitative methodologies
Rogers, Paul
Associate Professor
Schulich School or Engineering and Department Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare Operations Research; Healthcare Operations Management; Healthcare Quality; Healthcare Productivity; Simulation and Modelling; Patient Flow; Waiting Time Reduction
Rogerson, Marianne
Training Coordinator
Pawsitive Match Rescue Organization
Instructor
Continuing Education
Mount Royal Education
Ronksley, Paul
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic disease, multi-morbidity, epidemiology, administrative data, data linkage, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, survey data
Rosenal, Tom
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Advisor
SPARK at the University of Calgary
Director
Arts and Humanities in Healthcare and Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Humanities and Narrative Medicine
Rosol, Marit
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
Geography, urban studies, food systems, food movements, political economy, participation, justice, housing, urban political ecology, governance. Projects include: Four Stories About Food Sovereignty: Transnational Crises and Local Action. Urban Food Initiatives and Alternative Food Networks in a Canadian-German Perspective. Food Activism in Calgary as Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Urban Global North
Ross, Sue
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health Sciences, Family Medicine, and Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Pelvic floor disorders in pregnancy, surgical randomised trials, patient goals of treatment, patient decisions about treatment options, ethics and surgical devices, obstetrical randomised trials
Rothenburger, Jamie
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Wildlife Pathologist
Canadian Wildlife Health Alberta Region
jamie.rothenburger@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Environment, Ecosystem, One Health, Pathology, Rats, Wildlife, Zoonoses
Rudmik, Luke
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Surgery and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, sinusitis, health economics, modeling, cost-effectiveness
Russell, Margaret
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Determinants of Community COVID Transmission: Learning from the Hutterites
Effectiveness of influenza vaccination during pregnancy on laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza among infants under 6 months of age
Russell-Mayhew, Michelle (Schelly)
Werklund Research Professor
Education Psychology
Counselling Psychology
Werklund School of Education
Research Interests / Projects:
body image, embodiment, weight bias, obesity, eating disorders, disordered eating, school wellness, comprehensive school health, health promoting schools
Ruzycki, Shannon
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
General Internist
Alberta Health Services
Assistant Director
Physician Wellness and Vitality
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Diversity, equity and inclusion; perioperative medicine; quality improvement and patient safety
Sabouri, Alireza
Assistant Professor
Haskayne School of Business
alireza.sabouri@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease screening; Emergency department operations;
Saini, Vineet
Lead Scientist
Population and Public Health / Research and Innovation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Production Animal Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Antimicrobial use and resistance, Population Health, Communicable Diseases, Environmental Public Health
Sajobi, Tolulope (Tolu)
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Clinical Neurosciences
Research Interest / Projects:
Biostatistics; patient-reported outcomes; clinical trials; clinical risk prediction
Projects include: Discriminant analysis for multivariate repeated measures data
Salami, Oluwabukola
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
oluwabukola.salami@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Black Peoples Health; Racialized Peoples Health; Immigrant Health; Health Equity; Anti-racism
Samis, Stephen
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Policy, Population Health, Prevention, Public Health, Leadership
Samuel, Susan
Associate Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Paediatrics, nephrology, administrative data, health services research
Samuels, Charles (Chuck)
Medical Director
Centre for Sleep and Human Performance
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Sleep, circadian rhythm, sleep deprivation, sleep disorders, shift work, fatigue, elite athletes, human performance
Sandalack, Beverly
Professor and Co-Director of the Urban Lab
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Urban planning, urban design, urban form, walkability, landscape architecture, hospitality in the city
Santana, Maria Jose
Assistant Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient-centred outcome research, Quality of care, Transitions of care
Sargious, Peter
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Chronic Disease Management Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Creating new bridges between disease management and disease prevention approaches
Saunders, Chad
Assistant Professor
Haskayne School of Business
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine
eHealth Services and Strategy Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare entrepreneurship, commercialization, entrepreneurial support ecosystem, disruptive innovation, academic-industry partnerships, social enterprise, health policy.
Sauro, Khara
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Surgery, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, knowledge translation, implementation science, safety of care, quality improvement, systematic review, administrative data analysis
Schneider, Prism
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Orthopaedic Trauma, Clinical Trials, Outcomes Research
Schock, Melissa
Knowledge Exchange Coordinator
Decision Support Strategies
Alberta Health Services
Seidel, Judy
Scientific Director
Primary Health Care Integration Network
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services integration, health services access, epidemiology, primary health care, primary care.
Projects include: 1. A DiseAse-Inclusive Pathway for Transitions in Care (ADAPT): Alberta Collaborative Pathway for Patients with Complex Chronic Diseases. 2. Home to Hospital to Home Guideline and Measures.
Seitz, Dallas
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
aging, dementia, health services research, knowledge translation, clinical epidemiology
Seow, Cynthia
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), materno-fetal outcomes, pharmacokinetics
Sevcik, Margaret
Senior Project Manager
HOI Fund
Maternal Newborn Child and Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Development/support of fundamental movement skills in preschool age children and how the built environment supports activity safely across the lifespan.
Shack, Lorraine
Program Research Leader
Research and Evaluation Unit
Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Screening
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Director
Cancer Surveillance and Reporting
Cancer Control Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
General Epidemiology; Cancer Epidemiology; Health inequalities; variations in treatment access; Assessment of outcomes ; Handling missing data (multiple imputation); Evaluating large databases; international health systems; co-occurance of cancer and other diseases; survivorship; cancer prevention.
Shaheen, Abdel-Aziz
Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, outcome research, cirrhosis
Shahid, Rizwan
Geographic Information Scientist
Primary Health Care
ARES
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
GIS, Geography, Health Geography, GIS Analysis, Spatial Statistics
Sharma, Krishna
Data Scientist
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services research, discrete event simulation, cost effectiveness analysis
Sharma, Rajrishi
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Sharma, Sangita
Alberta Health Services Chair in Indigenous Health and Professor
Indigenous and Global Health Research
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous health, new Canadian health, maternal health, seniors' health, dietary assessment, nutritional and physical activity community-based interventions to prevent chronic disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes, access and availability of healthcare services, particularly for Indigenous populations and new Canadians, as well as vulnerable populations in Canada, COVID-19 prevention and mitigation with a focus on Arctic Indigenous communities
Shea-Budgell, Melissa
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Strategy and Partnerships Lead
Arnie Charbonnaeu Cancer Institute
melissa.sheabudgell@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Oncology, population health, health services research, clinical practice guidelines, quality improvement, vulnerable populations
Sheehan, Dwayne
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health, Community and Education
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical Literacy, Motor Development, Systematic Observation, Evaluation
Shukalek, Caley
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the General Internal Medicine program
Medical Informatics Lead
CMIO
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV/AIDS, Chronic Disease, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Metabolic disorder incidence and control within persons living with HIV in North America, Disparity of suicide rates by race and HIV-transmission risk-group in persons living with HIV in North America, Primary syphilis PCR test accuracy for anogenital lesions within Alberta
Si, Jim
Senior Analyst
Health Status Assessment
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
health status assessment, vital statistics, population statistics, inpatient and outpatient reports, emergency department reports, public health indicator assessment, community disease reports, H1N1 status reports
Siddiqui, Muhammad
Senior Epidemiologist & Research Scientist
Department of Population Health
Saskatchewan Health Authority
muhammad.siddiqui@saskhealthauthority.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Population Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Research
Sieppert, Jackie
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Elder friendly communities; community collaborations; digital storytelling / narrative research; program planning and evaluation.
Sigal, Ron
Professor
Departments of Cardiac Sciences, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine and Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Exercise, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, randomized trials
Sikdar, Khokan
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Lead
Health Status Assessment, Surveillance and Reporting
Population, Public and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Statistical Methods, Health Service Research, Administrative Health Data, Chronic Disease Surveillance
Silzer, Joan
Research Project Coordinator
Health Promotion, Disease and Injury Prevention
Alberta Health Services
Simon, Jessica
Associate Professor
Departments of Oncology, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine
Division Head
Palliative Medicine
Department of Oncology
Physician Consultant
Advanced Care Planning and Goals of Care
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Advance Care Planning(www.acpcrio.org and www.iCANACP.ca) and Palliative Care (www.pacesproject.ca)
Sinnarajah, Aynharan
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology, Family Medicine, and Community Health Sciences
Palliative Medicine Consultant
Palliative and End of Life Care
Alberta Health Services
Medical Informatics Lead Physician
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Palliative care access and use research, Early palliative care research, Cancer vs Non-cancer palliative care
Sitter, Kathleen
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Adjunct Professor
Division of Community Health and Humanities
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Research Interests / Projects:
Multi-sensory storytelling, digital storytelling, arts-based research, disability research, arts and health
Projects: Preventing teen dating violence through gender-based healthy relationships promotion. Knowledge Translation: The cut of It [A play informed by the research about the experiences of breast cancer patients]
Skeith, Leslie
Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies and Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Smith, Leonard
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Early childhood caries
Smits, Judit
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Ecotoxicology, ecosystem health, arsenic toxicology - human, wildlife toxicology, immunotoxicology, bioindicators, subclinical toxicology, environmental health monitoring
Snedeker, Kate
Surveillance Epidemiologist
Public Health Surveillance
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surveillance, communicable disease; enteric pathogens; public health; food safety; systematic reviews; evidence based medicine/decision making; research methodology; reporting quality (trials and abstracts)
Somayaji, Ranjani
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Interests / Projects:
Outcomes research, Epidemiology, Cystic Fibrosis, Infectious Disease, Wound Healing, Population health, Clinical Research
Sosa, Cristabel
Analyst
Health Public Policy Unit
Research Interests / Projects:
Equity, social determinants of health, health promotion, qualitative research
Spackman, Eldon
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment
Stahl, Lauren
Analyst
Health Public Policy Unit
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity/Inequity, Population Health, Social disparities, healthy public policy, Aboriginal Health, health promotion, health equality/inequality
Stahnisch, Frank W.
Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and History
Adjunct Professor
Department of Classics and Religion
Research Interests / Projects:
History of Medicine; development and contexts of the biomedical research methodology since the 19th Century; interdisciplinary research endeavours in the neurosciences; exchanges between the biomedical research, public health reception and policy making.
Stang, Antonia
Associate Professor
Departments of Pediatrics, Community Health Sciences, and Emergency Medicine
antonia.stang@albertahealthservices.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality improvement, patient safety, performance measurement
Steinke, Carmella
Executive Director
Integrated Quality Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, quality improvement, quality management, patient engagement, safety management, citizen partnership, safety investigations, safety reporting, safety culture
Stelfox, Tom
Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine
Department Head
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Staff Intensivist
Critical Care Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Application of health services research methods to evaluate and improve the quality of health care delivery to critically ill patients.
Stephenson, Flora
Senior Analyst
Data Integration, Measurement and Reporting
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular Health, Stroke, Rehabilitation, Performance Indicators
Stiphout, Michelle
Consultant
Workforce Research and Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health sciences, public administration, policy, organizational sciences, team work, work engagement, Interprofessional care processes, integrated care, implementation science, change management
Strong, David
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Services
Medical Officer of Health
Health Outcomes
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Small area analysis, systems analysis, performance measurement
Tang, Karen
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Physician
General Internal Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Social vulnerabilities, health disparities, health services research, social epidemiology, systematic reviews
Tarraf, Rima
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Health Systems Evaluation and Evidence
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Workforce research, health systems evaluation, public health, seniors care, policy, industrial/organizational psychology. Projects include: Violence towards ED workforce, Correctional Health
Tay, Jason
Hematologist
Department of Medicine
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Transfusion medicine, Hematopoieitic Stem cell transplantation (HSCT), myeloma, clinical trials
Temple-Oberle, Claire
Professor
Departments of Surgery and Oncology
Research Director
Plastic Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Breast, cancer, reconstruction, quality of life, melanoma, outcomes of breast reconstruction, guideline development, in transit melanoma, microsurgical education, body dysmorphia in transgender individuals.
Projects: Piloting A Smartphone Post-Recovery Patient Monitoring App, Effects of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation on Medicosurgical Procedural Skill Acquisition and Retention, Assessing the Impact of Snapshot NIR Technology on Rates of Skin Flap Necrosis in a Surgical Oncology Setting
Thomas, Bejoy
Assistant Professor
Division of Psychosocial Oncology
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychosocial Oncology. Improvement in uptake and utilization of existing resources and reduction of disparity amongst diverse populations. Current research: 1) Why are existing cancer care resources underutilized by the multicultural population? 2) How should the present care delivery model be adapted to meet the unique needs of the multicultural patient? and 3) What moderates disparity in biomedical and psychosocial outcomes in the population subgroups?
Thomas, Ken
Clinical Professor and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Departments of Surgery and Clinical Neurosciences
Research Director
Spine Program
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Spine Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, spine, patient reported outcomes, economic evaluation, health research methods
Thomas, Mary Ann
Associate Professor
Departments of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical genetics, prenatal genetics, dysmorphology, congenital anomalies, birth defects, surveillance program, registry, cytogenetics, medical education.
Thomas, Roger
Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Systematic reviews, meta-analyses; polyharmacy; pharmacogenomics; adverse drug events; preventing smoking by children and adolescents; influenza, vaccine effectiveness, increasing vaccination rates; sports injuries; concussion. Projects: Potentially inappropriate prescribing and potential prescribing omissions among seniors; adverse drug events among seniors; pharmacogenomics of drug metabolism by seniors; rehospitalisation of seniors and costs of rehospitalisation; costs of inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions among seniors in multiple countries.
Thurston, Wilfreda E. (Billie)
Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health promotion, equity, gender, Indigenous, immigrant, violence against women and girls
Projects: Enhanced Assessment Acknowledge Act Effectiveness Trial
Tink, Wendy
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Adverse childhood events, adult health outcomes, neurobiology, post graduate education
Tonelli, Marcello
Senior Associate Dean (Health Research)
Division of Nephrology
Staff Nephrologist
Southern Alberta Renal Program
Alberta Health Services
Director
WHO Collaborating Centre on Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic kidney disease, health services, cardiovascular disease, health policy
Toohey, Ann
Manager, Research and Scientific Programs
Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging-in-place, age-friendly policy, One Health, human-animal relationships, social justice, social inclusion, pets, CLSA
Topps, David
Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Director
Rural Continuing Medical Education
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical informatics
Torry, Angela
Analyst
Health Public Policy Unit
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, chronic disease prevention
Tortorelli, Christina
Assistant Professor
Child Studies and Social Work
Health, Community and Education
Mount Royal University
Executive Manager
Calgary and Area Child and Family Services Authority
Government of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Child welfare, child protection, resilience, children, youth, families, mental health, addiction, FASD, cumulative risk, social work
Projects: the experiences of International Students in Social Work, PhD focus is on the resilience of youth aging out of government care.
Tough, Suzanne
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Scientific Director
Policy Wise for Children and Families
Adjunct Professor
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal, birth and early childhood outcomes, maternal and child health, maternal mental health, preterm birth, infant development, perinatal epidemiology, community based research, and child development.
Treherne, Kerri
Medical Director
The Alex Community Health Centre
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Tremblay, Alain
Professor
Departments of Medicine (Division of Respirology) and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Lung cancer screening, bronchoscopy, pleural effusion
Turner, David
Community Engagement Advisor
Emergency and Disaster Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous Peoples Health - Emergency Disaster Management - Housing homelessness
Projects: Emergency Disaster Management - COVID - 19 and Network Environment Indigenous Peoples Health Research
Turner, Nicholas (Nick)
Professor
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Haskayne School of Business
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychology
nick.turner@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Accidents; injuries; leadership; mental health; occupational health psychology; work design
Twilt, Marinka
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Scientific Director
Clinical Research
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Paediatric Rheumatologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Arthritis, autoinflammation, precision medicine, epidemiology
Tyminski, Sheila
Director
Nutrition Services
Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Develop measurement and evaluation tools that will enable us to measure impact (e.g., in prevention of childhood obesity; nutrition and early childhood development; nutrition and prevention of chronic disease; population level interventions targeting adults/seniors)
Upadhyaya, Deepali
Assistant Professor
Department of Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Midwifery Education, Clinical Preceptorship, Maternal and Newborn Health in Low and Middle Income Countries
ven der Meer, Frank
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Molecular epidemiology, vaccines, influenza, pestivirus
van Marle, Guido
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Director
International Partnerships
Indigenous, Local and Global Health Office
Community Engagement, Local and Global
Co-Director
Biomedical Sciences, BHSc
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV/AIDS, HBV, SARS CoV2/COVID19, Virology, Molecular Diagnostics, Global Health, One Health, Research & Educational Capacity Building, STEM Education
Van Rosendaal, Guido
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, health systems, health policy, internal medicine, gastroenterology
VandenBerg, Stephanie Dawn
Emergency Physician
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Emergency Medicine
vandenberg.stephanie@gmail.com
Research Interests / Projects:
Harm Reduction, Knowledge Translation, Health Equity, Injury Prevention, Patient Centred Care
Violato, Claudio
Professor and Assistant Dean (Assessment and Evaluation)
Medical School
University of Minnesota
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Psychometrics; Cultural, regional and behavioral factors that influence population health
von Ranson, Kristin
Professor
Department of Psychology
Research Interests / Projects
Eating disorders; body image; body dissatisfaction; binge eating; addictive-like eating; food addiction; eating addiction; psychotherapy research-practice gap, evidence-based treatment for eating disorders; weight bias
Projects: Risk factors for eating pathology; Survey of psychotherapy preferences and expectations of mental-health-seeking adults and parents
Waddell, Cameron
Retired Medical Director
Workplace Health and Safety and Accreditation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics at macro level; Healthcare ethics; Healthcare quality and continuous improvement
Wallace, Jean E.
Professor
Department of Sociology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Work-related factors that may positively or negatively affect the well being of health care providers (HCPs) , as well as their coping strategies and support systems
Walsh, Christine
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Vulnerable populations, homelessness, violence across the lifespan, Aboriginal and ethno-cultural populations
Wang, Edwin
Professor
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Medical Genetics; and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Big data, bioinformatics, systems biology
Wang, JianLi
Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychiatric epidemiology in the working population, interventional research in the working population, and mental health literacy and stigma research.
Wasylak, Tracy
Chief Program Officer
Strategic Clinical Networks
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services research, Patient engagement research, Implementation Science
Projects include: Virtual Supervised Consumption
Waters, Nigel
Professor Emeritus
Department of Geography
Adjunct Professor
Civil Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering
Research Interests / Projects:
GIS; Geographic Information Science; Health GIS; Transportation; Epidemiology; Social Media; Microtargeting; Replication and Reproducibility of Research; Spatial Statistics
Projects: Osteoarthritis research
Weatherald, Jason
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Cardiac Sciences, and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Pulmonary hypertension and prognosis
Weaver, Sherry
Senior Instructor and Associate Dean (Undergraduate Program)
Haskayne School of Business
Research Interests / Projects:
healthcare systems modelling, operations management, patient scheduling
Webber, Carmen
Evaluation Specialist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity, program evaluation, applied research
Whelan, Mairead
Epidemiologist/Project Coordinator
Department of Community Health Sciences
White, Debbie
Professor and Dean
Faculty of Nursing
University of Calgary (Qatar)
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety and quality of care, models of care, learning and work environment, organizational practices
Wicklum, Sonja
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Undergraduate Clerkship Director
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Nutrition education, obesity management, rural family medicine, Indigenous health, Planetary health
Wiebe, Samuel
Professor
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Outcomes research, quality of life, clinical epidemiology, prediction algorithms, data science, health services research
Williamson, Tyler
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Associate Director
Centre for Health Informatics
Research Interests / Projects:
Generalized linear models, relative risk, risk difference, big data, electric medical records
Wilson, Warren M.
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Adjunct Associate professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal and child health, growth and development, culture, ethnography, anthropology, low-to-middle income countries, global health, food insecurity
Wilton, Stephen
Associate Professor
Departments of Cardiac Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, health services research, clinical trials, meta-analysis
Wissmann, Andreas
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Interests / Projects:
Startups, medical technology, biotechnology, market research, business development, commercialization
Wolbring, Gregor
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Ability and disability studies; issues of new, emerging and converging sciences and technologies; AI and machine learning; nanotechnology; cognitive sciences; neuromorphic engineering; genetics; synthetic biology; robotics; brain computer interfaces; human enhancement; peace; sports; human security; global health; sustainability studies; conflict studies; ecohealth; climate, water and energy issues; bioethics, neuroethics; AI ethics; community scholar; motivated reasoning; role narrative;
Wood, Stephen
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal epidemiology, Premature labor physiology/pathology, Clinical Trials in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Principle Investigator of a Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial to decrease the primary Cesarean Section Rate.
Wycliffe-Jones, Keith
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, Selection, Assessment, Accreditation
Projects: Validating CFPC Key Features as core competencies for FM EPAs.
Xu, Yuan (Shawn)
Assistant Professor
Department(s) of Oncology, Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Research Interest/Current Projects:
Methodology in Electronic Medical Record Data, Clinical Epidemiology, Health Service Research, Real-world Evidence Study.
Developing methods to leverage multidimensional health data including electronic health data and administrative data to boost the outcome and health service studies, and to generate real-world evidence to support medical decision making at the health-system and point-care levels in cancer care.
Yamamoto, Jennifer
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes, pregnancy, continuous glucose monitoring, technology
Yanchar, Natalie
Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Trauma systems, trauma care, outcomes, pediatric, performance indicators
Projects include: Management of Adolescent injury hospitalizations in Alberta - pediatric versus adult paradigms, and Steering Committee member Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (studies on management of prenatally diagnosed abdominal cysts and lung malformation)
Yang, Lin
Research Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Energy balance, cancer prevention, patient reported outcome, built environment
Yanicki, Sharon
Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Associate
University of Lethbridge
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity/inequity, poverty reduction, social inclusion/exclusion, public health and nursing ethics, mixed methods, realist synthesis and scoping reviews.
Yarema, Mark
Medical Director
Poison and Drug Information Service
Alberta Health Services
Section Chief
Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Acetaminophen, poisoning, antidotes, poison control centres, toxicology
Projects: implementation of pharmacogenomic testing and its impact on cost and hospitalizations for adverse drug events.
Yang, Michael
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences
Research Interests / Projects:
spine surgery, perioperative optimization, enhanced recovery after surgery, personalized med
Projects: 1) Validation of the Calgary Postoperative Pain After Spine Surgery Score; 2) Impact of preoperative insomnia on postoperative pain after spine surgery; 3) Incidence and risk factors for postoperative urinary retention after spine surgery; 3) Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program for spinal surgery on perioperative outcomes.
Zaidi, Mukarram
Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Lecturer
Department of Family Medicine
Clinical Research Advisory Director
Department of Research
Bay River College
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health, anti-racism, public health, primary health care
Zarnke, Kelly
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
pharmacology, health economics, health care delivery, health technology assessment
Zarrabi, Mahmood
Senior Health Economist
Health Technology Assessment and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics, public population health, biostatistics
Zhang, Sharon
Senior Analyst (Epidemiology)
Public Health Innovation and Decision Support
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal health and population health
Zhu, Carina
Instructor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Lethbridge
Research Interests / Projects:
Systematic reviews, cancer screening, harm reduction, addictions, health promotion, community health nursing
Zhu, Haifang
Research Analyst
Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests / Projects:
Study design, project management, primary and secondary data collection, analysis and interpretation, reporting; epidemiology, biostatistics
Zwicker, Jennifer
Director
Health Policy
School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer
Kids Brain Health Network
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability policy for children and youth, social determinants of health, health services research
Member Directory
Abdul-Razzak, Amane
Palliative Care Physician
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Palliative care, advance care planning, mixed methods
Adair, Carol E.
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health services research (especially measurement e.g. PROMS/PREMS), psychiatric epidemiology.
Adams, Cindy
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health, animal welfare, communication skills, social and child welfare, assessment
Adhikari Dahal, Kamala
Scientist
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Population, Public and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
kamala.adhikaridahal@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Population Health and Prevention: maternal and child health; chronic diseases and cancer; mental health
Projects include: 1. Immigration status and cesarean-section in Canada. 2. Data harmonization of two pregnancy cohort studies in Alberta. 3. Barriers and facilitators experienced by immigrants to access primary healthcare in Calgary, Alberta. 4. Vaping patterns in Canadian general population.
Aghajafari, Fariba
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Systematic review, pregnancy, refugee health, health services research
Projects: The COVID-19 Primary Care Integrated Pathway: A Potential Healthy Neighbourhood
Ahmed, Sofia
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Nephrologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney, renal hemodynamics, cardiorenal physiology
Allison, Sandra
Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Adjunct Professor
School of Health Sciences
College of Arts Social and Health Sciences
University of Northern British Columbia
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental Health, Population Health, Community Health, Community Oriented Primary Care, Primary Care
Almekhlafi, Mohammed
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Clinical Neurosciences and Radiology
mohammed.almekhlafi1@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Stroke, endovascular therapy, meta-analysis
Ambasta, Anshula
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Affiliate Faculty
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Aparicio-Ting, Fabiola
Senior Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director for Health and Society
Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours Program
Cumming School of Medicine
Lead for Public Health Education and Capacity Building
Indigenous, Local, and Global Health Office
Research Interest / Projects:
Social epidemiology, public health, global health, educational scholarship
Projects: Quality enhancements and sustainability for the Masters of Public Health. A structured exploration of Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park: Designing an experiential learning activity about Indigenous health.
Arain, Mubashir
Senior Research and Evaluation Consultant
Workforce Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, evaluation, primary health care, patient engagement
Armson, Heather
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Dean
CME and Professional Development
Research Interests / Projects:
Practice change; small group learning in CME, knowledge translation, role of community in learning, commitment-to-change, continuing professional
Arnold, Bruce
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Social Psychology. Collecting end-of-life narratives from hospice and palliative care patients to complement current psychosocial "total pain" and quality of life.
Arvai, Joe
Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise;
Director
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University of Michigan
Research Interests / Projects
Decision science, risk, well being, poverty, development, engagement, environment, climate change
Austen-Wiebe, Val
Senior Provincial Director
Population, Public and Indigenous Health SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety and culture, qualitative research, community health assessment, knowledge exchange, system capacity evaluation
Bagshaw, Sean
Professor and Chair
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Intensive care, acute kidney injury, frailty, vulnerable, ICU organization, randomized trial, health services research, health economics
Bains-Maki, Pam
Registered Nurse
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Global health, public policy
Ball, Chad
Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, trauma, injury, liver, pancreas, biliary, randomized trials, grants, podcast, hemorrhage
Bandali, Farah
Director
Healthy Children and Families
Healthy Living, Population Public and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Best practices in school health promotion
Barber, Claire
Assistant Professor
Division of Rheumatology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Rheumatoid arthritis, quality of care, health services research
Barkema, Herman W.
Professor
Departments of Production Animal Health and Community Health Sciences
Scientific Director
Antimicrobial Resistance - Once Health Consortium
Lead
University of Calgary Biostatistic Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious diseases with animal and public health perspectives, One Health, antimicrobial resistance, inflammatory bowel disease
Barnabe, Cheryl
Associate Professor
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences
Senior Scientist
Arthritis Research Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Rheumatoid arthritis, Aboriginal rheumatic disease epidemiology
Baugh Littlejohns, Lori
Principal consultant
Eddy Turn Consulting and Research
Research Associate
University of Sydney
Research Interests /Projects:
Health promotion action on social determinants of health and inequity; chronic disease prevention, comprehensive primary health care, evaluation of health promotion interventions; public health and health promotion competencies; social sustainability; community participation, intersectoral collaboration
Baylis, Barry
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Executive Co-Leader
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interest / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and reduction, diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, hypertension, lipid disorders, obesity, thrombophillia, and innovation in healthcare
Beall, Reed
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Affiliated Faculty
Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and the Law
Division of Pharmacoepidemiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Research Interests / Projects:
Pharmaceutical policy, Healthcare inequities, Health Policy
Beck, Cynthia
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
cindy.beck@albertahealthservices.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental Health, Health Services, Epidemiology
Beckie, Jo Ann
Director
Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary Care; Primary Care Networks; research and knowledge informed strategic decision making in a systems environment; Utilizing a population health and public health backdrop to inform business planning and optimize primary care resources/strategies/services/approaches.
Benzies, Karen
Professor and Associate Dean Research
Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Research Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Social vulnerability, resilience, parenting, early childhood development, behavioural neuroscience, community-based research
Beran, Tanya
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Prevention, public education, program evaluation
Bergman, June S.
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Family Medicine
Surveyor of Health Systems
Accreditation Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary care, primary care evaluation, chronic disease management, adverse childhood experiences, chronic pain
Project: partnering with Covenant Living to develop a seniors low rental or condo unity.
Bertazzon, Stefania
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Co-Lead
Geography of Health & GIS Analysis Research Group
Research Interests / Projects:
Health geography, spatial analysis, GIS (geographic information science)
Bharwani, Aleem
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Director, Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships
Cumming School of Medicine
Lead for Public Policy
O'Brien Institute Executive Committee
Research Interest / Projects:
Innovation, leadership, strategy, health policy and health management, social policy
Bhindi, Bimal
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Urologist Oncologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney cancer, prostate cancer, clinical outcomes, health services research, prostate cancer screening
Bichel, Allison
Senior Provincial Director
Maternal Newborn Child & Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Bierman, Alex
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental Health, Sleep Problems, Aging, Stress, COVID-19, Population Health, Quantitative Research Methods, Social Psychology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of the Family, and Military Sociology
Projects: 1. The Canadian Quality of Work and Economic Life Study (C-QWELS). 2. Stress and health in the context of aging.
Bijvank, Marco
Assistant Professor
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Haskayne School of Business
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare Operations Management, Supply Chain Management
Billington, Emma
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Department of Medicine
Physician
Dr. David Hanley Osteoporosis Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research interest / Projects:
Osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease, nutrition, health services research, clinical trials
Birdsell, Judy
Board Chair
Imagine Citizens Collaborating for Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge Translation; inter-organizational relationships; organizational strategy and analysis; patient engagement; research policy and management; quality and safety of health care; seniors health; cancer care, child and youth mental health.
Birney, Arden
Project Manager
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Continuing care, patient and family centred care, stakeholder engagement, integrated e-technology in patient care
Black, Amanda
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, knowledge translation, implementation science, injury prevention, sport-related concussion, theory-driven implementation, behaviour change and evaluation.
Blanchard, Ian
Scientist
Emergency Medical Services
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency Medical Services, Paramedic, Ambulance, Prehospital, Projects: Canadian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network (C-SCAN)
Blue, Gwendolyn
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
Public Engagement; Governance of science and technology; Climate change; Genomics; Impact Assessment; Environmental Justice
Bostick, Jason
Health Promotion Facilitator
Healthy Children and Families
Alberta Health Services
Boucher, Paul
Intensivist and Medical Director
Cardiovascular Intensive Care unit
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care, End of Life Care, Public policy
Boulton, Tiffany
Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability; Chronic Illness; Social Determinants of Health; Marginalization; Gender; Mental Health; Qualitative Methods
Projects: Examining Attitudes and Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals in Rehabilitation and Disability Services; Maternity Care and Midwifery Services in Alberta
Bourassa, Cheryl
Executive Director
Emergency Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Impact of disasters / emergencies on vulnerable populations ; Research modeling; capacity for responding to major events; Staff perception of organizational preparedness; incident management capabilities; Behavioural health impacts of emergencies.
Boussat, Bastien
Associate Professor
Public Health Department
Quality of care unit
Faculty of Medicine
Grenoble Alpes University
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research; Clinical epidemiology; Patient safety; Medico-administrative database analysis; Digital health
Projects: Patient safety culture, Patient safety indicator, Communication between acute care and primary care, Clinical epidemiology in traumatology and infectiology, Electronical Discharge Tool assessment
Brennand, Erin
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Women's health ; gynaecology ; health services research; pelvic floor disorders ; clinical trials
Projects: MidUrethral Sling Tensioning (MUST) Trial and Uterine preservation versus hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse surgery
Brenner, Darren
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology and Community Health Sciences
Associate Director of Research
Forzani and MacPhail Colon Cancer Screening Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Outcomes, Prevention Research, Epidemiologic Methods, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Current research projects include: Machine learning applications in cancer prevention, screening and treatment
Brenner, Jennifer
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Medicine
Director
Healthy Child Uganda
Community Engagement - Local and Global
Paediatrician
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Global health, paediatrics and maternal health
Bresee, Lauren
Scientific Advisor
Canadian Agency for Drug and Technology in Health (CADTH)
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health technology assessment
Projects: working with the Scientific Advice, Common Drug Review, and pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review programs. Probiotics to reduce clostridium difficile infection and antibiotic associated diarrhea in hospitalized older adult patients receiving antibiotics. Prescribing higher-priced medicines: Implications for payers, patients, and chronic disease management.
Bridel, William
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Sport sociology; gender, sexuality, and sport; bullying; inclusion; sport policy; sport-related pain and injury; qualitative research methods; poststructuralism. Projects include: A qualitative case study of LGBTQI2S+ inclusion in Canadian skating, Efficacy of painted designs on playgrounds in relation to children's physical activity levels
Brien, Susan
Director of public reporting on health system performance in Ontario
Health Quality Ontario
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Policy, quality reporting, health indicators, scoping reviews
Brierley, Meaghan
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Research Innovation and Analytics
Alberta Health Services
Associate Faculty
Department of Counselling
City University of Seattle in Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Communication; Science, Technology, and Society
Projects: Exploring the care needs of Canadians living with frailty and the role of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transforming primary health care older Canadians.
Briggs, Tom
Executive Director
Measurement and Reporting
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects
Currently conducting applied work for Population Health Observatory Calgary zone. Also a research and evaluation consultant for Chronic Disease Management
Brindle, Mary
Associate Professor and Associate Department Head
Department of Surgery
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
EQuIS (Efficiency Quality and Innovation Safety) Research Platform
Research Interests / Projects:
Neonatal, fetal, population-based outcomes, surgery, diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis
Brockton, Nigel
Director of Research
American Institute for Cancer Research
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer. Molecular epidemiology; role of inflammation in cancer etiology and progression, particularly of the breast, colorectum and head and neck
Brown, Allison
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, quality improvement, patient safety, research methods, innovation, performance analytics
Projects: exploring the impact of the COVID-19 on medical students and residents
Brown, Cary
Professor
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Pain; sleep; KT
Brown, John
Professor and Dean
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging in Place, Vibrant Communities, Spatial Equity, Resiliency
Bruno, Veronica
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Medicine
Neurologist and Movement disorder specialist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects
Global Neurology - Parkinson's disease - Epilepsy - Economic burden of neurological diseases
Buchner, Denise
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Consultant
Impact Consulting Services Ltd.
Research Interests / Projects:
Monitoring and evaluation, research, maternal and child health, global health, international development
Bulloch, Andrew
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects
Psychiatric epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology
Burns, Ryan
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Visiting Scholar
Department of Geography
University of British Columbia
Council member
O'Brien Institute's Early Faculty Council
Research Interests / Projects:
Digital geographies, digital health infrastructure, political-economy, urban GIScience, smart cities, open data, digital humanitarianism, critical social theory
Burns, Victoria
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Homelessness, aging, housing, home, place, social determinants of health, harm reduction, qualitative research
Butalia, Sonia
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests:
Diabetes, Population Health, Health Services Research, Endocrinology
Cabaj, Jason
Medical Officer of Health
Calgary Zone
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Public health practice, immunization, environmental health, medical education
Cai, Pin
Senior Research Analyst
Health Outcomes
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Data; knowledge synthesis and translation
Caird, Jeff
Professor
Department of Psychology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Human Factors, Patient Safety, Traffic Safety
Projects: Nurses' eye movements during peripheral intravenous catheterization. Decision app for anticoagulant choice in patients with atrial fibrillaion.
Campbell, David
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests/Projects:
Diabetes, Cardiovascular prevention, Social disparities, Innovative models of healthcare delivery, Health policy trials, Social prescribing, Patient engagement, Community-based participatory research, Financial barriers
Campbell, Norm
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Medicine - Physiology and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Hypertension prevention and control, nutrition policy, and public health
Carr, Eloise
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Pain, Health Professionals Pain Education, Mixed Methods, Knowledge Translation, Human-Animal Bond and Chronic Pain, Patient Engagement
Projects include: Companion dog access to public spaces evidence-base and consistency: A policy scoping review.
Casebeer, Ann
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Participatory Health Policy and Decision Making - Evaluation - Networking - Change Processes -Organizational Learning
Castillo, Eliana
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Implementation, Pregnancy, Vaccination, Reproductive Infectious Diseases, Knowledge Dissemination
Cawthorpe, David
Research and Evaluation Coordinator in Psychiatry
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry
Adjunct Associate Professor
International Graduate Medical Education
University Ambrosiana, Italy
Research Interests / Projects:
Child Adolescent Psychiatry Development Population Health Neuroscience
Ceilin, Vivian
Director
Business Operations
Calgary Counselling Centre
vivian.ceilin@calgarycounselling.com
Research Interests / Projects:
Using and creating various health assessment and surveillance mechanisms in order to identify community needs, issues and resources and affect positive change
Chaput, Kathleen
Assistant Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal epidemiology, Mental Health, Addictions, Breastfeeding, Qualitative, Inflammation, Perinatal health services, Infant development, Parenting
Checkley, Sylvia
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Adjunct Professor
Division of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Program Lead
Environmental Prov Lab
Research Interests / Projects:
One Health; Antimicrobial Stewardship, Use and Resistance; Water Quality; Human-Dog interactions; Animal Health and Environmental Surveillance
Chen, Guanmin
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patients Outcomes, Biostatistical Method, Health Research Methodology, Health Administrative Data, Epidemiological Methods
Cheng, Adam
Associate Professor, Simulation Educator and Paediatric Lead
Department of Paediatrics
Director of Research and Development
KidSIM-ASPIRE Simulation Research Program
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Simulation, resuscitation, debriefing, technology, skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cheung, Winson
Professor
Department of Oncology
Provincial Director of Health Services Research
Cancer Control Alberta
Alberta Health Services
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services, outcomes, population, real world, oncology, cancer
Chowdhury, Tanvir Turin
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine
Scholarship Director
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Newcomer health and wellness, integrated knowledge translation, community engagement, primary care access, health and wellness literacy, risk perception
Projects include: Labour market integration of internationally trained health professionals through alternative career pathways.
Churchill, Katie
Senior Practice Lead
Practice Based Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Neuroscience
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Capacity building, clinical research, rehabilitation
Clarke, Ann
Professor
Division of Rheumatology,
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Systemic lupus erythematosus, food allergy, chronic autoimmune and atopic diseases
Clement, Fiona
Department Head and Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Health Technology Assessment Unit
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Policy, pharmaceutical policy, evidence-informed policy development, health economics, economic evaluation
Coffin, Carla
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases
Medical Director
Liver Unit and Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Senior Advisor Global Health
Global Health Office
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Hepatitis B, liver disease, viral hepatitis, HIV co-infection, liver cancer.
Colgan, Simon
Palliative Care Physician
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Vulnerable populations, homelessness, palliative care, end of life care.
Projects: physician lead and founder of CAMPP
Congly, Stephen
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics, health technology assessment, access to care, liver disease, cirrhosis, transplant, policy, resource utilization, equity, liver cancer
Conly, John
Professor
Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Medical Director
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
MRSA infections from a population perspective; policy changes to prevent MRSA infections; epidemiology of antimicrobial prescribing practices within populations; limiting the spread of nosocomial infections within hospitals.
Cooke, Lara
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Head
Section of Neurology
Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, continuing professional development, health services research, Choosing Wisely, Audit and Feedback, quality improvement
Cork, Susan
Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious Diseases and Diagnostics, Wildlife Diseases & Conservation, Veterinary Public Health, One Health and the interaction between humans, animals and the environment
Crabtree, Ann E.
Consulting Physician
Calgary Chronic Pain Centre
Alberta Health Services
Consulting Physician
Prescription Drug Misuse, Health, and Wellness
College of Physician and Surgeons of Alberta
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Crowshoe, Chelsea
Director
Indigenous Health Program South
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Aboriginal Health; Cultural Competency/Safety
Crowshoe, Lynden (Lindsay)
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Director
Indigenous Health Program
Cumming School of Medicine
Physician
Elbow River Healing Lodge
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous health, diabetes, chronic disease, dementia, cognition, equity, anti-racism, primary health care and policy, resilience, survivance, health promotion through art and sport, Indigenous health education
Crump, Trafford
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient-reported outcomes, health-related quality of life, preferences, utilities, methods
Crutcher, Rodney
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
medical education, global health
Csizmadi, Ilona
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer. Etiologic roles of nutrition and energy balance in cancer and its risk factors. Prevention programs for energy imbalance, obesity and obesity related risk factors.
Culos-Reed, Nicole
Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Associate Dean (Graduate)
Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical activity, exercise psychology, community outreach, cancer rehabilitation, survivorship, cancer prevention, quality of life, psychosocial oncology, knowledge translation
Cunning, Leslie R.
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Lead Physician
Calgary Rural Primary Care Network
Research Interests / Projects:
Change management/development evaluation
Currie, Gillian
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Paediatrics
Associate Director
Health Economics Research
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics
Currie, Shawn
Director
Adult NW Addiction and Mental Health Services (Calgary Zone)
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health and addictions, concurrent disorders and comorbidity, gambling, mental health in the workplace, chronic pain, sleep disorders, patient experience
Cuthbert, Colleen
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Research, Mixed Methods Research, Patient Oriented Research, Cancer Survivorship, Models of Care
Dalton, Bruce
Clinical Practice Leader
Infectious Diseases
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious diseases, antibiotic utilization, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Davachi, Shahnaz
Program Lead
Provincial Strategic Coordination
Primary health Care
Alberta Health Services
Director
Policy and Strategic Partnerships
Provincial Primary Health Care
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Disparities; socio-cultural factors in accessing information and services; Best strategies for primary prevention of chronic illnesses
Davis, Catherine
Consultant
Trauma Informed Care
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health, suicide, social determinants of health
Dayal, Deepak
Administrative Support
Research Urgent Mental Health/Police and Crisis Team
Sheldon Chumir Health Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health, anthropology, medical anthropology, public health, health policy, vulnerable populations, health promotion, psychology
de Koning, Lawrence
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Paediatrics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Biochemist
Calgary Laboratory Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, nutrition, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, biochemical markers, clinical chemistry, statistics, administrative data
Deardon, Rob
Professor
Departments of Production Animal Health and Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious disease modeling and surveillance, Bayesian statistics, biostatistics, computational statistics, data science.
dela Cruz, Aniela
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV/AIDS, STBBIs, Stigma, Health of Newcomers and Immigrants, Health of Indigenous Peoples, Social Determinants of Health, Population and Public Health, Public Health Policy, Community Based Research, Cultural Safety, Intersectionality, Qualitative Methodology, Narrative Inquiry, Applied Research - Program Evaluation.
Delon, Sandra
Director
Chronic Disease Prevention and Oral Health
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic disease prevention, risk factors
Desjardine, Patricia
Practicum Coordinator
Department of Community Health Sciences
Sessional Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Advocacy and education on behalf of children with special needs; Raising public awareness of disability issues for children and their families; Inclusive education; Child Human Rights; Reflective practice.
Desy, Janeve
Clinical Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Assistant Dean, Evaluation and Research
Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
General Internal Medicine Doctor
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Assessment, point of care ultrasound, undergraduate medical education, post graduate medical education, remediation
Devolin, Maureen
Executive Director
Population, Public and Aboriginal Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal Child and Youth, Population Health
Dickinson, James (Jim)
Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surveillance of Influenza, evaluation of vaccine effectiveness. Critical evaluation of screening for cancer, and preventive health care in general. Policy for preventive care, and its application in clinical practice.
Dimitropoulos, Gina
Associate Professor
Departments of Social Work, Paediatrics, and Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Mental Health, Child Welfare, Mental Health and Complex Health Needs, Child Maltreatment, Organization and Delivery of Services, Discrimination and Perception, Outcomes-Based Service Delivery, Eating Disorders, Clinical Practice, Stigma, Transition Through Care, Health System Integration, Organization and Delivery of Service.
Dixon, Elijah
Deputy Head
Department of Surgery
Professor
Departments of Surgery, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Research; Health technology assessment; Quality improvement; Systematic reviews; Clinical epidemiology
Doig, Christopher
Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Internal Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Sepsis, intensive care
Donald, Maoliosa
Implementation Scientist
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Implementation Support Consultant
The Center for Implementation
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient Oriented Research, Knowledge Translation, Implementation Science, mixed-methods, qualitative research, self-management, chronic disease management
Projects include: Characterizing emergency department utilization and perceived avoidability among patients with end-stage kidney disease; and Adapting, implementing, and evaluating MuBubVax in Canada: An intervention to protect every mom and every baby
Donnelly, Tam Truong
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health promotion and disease prevention, multicultural health care, women's health care, breast cancer screening, infectious diseases, mental health, cardiovascular, maternal - child health
Donnon, Tyrone
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Resiliency assessment and development, cognitive and noncognitive assessment and evaluation, medical education teaching and learning in post-secondary settings; use of advanced statistical analysis methods and teaching and assessment strategies in simulation-based research projects; development of measures related to resiliency development.
Donovan, Lois E.
Clinical Professor
Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Medical Director
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Department of Medicine Calgary Zone
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes, Pregnancy, Thyroid, Monogenic Diabetes, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Thyroid in Pregnancy, Epidemiology
Dort, Joseph
Professor
Department of Surgery
Executive Director
Ohlson Research Initiative
Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
Research Interests / Projects:
Head and neck cancer, clinical outcomes, clinical effectiveness, tumour tissue interrogation, bio markers
Dosani, Aliyah
Professor
Department of Health, Community and Education
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Mount Royal University
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population/Public Health; Community Health; Global Health; Maternal, Infant and Child Health; and Social Justice.
Doyle-Baker, Tish
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Preventative Health, Health Promotion, Exercise Interventions, Chronic Disease (special interest in obesity), and Osteoarthritis (special interest in knee injury)
Drolet, Julie
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
International social work; field education; immigration; social protection; disasters; climate change; gender; qualitative research; resilience;
Projects: Training caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable children nationwide in Eswatini.
Drummond, Neil
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Chair
Primary Care Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Care for dementia, primary care research networks, primary care health surveillance, health in vulnerable populations
Dubyk, Alexander-Sandy
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Director
Alberta Academic Health Network
Research Interests / Projects:
Precision health, precision medicine, health policy, primary prevention, secondary prevention, therapeutics, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, pharmacists, pharmacy, entrepreneurship, innovation, commercialization, continuity of patient care, patient transfer
Ducey, Ariel
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical sociology, health care policy, health care work and occupations, political economy, science and technology studies
Duffy, Anne
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Calgary and Queens University
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Co-Director
Mood Disorders Centre of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Research Interests / Projects:
High-risk, mood disorders, psychiatric illness, genetics, risk prediction, psychological and biological markers
Duttchen, Kaylene
Anesthesiologist
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Anesthesia, lactate, airway, pain
Eagle, Chris
Board Member
Board of Directors
Calgary Health Trust
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health systems design and performance measurement
Edwards, Alun
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Retired
Edwards, Meaghan
Instructor
Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality of Life, Social Support, Informal and Formal Supports, Families, Disability, Mental Health, Mental Health Recovery, Community-Based Research Models, Mixed Methods Research Methodology, Ethics
Edwards, Sarah
Senior Epidemiologist
ICES
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surveillance, health status assessment, epidemiological methods, health equity, smoking cessation, vaccination
Ellaway, Rachel
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Co-Director
Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
Research Interests / Projects:
Health professional education, educational systems, community engagement, health and educational technologies, philosophy of science
Elliott, Charlene
Professor
Department of Communication, Media and Film
Research Chair
Food Policy, Marketing and Children's Health
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Childhood Obesity, impact of food marketing (and food policy) on dietary habits and behaviour. food promotion, food labeling, food regulation, food policy.
Elliott, Meghan
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient engagement, patient-oriented research, chronic kidney disease, qualitative research, knowledge translation
Elton, David
Special Advisor
Max Bell Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Intervention strategies for vulnerable children & families; how the environment influences brain & or child development; early origins of addictive disease; biological basis of behavioural addictions
Emery, Carolyn
Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology and Departments of Community Health Sciences and Paediatrics
Chair
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Injury epidemiology, physiotherapy, sport and recreation, paediatrics, injury prevention, concussion, musculoskeletal injury, rehabilitation, osteoarthritis
Esdaile, John
Adjunct Professor
Department of Medicine
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Scientific Director
Arthritis Research Canada
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, musculoskeletal
Esmail, Rosmin
Provincial Trauma Epidemiologist
Trauma Services
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge translation, health technology assessment, health technology reassessment, quality improvement, patient safety.
Etches, Nicholas
Medical Officer of Health Lead
Provincial Harm Reduction Program
Alberta Health Services
Physician
Metro City Medical Clinic
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality improvement, patient safety and quality management, applied public health
Exner, Derek
Professor
Departments of Cardiac Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Medical Director
IMPACT Clinical Trials Program
University of Calgary
Chief Medical Officer
HelpWear
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical trials, cardiology, epidemiology
Exner-Cortens, Deinera
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Calgary Division
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Adolescent; mental health promotion; school mental health; violence prevention
Projects: Our projects focus on supporting schools and community organizations to promote mental health and prevent violence among adolescents. For more information on our current projects, please visit www.hopelab.ca.
Ezeife, Doreen
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Medical Oncologist
Oncology
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer drug access, cancer drug funding, multi-criteria decision analysis, lung cancer and AI, evolution in clinical endpoints, and NCIC BR34 clinical trial economic evaluation.
Fabreau, Gabriel
Assistant Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Health disparities, quality of care, socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, gender inequities
Falvo, Nick
Research Consultant
Nick Falvo Consulting
Section Editor
Canadian Review of Social Policy
Research Interests / Projects:
Social policy
Faris, Peter
Senior Scientist and Director
Data and Analytics
Health Services Statistical and Analytic Methods
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Study Design, Study Methods, Cardiology, Orthopaedics
Fast, Victoria
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
Geographic Information Science, Participatory Mapping, Volunteered Geographic Information, Spatial Analytics, Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Accessibility Mapping, Active Transit, Digital Injustice in the Smart City
Feasby, Thomas
Professor Emeritus
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, overuse
Projects: Tanzania clinical skills enhancement project and International Guillain-Barre Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOS)
Fenton, Tanis
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Nutrition Research Lead
Nutrition Services
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Growth, child, preterm infant, neonatology
Fenwick, Peter
Managing Director
Fenwick and Associates Inc.
Expert Advisor
INNOVATE Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
health system reform and good governance, innovation adoption, value for money/benefits realization analysis, values-based decision-making, health economics, research commercialization, procurement reform.
Ferrer, Ilyan
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Gerontology; immigration; digital storytelling; intersectionality; life course
Ferri de Barros, Fabio
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Paediatric Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Quality Improvement Lead
Division of Paediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, clinical research, resource allocation, quality of care
Fidler-Benaoudia, Miranda
Research Scientist
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Childhood cancer; adolescent and young adult cancer; survivorship; cancer surveillance; epidemiology; administrative health databases; social inequities
Projects:
Fiest, Kirsten
Director of Research and Innovation
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology; comorbidity; psychiatric conditions; depression; critical care
Fine, Nowell
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Clinical Director
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular, heart failure, diagnostic imaging, clinical outcomes based research, registry research
Finegan, Donal
Anesthesiologist
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality Improvement
Fisher, Dina
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine
Medical Lead
Calgary Tuberculosis Service
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Tuberculosis; Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease
Flemons, Ward
Professor
Department of Medicine
Zone Clinical Section Chief
Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine
Respirologist
Foothills Medical Centre
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, quality improvement, sleep apnea syndromes
Forbes, Nauzer
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Director
Therapeutic Endoscopy Training Program
Calgary Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Research Interests / Projects:
Endoscopy outcomes, health services research, meta-analysis, endoscopy quality, endoscopy education, randomized trials, prospective studies
Forest, Pierre-Gerlier
Director
School of Public Policy
James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair
Public Policy
School of Public Policy
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Sector Reform; Health System Performance; Primary Care Network; Healthcare Financing
Foster, Sheri
Health Promotion Facilitator
Healthy Living
Healthy Children and Families
Alberta Health Services
Provincial Program Coordinator / Project Manager / Research Associate
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Currently redeployed to work on COVID-19 (my 3rd redeployment). Member of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Team working on a preconception health initiative
Freedman, Stephen
Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics
ACHF Professorship in Child Health and Wellness
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dehydration, vomiting, outcomes research, COVID-19.
Friedenreich, Christine
Scientific Director and Division Head
Cancer Research and Analytics
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Cancer Control Alberta
Alberta Health Services
Interim Scientific Director
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Kinesiology, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer epidemiology, observational studies, randomized controlled trials, physical activity, prevention, public health, survivorship
Friesen, Brent
Medical Officer of Health
Safety and Healthy Environment and Tobacco
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental health
Fuller, Christina
Senior Executive Advisor
Planning and Development
City of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging populations, seniors, municipal services, healthy communities, age-friendly cities, built environment, healthy public policy, population health, social sustainability
Gagnon, Michele
President
The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health, in particular intervention research, health policy and policy making processes, global health governance, whole-of-government policy and policy making, knowledge translation, international relations
Ghali, William
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Executive Co-leader
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Vice-President of Research
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, venous thromboembolic disease. health system innovation for improving patient safety and quality of care.
Ghosh, Sumantra 'Monty'
Physician
Opioid Dependency Program - Alberta Health Services, and The Alex Community Health Centre
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Neurology
University of Alberta
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Psychiatry
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Homelessness, Substance Use Disorders, Addiction, Recovery Oriented Research, Harm Reduction, Hepatitis C, Linkage to Care, Health Inequities , Disaster Medicine. Projects: Cannabis for the Prophylactic Treatment of Migraine, Cirrhosis Care Alberta Program: Pathways to Cirrhosis Treatment
Gibson, Christine
Family Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Executive Director
Global Familymed Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Family medicine, medical education, storytelling and narrative, health equity, global health, mental health and trauma therapy, social innovation and human centred design, community engagement and asset-based community development, participatory-action-research, addictions, refugee health
Gibson, Paul
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynacology
Research Interests / Projects:
Pregnancy, Thrombosis, Hypertension, Cardiac Disease, Medical Education
Gill, John
Professor
Department of Medicine
Medical Director
Alberta HIV Clinic
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV epidemiology, treatments, outcomes and economics
Gilmour, Loreen
Assistant Scientific Director (Interim)
Kidney Health SCN
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Lead
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Vulnerable groups, knowledge transfer
Ginn, Carla
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Resiliency, Low Income, Social Isolation, Mental Health, Addiction, Child and Family Health, FNMI Health
Godley, Jenny
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Social Network Analysis; Demography; Social Determinants of Health; Obesity; Eating Disorders; Reproductive Health; South and Southeast Asia
Goldsworthy, Sandra
Associate Professor
Research Professorship in Simulation Nursing
Faculty of Nursing
sandra.goldsworthy@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Simulation, critical care, interprofessional education, resuscitation, healthy work environments, nurse retention
Goodarzi, Zahra
Assistant Professor
Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Neuropsychiatric symptoms, Diagnostic Accuracy, Depression, Anxiety, Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Health Services Research, Knowledge synthesis, knowledge translation
Goopy, Suzanne Elizabeth
Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Walkability, Newcomers, Public Transit, Healthy Communities, Health Care Professionals, Qualitative research, especially visual and engagement ethnography.
Gotto, Geoffrey
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Surgery and Oncology
Urologic Surgeon
Southern Alberta Institute of Urology
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Outcomes Research; Synoptic reporting initiative in Urology
Goulet, Sharon
Indigenous Relations Strategist
Indigenous Housing
Indigenous Relations Office
City of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous (FN, Metis and Inuit)
Graham, Andrew J.
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Surgery, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Head
Office of Surgical Quality
Throacic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgical Quality Improvement, Electronic Health Record, Adverse Event Reporting
Projects: Improvement In Length of Stay following Lung Resection, Improve discharge prescription of Opioids following Lung Resection
Grant, Christopher
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Physiatrist
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Critical Care
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care Rehabilitation, Trauma Rehabilitation, Patient Outcomes
Gray, Deb
Manager
Mental Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
To promote mental health and to prevent the development of mental illness; to facilitate opportunities for health and mitigate the impact of inequities on health; the impact mental health has on a person's overall well-being; to develop proactive strategies that attempt to address root causes of poor mental health.
Greening, Stacy
Senior Operating Officer
QEII Regional Hospital and Area 9 Operations
Alberta Health Services
Griep, Yannick
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Faculty Member
Stress Research Institute and the Division of Epidemiology
Stockholm University
Research Interests / Projects:
Workplace mistreatment, volunteering, health and well-being, time-sensitive research methods
Grinman, Michelle
Clinical Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine Program
Department of Medicine
Medical Lead
Seniors, Palliative and Continuing Care and Complex Care Hub
Alberta Health Services
General Internal Medicine Specialist
Rockyview General Hospital
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Seniors health, hospital at home, integration of care, vulnerable populations
Projects: Complex Care Hub Program
Hagel, Brent
Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Child and Family Health Research Unit
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Evaluation of the intended and unintended effects of protective equipment use and injury prevention policies, with particular interest in child and adolescent sport and recreational injury prevention.
Hagen, Neil
Professor Emeritus
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Cancer pain; palliative care; neurological oncology; end of life care; knowledge management; advance care planning
Haines, Valerie
Professor
Department of Sociology
Research Interests / Projects:
Connections among characteristics of where people live, the structure and content of their social networks and their health.
Hall, David
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Impact and quantitative measurement of ecosystem health management, the economics of newly emerging infectious diseases, delivery systems for veterinary services, prion diseases in ruminants, and measurement of welfare changes from integrated farming in developing countries.
Hamilton, Douglas
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Telemedicine and technology development
Hanley, David
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Osteoporosis; The epidemiology of osteoporosis; Fracture intervention programs designed to identify patients presenting with osteoporotic fractures
Hardcastle, Lorian
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law and the Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health law, health policy, public health law, hospital and institutional liability, professional regulation, hospital governance, patient safety, professional negligence, long-term care regulation, antimicrobial resistance
Harrison, Alexandra
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient and Family Centred Care; Medical Education; healing partnerships and related capacity building between patients, families and providers; Health Care Organizations - structure, function and leadership.
Harrop, Robertson (Rob)
Head
Section of Plastic Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
Section Chief
Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Plastic surgery and epidemiologic research in injury and injury prevention; research in process improvement
Hatfield, Jennifer
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Health and Society Program and Global Health Program
Cumming School of Medicine
Hawe, Penny
Professor
School of Public Health
University of Sydney
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Strengthening the effectiveness of population-level preventive interventions - the theory, methods, economics and ethics
Haywood, Julie
Director
Julie Haywood Consulting Ltd.
Research Interests / Projects:
System transformation, service re-design, improving health outcomes, innovation
Hazlewood, Glen
Associate Professor
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, rheumatology, systematic reviews, guidelines, arthritis
Projects: Systematic review, network meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, patient preferences, clinical practice guidelines, comparative effectiveness research.
Healy, Bonnie
Executive Director
Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre
Chair
First Nations Information Governance Centre
Health Director
Blackfoot Confederacy
Research Interests / Projects:
First Nations
Hebert, Marilynne
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Health Science Information
University of Victoria
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge Transfer: determining the message and delivering the message; applied aspects of e-health and e-learning in health; use of technology in knowledge transfer and knowledge dissemination.
Hecker, Kent
Professor
Departments of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Neuroeducation, educational neurosciences, measurement, assessment
Heitman, Steven
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Medical Director
Forzani & MacPhail Colon Cancer Screening Centre
Alberta Health Services
Hemmelgarn, Brenda
Dean & Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UofA
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Nephrology
Research Interests / Projects:
Use of administrative data for research purposes; access to care in various ethnic groups, and in particular the First Nations population
Henderson, Rita Isabel
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Indigenous Health Dialogue Co-Chair
Group for Research with Indigenous People
Research Interests / Projects:
Youth, Aboriginal, Inter-generational trauma, Canada, Chile
Hendrikse, Jesse
Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Philosophy of Science, Pluralism, Cross-disciplinary Research, Knowledge Translation, Integrated Knowledge Translation, Interactional Expertise, Education
Hergott, Christopher A. (Chris)
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Respirology
Program Director
Interventional Pulmonary Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Associate Professor
Division of Respirology Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
christopher.hergott@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education and simulation, respiratory medicine, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine program
Hewson, Jennifer
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Gerontology, age-friendly communities, social participation and inclusion
Highet, Megan
Applied Research Scientist
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Health Services
Fellow
Health System Improvement Collaborative
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Innovation, Population and Public Health, Cancer Prevention, Integrated Knowledge Translation, Implementation Science, Health System Improvement
Hill, Michael
Professor
Departments of Neuroscience, Community Health Sciences, Medicine, and Radiology
Director
Stroke Unit
Calgary Stroke Program
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Interests: Stroke, Projects: Stroke clinical trials, Stroke epidemiology, Clinical trials methodology
Hilsden, Robert (Bob)
Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Colorectal Cancer, mass screening, colonoscopy
Ho, Chester
Professor and Director
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Medicine
University of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Research Affiliate
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Pressure ulcer and spinal cord injury
Hogan, David
Professor
Geriatric Medicine Program and Departments of Community Health Sciences and Neuroscience
Seniors' Health Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Academic Lead
The Brenda Strafford Foundation Ltd.
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services for older persons, population therapeutics, gerontechnology, dementia/cognitive impairment, frailty, falls, geriatric medicine
Hollis, Aidan
Professor
Department of Economics
Research Interests / Projects:
Economics, pharmaceuticals, innovation
Projects: One Health, Antibiotics, Rare diseases, Health Impact Fund
Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Deputy Department Head (Academic)
Department of Medicine
Zone Clinical Section Chief
Section of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging and Geriatric Medicine. Translation and dissemination of research evidence/knowledge to improve the quality of care provided to older patients across the continuum of care
Hrycak, Nina
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
(1) Factors related to resilience and positive health outcomes for immigrant and refugee women, children and youth (2)Economic Downtown Risk Assessment
Hu, Jia
Medical Officer of Health
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health policy, pharmaceutical policy, global health, communicable disease research, management consulting
Hu, Liang
Associate Professor
Zhejiang University
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical activity, fitness, psychological well-being, cognitive function
Hughson, E. Anne
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Violence and disability, parenting with a developmental disability, family advocacy/ leadership development, inclusive education, ethics of inclusion and caring, social program evaluation research, mental health supports for individuals with disabilities and complex needs, professional education in community and disability field, community capacity building, individual and collective advocacy, social movements, human service systems innovation
Huq, Jo-Louise
Senior Business Consultant
Early Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Haskayne School of Business
Research Interests
Innovation, organizational change, institutional theory, social innovation, community and citizen engagement, wicked problems, qualitative research, case studies, ethnography
Projects: Healthcare 101 / iKNOW Health
- AHS/MEDTEQ Stroke & Neuroinformatics Beachhead
- AHS/ Alberta Innovates Health Innovation Platform Partnership (HIPP) Pre-commercial engagement platform
Innes, Grant
Health Services Researcher
Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor
Department of Community Health Science
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency, cardiac care, renal colic, health services, access block, emergency overcrowding
Projects: Diagnostic and prognostic value of hydronephrosis
Ismail, Zahinoor
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry, Community Health Sciences, and Neuroscience
Jackson, Jennifer
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Nursing, social determinants of health, resilience, harm reduction, technology, safety, quality improvement, cost-effectiveness of Calgary supervised consumption services, nursing during COVID-19
Jamal, Aamir
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
International Social Development, Gender Justice, Domestic Violence, Children Mental Health in Wars and Conflict affected regions.
James, Matthew
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Nephrology, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, cardiovascular disease
Jeffries, Julie
Instructor
Faculty of Nursing in Qatar
julie.jeffries@ucalgary.edu.qa
Research Interest / Projects:
Education - eLearning; International learners; Simulation; Qualitative research
Jette, Nathalie
Professor
Departments of Neurology and Population Health Science and Policy
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai University
Associate Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Epilepsy: Administrative data and health surveys, appropriateness of care, health resource use and access to care, comorbidities, behavioural determinants of health, national epilepsy surveillance program.
Ji, Yunqi
Senior Researcher
Planning and Performance
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Machine Learning and Big Data, Statistical Methodology in epidemiological, clinical and public health studies, statistical genetics, statistical consulting, Health service research, Longitudinal data analysis; Survival data analysis
Job McIntosh, Christiane
Assistant Scientific Director
Cardiovascular Health and Stroke SCN
Alberta Health Services
Senior Research Associate
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical Care, Patient Oriented Research, Mixed Methods, Kinesiology, Sociology, Health and Recreation Policy, Older Adults
Johannson, Kerri
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Respirology
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental justice and clinical outcomes in patients with pulmonary fibrosis; Exposure assessment for hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Genetic testing for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung diseases; Bronchoscopic fluid lavage resident cell populations and cytokines as theragnostic biomarkers for patients with CTD-ILD; Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of IPF; Development of an exposure questionnaire for fibrotic ILD; Occupational and environmental exposures and clinical outcomes in patients with fibrotic ILD; Malignancy risk associated with MMF or AZA therapy in patients with fibrotic ILD.
Johnson, David
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Emergency Medicine
Senior Medical Director
Maternal Newborn Child and Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Management of common childhood respiratory emergencies and ensuring primary health care professionals utilize best evidence in managing these diseases.
Johnson, Delaine
Manager
Promoting Health Equity, Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity, social determinants of health
Johnson, Jessie
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing in Qatar
University of Calgary
jessie.johnson1@ucalgary.edu.qa
Research Interest / Projects:
Interprofessional collaboration, chronic disease management, palliative care, health literacy
Psychometric testing and Arabic Translation of the Palliative Outcome Scale
Nursing perspective of working in palliative care during COVID 19
Assessing health literacy among healthcare providers and patients attending a movement and muscle disorder clinic in Sidra Medicine in Qatar
Johnston, Dave
Senior Evaluation Consultant
Quality and Health Care Improvement/Patient Safety
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, human factors, evaluation, quality improvement, paediatrics, obstetrics, mental health, pregnancy, child development, psychology
Johnston, Cyne
Manager
Knowledge Translation and Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health interventions, parental decision making and patient decision aids, systematic reviews for improving evidence-based practice, Knowledge Translation
Josephson, Colin
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests / Projects:
Epilepsy, epidemiology, big data, machine learning, prediction
Juzwishin, Donald W.M.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health - University of Alberta, School of Health Information - University of Victoria
Research Interests / Projects:
Health technology assessment, health care management, health care informatics, health care finance, accreditation, risk management, evidence based policy making, health care outcomes, health care reform, accountability and performance indicators and knowledge transfer.
Kachra, Rahim
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Director
Teacher Innovation and Internal Medicine Clerkship
Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, the impact of COVID-19 on medical trainees, COVID-19 Interprofessional Challenge, Patient Experience Project
Kaplan, Gilaad (Gil)
Professor
Departments of Gastroenterology and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Global epidemiology of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Burden of IBD in Canada and forecasting the changing epidemiology of IBD in Canada, and Impact of COVID-19 on IBD
Kassam, Aliya
Research Lead
Office of Postgraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Mentorship and Leadership Portfolio Lead
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, patient-centered care, health advocacy, health literacy, social accountability, quality improvement
Keegan, David
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Dean (Faculty Assessment and Development)
Department of Family Medicine
Clinical Co-Director
Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education and leadership
Kellner, James (Jim)
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics, Community Health Sciences, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Interests / Projects:
Infectious diseases research and public health initiatives related to infectious diseases control; clinical care guidelines; setting goals and objectives for vaccine use.
Kelly, Martina
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, Undergraduate education, Embodiment, Sensory learning, Phenomenology, Qualitative research methods. Scaling-up Integrated Harm Reduction Health, Housing, and Social Supports for Inner City Older Adults with Addictions and Mental Health Challenges.
Kembel, Lorena
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Health Systems Evaluation and Evidence
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Workforce research, health systems evaluation, public health, primary care, policy
Kemp, Kyle
Senior Data Manager and Lead
Health System Analytics
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Senior Research Associate
SPOR Patient Engagement Platform
Alberta Innovates
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient experience, survey development, survey data, Triple Aim, acute care, primary care, healthcare utilization, data visualization, associations between patient survey data and other performance measures (e.g. mortality, readmissions, patient safety incidents, etc.).
Kenny, Sarah
Assistant Professor
Faculties of Kinesiology and Arts - School of Creating and Performing Arts (Division of Dance)
Research Interests / Projects:
Injury prevention, pre-season screening, injury surveillance, risk factors, dance
Kerba, Marc
Radiation Oncologist
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Radiation, cancer, health services, palliative care
Khan, Sharaz
Instructor
Business Technologies
Haskayne School of Business
sharaz.khan@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical simulation
Kidd, Monica
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical humanities, child and maternal health, intrapartum care
Kinch, Janice
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Older women's health
King, Regine
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Community mental health; refugee mental health, women's rights; cross-cultural mental health interventions; indigenous knowledges; psychosocial processes of healing, forgiveness and reconciliation; transnational research
Kirkham, Julia
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality of care, quality measurement, dementia, geriatric mental health
Kiss, Valerie (Val)
Project Coordinator
Health Promotion, Disease and Injury Prevention
Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health inequalities/inequities, project evaluation, framework development for reducing health disparities
Koch, Marcus
Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neuroscience and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Multiple sclerosis, progression, epidemiology, risk factors
Konnert, Candace
Professor
Department of Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging and mental health. Projects: Family-staff conflict in long-term care and Planning for future aging among adults 50+
Kopciuk, Karen
Research Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Oncology, and Community Health Sciences
Foundations Division Lead
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Biostatistics, statistical methodology, survival data analysis methods, metabolomics, missing data, high dimensional data. Projects include: evaluation of cancer screening and outcomes in First Nations people in Alberta and feature selection methods for ordinal response regression models with mixed covariate types
Kortbeek, John
Professor
Departments of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, Critical Care, Triage, Global Health, Simulation, Medical education
Projects: Enhanced surgery protocols and rehabilitation on outcomes defined by National Surgery Quality Improvement Program, Applying artificial intelligence to the performance of meta-analysis on NSQIP outcomes, and Covid ICU Triage protocols.
Krishnamurthy, Ashok
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computing
Mount Royal University
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interests / Projects:
Spatial Epidemiology, Mathematical Modelling, Infectious Diseases, Disease Mapping, Biostatistics
Projects include: Spatiotemporal transmission dynamics of COVID-19
Kusmirski, Maryann
Clinical Quality Improvement Consultant
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Harm reduction (smoking cessation)
Kutz, Susan
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Associate
Arctic Institute of North America and Canadian Circumpolar Institute
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Wildlife parasitology, disease ecology, ecosystem health, arctic ecology, climate change, and community-based disease surveillance
Lagendyk, Laura
Senior Consultant
Knowledge Management
Alberta Health Services
Principal
QuotesWork
Research Interests / Projects:
Qualitative research, evaluation, mixed methods, NVivo training, team-based research, facilitation, interviewing, focus groups. knowledge management
Lahtinen, Markus
Director
Health System Analytics
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health quality indicators, outcome measures, patient and family experience, EQ-5D
Laing, Catherine
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Paediatric oncology, hermeneutics, families, social return on investment in healthcare, innovative health delivery approaches, leadership
Lam, Ngan
Associate Professor
Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Kidney transplantation, Living kidney donors, Health outcomes
Lang, Eddy
Professor and Academic and Clinical Department Head
Department of Emergency Medicine
Scientific Director
Emergency Strategic Clinical Network (ESCN)
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge translation. Emergency Medicine, EBM, ED operations research
Larson, Bonnie
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Global Health Lecturer and Director
Global Health Enhanced Skills Residency Program
Community Engagement, Local and Global
Research Interests / Projects:
Global health, addictions, homelessness, structural vulnerabilities, harm reduction
Lashewicz, Bonnie
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Families, caregiving, siblings, disability, mental health issues, chronic health issues
Lau, Harold
Radiation Oncologist
Alberta Health Services
Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Head and Neck Cancer: Patterns of presentation and associated risk factors; molecular markers that predict for resistance to treatment; screening for psychosocial distress in newly diagnosed patients; quality of life for patients during and after treatment; creation of a survivorship network and care plan for patients.
Lauzon, Matthew (Matt)
Physician Specialist
Internal and Occupational Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Occupational medicine, environmental medicine, workplace health and safety.
Lea-Makenny, Susan
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Family Physician
Dr. Susan Lea-Makenny Clinic
Co-Manager
Homeplace Ranch
Research Interests / Projects:
Environment and Health, Dr. Derrick Thompson Legacy Project
Leal, Jenine
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Scientist
Infection Prevention and Control
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare epidemiology, health economics, infection prevention and control, antimicrobial resistance
LeBlanc, Justin
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Shoulder, Eduction, Simulation, Handover
Leduc, Charles
Professor and Department Head
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical epidemiology, health services research, clinical services delivery
Lee, Chel Hee
Senior Statistician
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interests / Projects:
Imprecise probabilities, uncertainty quantification, statistical computation, metabolomics, performance analysis, biostatistics, R
Projects: Dr. Lee is participating in the research of (1) developing algorithms and metrics in the performance analysis, (2) developing a methodology for the initial dose determination in Phase I clinical trial, and (3) validating the efficiency of learning in medical education.
Lee, Joon
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Cardiac Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, mobile health, data-driven decision support, natural language processing, information visualization
Lee, Sonya
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
medical education, women's health, sexual and reproductive health, gender
Lee, Yeonjung
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging-in-place, caregiving, long-term care, aging in poverty
Projects include: Digital Storytelling and Dementia Care for Intergenerational, Racialized and Immigrant Families in Calgary
Lemaire, Jane
Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Wellness Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Director of Wellness
Office of Professionalism, Equity, and Diversity
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Physician wellness, health care provider wellness
Leslie, Myles
Associate Director of Research
School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
COVID-19; Primary Care; Patient Engagement; Healthcare Policy; Quality Improvement
Leung, Alexander
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Endocrinologist
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Hypertension, endocrinology, cardiometabolic disorders, health services research, clinical practice guidelines
Leung, Brenda
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Public Health Program
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Lethbridge
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal mental health, child neurocognitive development, nutrition epidemiology
Lewis, Jacqueline
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, measurement, outcome measures, surveys, physiological measures, administrative datasets, instrument interpretation and standardization, RCTs
Lewis, Steven
President
Access Consulting Ltd.
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Clinical Professor
Department of Community of Health and Epidemiology
University of Saskatchewan
Research Interests / Projects:
Health policy; health care utilization and outcomes; equity; determinants of health; pharmaceutical policy; physician payment mechanisms; scope of practice; quality improvement; regulation and licensure; evaluation; knowledge translation
Projects: Writing series of articles on the COVID-19 pandemic for CBC Saskatchewan
Li, Na
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Faculty Member
Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
Research Interests / Projects:
Operations research in healthcare, biostatistics, statistics, programming and tool developments
Lin, Katie
Associate Research Director
Emergency Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency Medicine, Stroke Medicine, Medical Education, Knowledge Translation, Quality Improvement, Public Health
Lind, Candace
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Adolescents, children, youth voices; social justice; health promotion; mental health promotion; marginalization; PAR; capacity-building; strengths-building
Liu, Mingfu
Senior Research Analyst
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Statistical Methodologies, Epidemiological Studies, Healthcare Utilization
Lockyer, Jocelyn
Professor Emerita
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Physician assessment, curriculum design and evaluation, performance feedback. Projects: Professional development and R2C2 model; accreditation (UME).
Long, Quan
Assistant Professor
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Research Interests / Projects:
Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Genomics; Computer science
Lorenzetti, Diane
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Health Sciences Library
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge Synthesis, Mentorship; Scoping Reviews; Systematic Reviews. Projects: Exploration of the mental health benefits of peer mentorship in graduate education.
Lorenzetti, Liza
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
transformative learning; feminist research; participatory action research; men's roles in violence prevention; masculinities and well-being; gender-based violence prevention; intersectionality
Projects: Promoting Graduate Student Mental Health Through Peer Mentorship
Lu, Mingshan
Professor
Department of Economics
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
health economics; health care financing; economic evaluation; risk adjustment; global health
Lu, Shuang
Senior Surveillance Analyst
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Biostatistics, cancer prevention, obesity, data analysis
Lysack, Michael (Myshka)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Environmental health
Ma, Christopher
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical trials; epidemiology; inflammatory bowel disease; gastroenterology; research methods
Ma, Irene
Professor
Department of Medicine
Clinical Simulation Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Point of care ultrasound; Medical education; Consensus
MacDonald, Shannon
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics (Cumming School of Medicine) and School of Public Health (University of Alberta)
Research Interests / Projects:
Immunization, vaccines, child health, public health, policy
MacKean, Gail
Health Planning, Evaluation and Research Consultant
Griffith Ridge Group
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Citizen and patient involvement in research, policy and practice improvement; person-centred health care; kind and careful care (ala the Patient Revolution; healthcare quality and safety; organizational and systems change
Malagon, Maria F.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Physician
Alberta Health Services and Carewest Sarcee Regional Community Transition Program
Research Interests / Projects:
Interested in working in projects related to chronic health resource utilization in hospital and in the community.
Malebranche, Mary
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Internal Medicine
General Internist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Social determinants of health, vulnerable populations, refugee and migrant health, addictions, maternal health, women's health, medical complications of pregnancy
Mallinson, Sara
Senior Research Consultant
Health Systems Evidence and Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Qualitative research methods, policy analysis, lay knowledge, social determinants of health, health services research, evaluation.
Projects: Technology in primary care to support older people at risk of frailty, Resources for Employers to support workers with arthritis, joint, and back pain.
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Maloff, Bretta
Retired Senior Provincial Director
Diabetes, Obesity and Nutrition SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Public Participation; Childhood Obesity; Health Promotion application and interventions (e.g. tobacco, school health, nutrition, etc); Capacity building among health professionals
Manji, Karim
Podiatric Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Surgery
Director
Zivot Limb Preservation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetic Foot, Limb salvage, Ulcer prevention
Mannion, Cynthia
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Dietary behaviour (food choices, dietary acculturation, adherence to food recommendations and impact of Public Policy) including the use of vitamin/mineral supplements and effects on health outcomes.
Manns, Braden
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Economic evaluation; costing; quality of life; physician payment model
Projects: The impact of free medications and self management in low income seniors. Patient reported outcomes in people with end-stage renal diseases.
Marahatta, Sujan Babu
Professor
Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences and Nepal Open University
Chair
Health Sciences Subject Committee
Nepal Open University
Research Interests / Projects:
Tuberculosis, respiratory diseases, medical/public health education, health system research
Marlett, Nancy
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Director
Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER)
Research Interests / Projects:
Health capacity with marginalized populations. Transdisciplinary team options in Services related to Mental Health, Chronic Health, Community Care. Primary health networks.
Marlinga, Jazmin
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Family Physician
Alberta Health Services
Marshall, Deborah
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Scientific Director, Research and Partnership Evaluation and Impact
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Research Interests:
Health economics, Patient preferences, Health services research, Precision health, Patient-oriented research, Assessment of impact, Activities
Martino, Alan
Instructor
Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability, Gender, Sexualities, Sociology, Critical Disability Studies, Qualitative Research, Inclusive and Participatory Research, Arts-Based Methods
Projects include: The Intimate Lives of LGBTQ2S+ Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities in Alberta; What do Women Labeled with Intellectual Disabilities Think about Feminism(s)?
Mascher, Judith
Project Facilitator
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Early childhood
Massolo, Alessandro
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Pisa, Italy
Adjunct Professor and Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects
Health ecology, zoonotic diseases, Echinococcosis, human-animal interface, wildlife ecology
Maxwell, Colleen
Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Waterloo
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Scientist
Chronic Disease and Pharmacotherapy and Life Stage Programs
ICES
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging; Dementia; Neurological Conditions; Frailty; Pharmacoepidemiology; Multimorbidity; Assisted and Supportive Living; Long-Term Care; Home Care
Projects include: COVID-19 and Caregivers of Assisted living Residents: their Experiences and Support needs, Computer vision for daily monitoring of gait instability to detect an increased risk of falling, and Comorbid cancer in multiple sclerosis
McBrien, Kerry
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary care, chronic disease, health economics, health services research
McCaughey, Deirdre
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Quality and safety; quality improvement; process improvement; performance/quality measurement; safety culture; care delivery innovation; leadership
McCormack, Gavin
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape and Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Researcher
Faculty of Sport Sciences
Waseda University
Research Interests / Projects:
Projects: Neighbourhood built environment and weight status of adults living in Alberta urban areas, Baseline Community Data for the Vivo Play Project, Evaluation of the Vivo Play Ambassador Program, Distancing Impacts on Sedentariness and Physical Activity in Residential Environments (DISPARE), COVID-19, Perceptions of neighbourhood walkability, bike-ability, livability, health, and vibrancy, “Fit Communities”: Urban design, physical activity, and health-related fitness in adults, Neighbourhood Design and Physical Activity: Generating Evidence to Inform Healthy Public Policies
McDonald, Sheila
Scientist and Acting Director
Research and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Longitudinal analysis, causal inference, maternal-child health, lifecourse epidemiology
McDonald, Terrence
Assistant Clinical Professor Visiting Researcher (CHS)
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Research, High Volume Medical Practice, General Practitioner, Primary Care, Health Outcomes, Physician Payment Models, Billing Cap.
McDonough, Meghan
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical activity; social relationships and support; motivation and behaviour change; psychological well-being; coping and adaptation to adversity; posttraumatic growth; self-perceptions; aging; vulnerable populations; quality of life
McIntyre, Lynn
Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
My research is focused upon hunger and food insecurity issues, both domestically and in lower and middle income settings.
McLaren, Lindsay
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health; public health; public policy; social and political determinants of health
Projects: Community water fluoridation and oral health
McMillan, Jacqueline
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Geriatric Medicine, Frailty, Dementia, Cognitive Impairment, HIV, Aging
McMorris, Carly
Assistant Professor
Werklund School of Education
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental Health, Pre-/post-natal risks, neurodevelopmental disorders, cumulative risk
McNeil, Deborah
Scientific Director
Maternal Newborn Child and Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal Child Health, Epidemiology, Nursing, Qualitative Research, Knowledge Translation. Current Projects: Scale and spread of Family Integrated Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Community Water Fluoridation
McRae, Andrew
Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Emergency Physician
Calgary Zone
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Emergency Medicine, Health Services Research, Cardiovascular Emergencies
Meadows, Lynn
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Qualitative; determinants of health; health promotion; fragility fractures; public health
Metcalfe, Amy
Associate Professor
Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Community Health Sciences and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Pregnancy, epidemiology, maternal morbidity, health services
Milaney, Katrina
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Theme Lead
Networks of Centres of Excellence
Making the Shift
Research Interests / Projects:
Homelessness, gender, disability, substance use, mental health, policy, social determinants
Minty, Evan
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
General Internist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Machine learning, "Big Data", data mining, EMR, clinical phenotyping, clinical ontology, clinical and gene expression meta-research.
Misfeldt, Renee
Scientific Director
Work Wellness Institute
Assistant Clinical Professor
Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Health systems research, profiling and redesign, health services delivery models, health workforce planning, northern/circumpolar health services, global health, health reform, health policy
Projects: Policy Framework for Patient Safety
Mitchell, Ian
Clinical Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Ethics, Paediatrics, Education, RSV infection, advocacy, children with medical complexity
Moncayo, Gwen
Nurse Practitioner and Team Lead
Women's Health Clinic
Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS)
Research Interests / Projects:
Toxic stress/social determinants of health/risk reduction/marginalized maternal-child
Mongeau-Martin, Guillaume
Family Physician
Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Refugee health, refugee screening, tropical medicine
Montgomery, Lori
Medical Leader
Calgary Pain Program
Chronic Pain Centre
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Pain, chronic pain, opioids, addiction, chronic disease management.
Moon, Michele
Team Lead
WellBeing and WorkLife
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Employee Wellbeing, Workplace Health, Resilience, Mental Health
Morelyle, Penny
Senior Strategic Planner
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Early childhood development, prevention of childhood obesity, childhood growth measurement, early learning and care
Mouton, Morgan
Research Associate
Lab 'URBA
Universite Gustave Eiffel
Research Assistant
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Urban infrastructure; socio-spatial justice; health promotion; digital divides; urban political ecology
Mudry, Tanya
Assistant Professor
Werklund School of Education
Research Interests / Projects:
Addiction, Excessive Behaviours, Health Promotion, Mental Health
Murias, Juan
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests / Projects:
Exercise physiology, cardiovascular system, vascular control, aging, exercise training.
Musto, Richard
Retired Medical Officer of Health
Alberta Health Services
Retired Clinical Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services utilization of and planning for marginalized populations; health promotion and disease and injury prevention; health services planning and resource allocation
Myhre, Douglas
Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, distributed, social accountability, postgraduate, undergraduate, preceptor
Naugler, Christopher
Professor
Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Family Medicine
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Section Head
Laboratory Informatics
Calgary Laboratory Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Computer modeling, systems capacity, bioinformatics
Nelson, Alison
Clinical Operations Readiness (CORe) Leader
Surgery and Anesthesia
Connect Care
Alberta Health Services
Provincial Manager
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Surgery SCN
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical Practice Change, Implementation Science/ Impact, Clinical Pathways, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Knowledge Translation
Nerenberg, Kara
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Preeclampsia and cardiovascular diseases. Epidemiology. RCT's. Population Health.
Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto
Associate Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Social network analysis with applications to population level interventions and to infectious diseases; application of statistical techniques in health outcomes driven research; formulating diagnostics for patterns of missing data; consulting and transferring knowledge in biostatistics. Data Mining/statistical learning and functional data analysis.
Ng, Amy
President and Founder
Community Transcultural Support Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Public, community health, education, cancer prevention screening, seniors' health, mother and child health, health policies, ethnicity, health administration, immigrants' health
Nicholas, David
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Children, youth, disability, Social Determinants of Health, transition, navigation, health systems
Projects include: The experience of staff and clients in cross-cultural and spiritual service provision. Intersections of research and practice in Canadian social work field education.
Niebergal, Dennis
Expert Evaluator
Alberta Innovates
President
D. Nierbergal and Associates Inc
Advisor
SPARK at the University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Executive Management, Strategic Planning, Board Governance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Electronic Medical Records, Electronic Health Records, Aging2.0, AAL
Niven, Daniel
Assistant Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Critical care medicine; intensive care medicine; health services research; knowledge translation; implementation science; de-implementation; de-adoption; low-value care; evidence-based practice
Nixon, Lara
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Humanism, relationship-centred care, vulnerable populations, professionalism
Noseworthy, Tom
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Access to scheduled health care services; establishment of national benchmarks for waiting times; appropriateness of care and interventions, as a means of improving demand-side management; use of operations research techniques and simulation modeling to improve supply-side management.
Nowell, Lorelli
Assistant Professor
Department of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Mentorship, professional learning and development, innovation in education
O'Bierne, Maeve
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, family medicine, low risk obstetrics
Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth
Graduate Program Director
Department of Community Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychometrics, assessment, evaluation, applied research methods, human development and learning, higher education, competencies, mentorship, psychology, wellness, mental health, leadership, patient safety, clinical decision-making, surgical medical errors, teamwork, and group behaviours.
Oelke, Nelly D.
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Research Interests / Projects:
Primary care, primary healthcare, evaluation, interprofessional practice, Aboriginal health, immigrant women's health
Olstad, Dana
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Academic Professor
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Nutrition, Policy, Dietary behaviours, Dietary patterns, Health, Obesity, Socioeconomic inequities, Social determinants of health, Food environments, Health promotion, Public health, Mixed methods
Orenstein, Marla
President
Habitat Health Impact Consulting
Director of the Natural Resources Centre
Canada West Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Impact Assessment, epidemiology, chronic disease
Ori, Elaine
Lecturer
Faculty of Health, Community and Education
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Media, believability, credibility, health, behaviour, health, promotion, physical activity
Orsel, Karin
Professor
Department of Production Animal Health
Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, multidisciplinary approaches, Herd health, lameness, One Health, cattle health
Current projects: Producers perceptions of animal health issues
Reduction of antimicrobial use in the beef industry
Osei-Tutu, Kannin
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director
Student Advising and Wellness
Undergraduate Medical Education
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Wellness, mindfulness, exercise physiology, racial equity in health care, diversity, health systems, artificial intelligence
Osis, Lara
Consultant
Chronic Disease Risk Reduction
Public, Population and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Knowledge translation; program evaluation; chronic disease prevention
Projects: Currently redeployed for COVID activities related to Public Health scope. Otherwise leading work on provincial skin cancer reduction framework; supporting physical activity interventions
Page, Stacy
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor
School of Visual Art
Alberta University of the arts
Research Interests / Projects:
Research ethics, consent, biobanking, privacy
Parhar, Ken Kuljit
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Extracorporeal Life Support, Intensive Care Unit
Parsons Leigh, Jeanna
Clinical Research Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Health Administration
Dalhousie University
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services Delivery; Knowledge Translation; Patient and Family Centred Care; Qualitative Research Methods; Critical Care Medicine.
Patel, Alka
Director of Health Services Research and Innovation
Provincial Primary Health Care Team
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Co-Leader
Geography of Health and GIS Analysis
Research Interests / Projects:
Geographic Information Systems, Health Services Research, Health Geography
Patten, Scott B.
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychiatry, epidemiology, mood disorders, child and youth mental health
Pendharkar, Sachin
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Respirologist and Sleep Physician
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Access to care for patients with sleep disorders, design and implementation of innovative models of care delivery, strategies to reduce wait times
Peng, Mingkai
Statistician and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Administrative Health Data, EMR, Data mining/machine learning, statistics, data quality
Peters, Cheryl
Research Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Cancer Control Alberta
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Occupational epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; exposure assessment; carcinogen exposure; radiation; health misinformation. Projects include: Spread of health misinformation about COVID-19
Pettit, Jennifer
Dean and Professor
Department of Humanities
Faculty of Arts
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
History
Phillips, Sandy
Manager
Public Health Nursing
Rural Public Health - Rural North
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Providing services and support that best meet the needs of the community in an integrated manner.
Phillips, M. Ann
Senior Consultant
M. Ann Phillips, PhD
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity/health inequities, environmental health, environmental justice, social justice, women's health, genetics, molecular genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, wellness, traditional medicines, global health, aboriginal health
Popeski, Naomi
Assistant Scientific Director
Diabetes, Obesity and Nurition SCN
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrition, Patient centered, Knowledge translation
Potestio, Melissa
Research Analyst
Alberta Health Services
Scientific Director
Population, Public and Indigenous Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Population Health; Health Services Research; Patient/Family Centred Care
Poulin, Marc
Professor
Departments of Clinical Neuroscience and Physiology and Pharmacology and Faculty of Kinesiology
Chair in Alzheimer Research
Brenda Strafford Foundation
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthy Brain Aging, Vascular Physiology, Exercise, Community Engagement
Premji, Shainur
Senior Analyst
Research and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Pritchard-Kennedy, Andrea
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health and Community Studies
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous health, Indigenous Health Nursing, nursing education, reconciliation, equity, relational learning, patient-centred care, social innovation
Quan, Hude
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
1) issues of methodology in health services research for health researchers, and 2) applied health services research in quality of care and surveillance for policy-makers and health care providers; Surveillance, methodology, administrative databases, data collection, data validity; hypertension incidence, prevalence, management, resource use and outcomes
Quan, May Lynn
Professor
Departments of Surgery, Oncology, and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Breast cancer, health services research, quality of care
Quinn, Robert (Rob)
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Nephrologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical Epidemiology, Dialysis, Chronic kidney disease
Rabi, Doreen M.
Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Departments of Community Health Sciences
Zone Clinical Section Chief
Division of Endocrinology
Endocrinologist and Internist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes. Sex differences in cardiovascular outcomes among patients with diabetes
Rankin, Joanna
Instructor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability Studies, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Simulations, Capstone, Experiential Learning
Ravani, Pietro
Associate Professor
Division of Nephrology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Use of administrative data, observational and experimental study design methods, and analytical issues with epidemiological data
Reilly, Sandra
Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Injury Prevention, prevention of intentional and non-intentional injuries to infants and children; crisis nursery and respite care programs; health education strategies; effectiveness and efficiency of post-partum home visits by local public health nurses
Rennert-May, Elissa
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Medicine
Infectious Disease Physician
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Control, Health Economics
Projects: One Health, exploring the implementation of a decolonization protocol for Staphylococcus aureus prior to hip and knee replacement surgeries in Alberta
Restoule, Patti
Public Health Professional
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthy public policy, injury prevention, promoting health equity, build environment and health promotion
Ricento, Thomas
Professor
Werklund School of Education and School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Research Interests / Projects:
Intercultural communication, English as a Second Language
Richmond, John
Assistant Professor in Healthcare Management and Leadership
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health
The University of Sheffield
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI), QI Evaluation Methods, Patient Safety, Health Emergency Management Response to COVID-19
Roach, Pamela
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine
Program Manager
Brain and Mental Health Research Clinic
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Research Interests / Projects:
Dementia; Qualitative Methods; Health Service Research; Indigenous Health; Equity
Projects include: developing anti-racist and Indigenous Health curriculum in the medical school and redefining concepts of professionalism for academic medicine
Robert, Magalie
Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic pain, outcome measures, pelvic pain, urogynecology, women's health, international health
Roberts, Derek
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery and Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, damage control surgery, evidence-based surgery, evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, low-value care, mixed-methods research, peripheral artery disease, trauma care, vascular and endovascular surgery, vascular injury
Rock, Melanie
Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Ecosystem and Public Health and Anthropology and Archaeology
Research Interests / Projects:
Anthropology; social work; science and technology studies; urban studies; policy studies; socio-legal studies; population health; social determinants of health; qualitative methodologies
Rogers, Paul
Associate Professor
Schulich School or Engineering and Department Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare Operations Research; Healthcare Operations Management; Healthcare Quality; Healthcare Productivity; Simulation and Modelling; Patient Flow; Waiting Time Reduction
Rogerson, Marianne
Training Coordinator
Pawsitive Match Rescue Organization
Instructor
Continuing Education
Mount Royal Education
Ronksley, Paul
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic disease, multi-morbidity, epidemiology, administrative data, data linkage, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, survey data
Rosenal, Tom
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Advisor
SPARK at the University of Calgary
Director
Arts and Humanities in Healthcare and Medicine
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Humanities and Narrative Medicine
Rosol, Marit
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
Geography, urban studies, food systems, food movements, political economy, participation, justice, housing, urban political ecology, governance. Projects include: Four Stories About Food Sovereignty: Transnational Crises and Local Action. Urban Food Initiatives and Alternative Food Networks in a Canadian-German Perspective. Food Activism in Calgary as Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Urban Global North
Ross, Sue
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health Sciences, Family Medicine, and Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Pelvic floor disorders in pregnancy, surgical randomised trials, patient goals of treatment, patient decisions about treatment options, ethics and surgical devices, obstetrical randomised trials
Rothenburger, Jamie
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Wildlife Pathologist
Canadian Wildlife Health Alberta Region
jamie.rothenburger@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Environment, Ecosystem, One Health, Pathology, Rats, Wildlife, Zoonoses
Rudmik, Luke
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Surgery and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, sinusitis, health economics, modeling, cost-effectiveness
Russell, Margaret
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Determinants of Community COVID Transmission: Learning from the Hutterites
Effectiveness of influenza vaccination during pregnancy on laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza among infants under 6 months of age
Russell-Mayhew, Michelle (Schelly)
Werklund Research Professor
Education Psychology
Counselling Psychology
Werklund School of Education
Research Interests / Projects:
body image, embodiment, weight bias, obesity, eating disorders, disordered eating, school wellness, comprehensive school health, health promoting schools
Ruzycki, Shannon
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
General Internist
Alberta Health Services
Assistant Director
Physician Wellness and Vitality
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Diversity, equity and inclusion; perioperative medicine; quality improvement and patient safety
Sabouri, Alireza
Assistant Professor
Haskayne School of Business
alireza.sabouri@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease screening; Emergency department operations;
Saini, Vineet
Lead Scientist
Population and Public Health / Research and Innovation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Production Animal Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Antimicrobial use and resistance, Population Health, Communicable Diseases, Environmental Public Health
Sajobi, Tolulope (Tolu)
Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Clinical Neurosciences
Research Interest / Projects:
Biostatistics; patient-reported outcomes; clinical trials; clinical risk prediction
Projects include: Discriminant analysis for multivariate repeated measures data
Samuel, Susan
Associate Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Paediatrics, nephrology, administrative data, health services research
Samuels, Charles (Chuck)
Medical Director
Centre for Sleep and Human Performance
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Sleep, circadian rhythm, sleep deprivation, sleep disorders, shift work, fatigue, elite athletes, human performance
Sandalack, Beverly
Professor and Co-Director of the Urban Lab
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Research Interests / Projects:
Urban planning, urban design, urban form, walkability, landscape architecture, hospitality in the city
Santana, Maria Jose
Assistant Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient-centred outcome research, Quality of care, Transitions of care
Sargious, Peter
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Chronic Disease Management Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Creating new bridges between disease management and disease prevention approaches
Saunders, Chad
Assistant Professor
Haskayne School of Business
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine
eHealth Services and Strategy Lead
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Healthcare entrepreneurship, commercialization, entrepreneurial support ecosystem, disruptive innovation, academic-industry partnerships, social enterprise, health policy.
Sauro, Khara
Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences, Surgery, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services research, knowledge translation, implementation science, safety of care, quality improvement, systematic review, administrative data analysis
Schneider, Prism
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Orthopaedic Trauma, Clinical Trials, Outcomes Research
Schock, Melissa
Knowledge Exchange Coordinator
Decision Support Strategies
Alberta Health Services
Seidel, Judy
Scientific Director
Primary Health Care Integration Network
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health services integration, health services access, epidemiology, primary health care, primary care.
Projects include: 1. A DiseAse-Inclusive Pathway for Transitions in Care (ADAPT): Alberta Collaborative Pathway for Patients with Complex Chronic Diseases. 2. Home to Hospital to Home Guideline and Measures.
Seitz, Dallas
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
aging, dementia, health services research, knowledge translation, clinical epidemiology
Seow, Cynthia
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), materno-fetal outcomes, pharmacokinetics
Sevcik, Margaret
Senior Project Manager
HOI Fund
Maternal Newborn Child and Youth SCN
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Development/support of fundamental movement skills in preschool age children and how the built environment supports activity safely across the lifespan.
Shack, Lorraine
Program Research Leader
Research and Evaluation Unit
Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention and Screening
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Director
Cancer Surveillance and Reporting
Cancer Control Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
General Epidemiology; Cancer Epidemiology; Health inequalities; variations in treatment access; Assessment of outcomes ; Handling missing data (multiple imputation); Evaluating large databases; international health systems; co-occurance of cancer and other diseases; survivorship; cancer prevention.
Shaheen, Abdel-Aziz
Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty
W21C Research and Innovation Centre
Research Interests / Projects:
Epidemiology, outcome research, cirrhosis
Shahid, Rizwan
Geographic Information Scientist
Primary Health Care
ARES
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Research Interests / Projects:
GIS, Geography, Health Geography, GIS Analysis, Spatial Statistics
Sharma, Krishna
Data Scientist
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services research, discrete event simulation, cost effectiveness analysis
Sharma, Rajrishi
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Sharma, Sangita
Alberta Health Services Chair in Indigenous Health and Professor
Indigenous and Global Health Research
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous health, new Canadian health, maternal health, seniors' health, dietary assessment, nutritional and physical activity community-based interventions to prevent chronic disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes, access and availability of healthcare services, particularly for Indigenous populations and new Canadians, as well as vulnerable populations in Canada, COVID-19 prevention and mitigation with a focus on Arctic Indigenous communities
Shea-Budgell, Melissa
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Research Strategy and Partnerships Lead
Arnie Charbonnaeu Cancer Institute
melissa.sheabudgell@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Oncology, population health, health services research, clinical practice guidelines, quality improvement, vulnerable populations
Sheehan, Dwayne
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health, Community and Education
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Physical Literacy, Motor Development, Systematic Observation, Evaluation
Shukalek, Caley
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the General Internal Medicine program
Medical Informatics Lead
CMIO
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV/AIDS, Chronic Disease, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Metabolic disorder incidence and control within persons living with HIV in North America, Disparity of suicide rates by race and HIV-transmission risk-group in persons living with HIV in North America, Primary syphilis PCR test accuracy for anogenital lesions within Alberta
Si, Jim
Senior Analyst
Health Status Assessment
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
health status assessment, vital statistics, population statistics, inpatient and outpatient reports, emergency department reports, public health indicator assessment, community disease reports, H1N1 status reports
Sieppert, Jackie
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Elder friendly communities; community collaborations; digital storytelling / narrative research; program planning and evaluation.
Sigal, Ron
Professor
Departments of Cardiac Sciences, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine and Faculty of Kinesiology
Research Interests / Projects:
Exercise, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, randomized trials
Sikdar, Khokan
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Lead
Health Status Assessment, Surveillance and Reporting
Population, Public and Indigenous Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Statistical Methods, Health Service Research, Administrative Health Data, Chronic Disease Surveillance
Silzer, Joan
Research Project Coordinator
Health Promotion, Disease and Injury Prevention
Alberta Health Services
Simon, Jessica
Associate Professor
Departments of Oncology, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine
Division Head
Palliative Medicine
Department of Oncology
Physician Consultant
Advanced Care Planning and Goals of Care
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Advance Care Planning(www.acpcrio.org and www.iCANACP.ca) and Palliative Care (www.pacesproject.ca)
Sinnarajah, Aynharan
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology, Family Medicine, and Community Health Sciences
Palliative Medicine Consultant
Palliative and End of Life Care
Alberta Health Services
Medical Informatics Lead Physician
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Palliative care access and use research, Early palliative care research, Cancer vs Non-cancer palliative care
Sitter, Kathleen
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Adjunct Professor
Division of Community Health and Humanities
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Research Interests / Projects:
Multi-sensory storytelling, digital storytelling, arts-based research, disability research, arts and health
Projects: Preventing teen dating violence through gender-based healthy relationships promotion. Knowledge Translation: The cut of It [A play informed by the research about the experiences of breast cancer patients]
Skeith, Leslie
Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies and Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Smith, Leonard
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Early childhood caries
Smits, Judit
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Research Interests / Projects:
Ecotoxicology, ecosystem health, arsenic toxicology - human, wildlife toxicology, immunotoxicology, bioindicators, subclinical toxicology, environmental health monitoring
Snedeker, Kate
Surveillance Epidemiologist
Public Health Surveillance
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Surveillance, communicable disease; enteric pathogens; public health; food safety; systematic reviews; evidence based medicine/decision making; research methodology; reporting quality (trials and abstracts)
Somayaji, Ranjani
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Interests / Projects:
Outcomes research, Epidemiology, Cystic Fibrosis, Infectious Disease, Wound Healing, Population health, Clinical Research
Sosa, Cristabel
Analyst
Health Public Policy Unit
Research Interests / Projects:
Equity, social determinants of health, health promotion, qualitative research
Spackman, Eldon
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment
Stahl, Lauren
Analyst
Health Public Policy Unit
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity/Inequity, Population Health, Social disparities, healthy public policy, Aboriginal Health, health promotion, health equality/inequality
Stahnisch, Frank W.
Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and History
Adjunct Professor
Department of Classics and Religion
Research Interests / Projects:
History of Medicine; development and contexts of the biomedical research methodology since the 19th Century; interdisciplinary research endeavours in the neurosciences; exchanges between the biomedical research, public health reception and policy making.
Steinke, Carmella
Executive Director
Integrated Quality Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety, quality improvement, quality management, patient engagement, safety management, citizen partnership, safety investigations, safety reporting, safety culture
Stelfox, Tom
Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine
Department Head
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Staff Intensivist
Critical Care Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Application of health services research methods to evaluate and improve the quality of health care delivery to critically ill patients.
Stephenson, Flora
Senior Analyst
Data Integration, Measurement and Reporting
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular Health, Stroke, Rehabilitation, Performance Indicators
Stiphout, Michelle
Consultant
Workforce Research and Evaluation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health sciences, public administration, policy, organizational sciences, team work, work engagement, Interprofessional care processes, integrated care, implementation science, change management
Strong, David
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Services
Medical Officer of Health
Health Outcomes
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Small area analysis, systems analysis, performance measurement
Surood, Shireen
Manager
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Reducing inequalities and health disparities among vulnerable populations ; aging, multiculturalism, ethnic minority, immigrants, service utilization.
Swann, David
Clinical Assistant
Department of Community Health Sciences
Former MLA for Calgary Mountain View
Government of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Interest in media and public health (prevention) policy, drug addiction and mental health.
Also engaged in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) research and policy advocacy
Tang, Karen
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Physician
General Internal Medicine
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Social vulnerabilities, health disparities, health services research, social epidemiology, systematic reviews
Tarraf, Rima
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Health Systems Evaluation and Evidence
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Research Interests / Projects:
Workforce research, health systems evaluation, public health, seniors care, policy, industrial/organizational psychology. Projects include: Violence towards ED workforce, Correctional Health
Tay, Jason
Hematologist
Department of Medicine
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Transfusion medicine, Hematopoieitic Stem cell transplantation (HSCT), myeloma, clinical trials
Temple-Oberle, Claire
Professor
Departments of Surgery and Oncology
Research Director
Plastic Surgery
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Breast, cancer, reconstruction, quality of life, melanoma, outcomes of breast reconstruction, guideline development, in transit melanoma, microsurgical education, body dysmorphia in transgender individuals.
Projects: Piloting A Smartphone Post-Recovery Patient Monitoring App, Effects of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation on Medicosurgical Procedural Skill Acquisition and Retention, Assessing the Impact of Snapshot NIR Technology on Rates of Skin Flap Necrosis in a Surgical Oncology Setting
Thomas, Bejoy
Assistant Professor
Division of Psychosocial Oncology
Department of Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychosocial Oncology. Improvement in uptake and utilization of existing resources and reduction of disparity amongst diverse populations. Current research: 1) Why are existing cancer care resources underutilized by the multicultural population? 2) How should the present care delivery model be adapted to meet the unique needs of the multicultural patient? and 3) What moderates disparity in biomedical and psychosocial outcomes in the population subgroups?
Thomas, Ken
Clinical Professor and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Departments of Surgery and Clinical Neurosciences
Research Director
Spine Program
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Spine Surgeon
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Surgery, spine, patient reported outcomes, economic evaluation, health research methods
Thomas, Mary Ann
Associate Professor
Departments of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical genetics, prenatal genetics, dysmorphology, congenital anomalies, birth defects, surveillance program, registry, cytogenetics, medical education.
Thomas, Roger
Professor Emeritus
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Systematic reviews, meta-analyses; polyharmacy; pharmacogenomics; adverse drug events; preventing smoking by children and adolescents; influenza, vaccine effectiveness, increasing vaccination rates; sports injuries; concussion. Projects: Potentially inappropriate prescribing and potential prescribing omissions among seniors; adverse drug events among seniors; pharmacogenomics of drug metabolism by seniors; rehospitalisation of seniors and costs of rehospitalisation; costs of inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions among seniors in multiple countries.
Thurston, Wilfreda E. (Billie)
Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Health promotion, equity, gender, Indigenous, immigrant, violence against women and girls
Projects: Enhanced Assessment Acknowledge Act Effectiveness Trial
Tink, Wendy
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Adverse childhood events, adult health outcomes, neurobiology, post graduate education
Tonelli, Marcello
Senior Associate Dean (Health Research)
Division of Nephrology
Staff Nephrologist
Southern Alberta Renal Program
Alberta Health Services
Director
WHO Collaborating Centre on Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease
University of Calgary
Research Interests / Projects:
Chronic kidney disease, health services, cardiovascular disease, health policy
Toohey, Ann
Manager, Research and Scientific Programs
Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Aging-in-place, age-friendly policy, One Health, human-animal relationships, social justice, social inclusion, pets, CLSA
Topps, David
Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Director
Rural Continuing Medical Education
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Clinical informatics
Torry, Angela
Analyst
Health Public Policy Unit
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Population health, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, chronic disease prevention
Tortorelli, Christina
Assistant Professor
Child Studies and Social Work
Health, Community and Education
Mount Royal University
Executive Manager
Calgary and Area Child and Family Services Authority
Government of Alberta
Research Interests / Projects:
Child welfare, child protection, resilience, children, youth, families, mental health, addiction, FASD, cumulative risk, social work
Projects: the experiences of International Students in Social Work, PhD focus is on the resilience of youth aging out of government care.
Tough, Suzanne
Professor
Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences
Scientific Director
Policy Wise for Children and Families
Adjunct Professor
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal, birth and early childhood outcomes, maternal and child health, maternal mental health, preterm birth, infant development, perinatal epidemiology, community based research, and child development.
Treherne, Kerri
Medical Director
The Alex Community Health Centre
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Tremblay, Alain
Professor
Departments of Medicine (Division of Respirology) and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Lung cancer screening, bronchoscopy, pleural effusion
Turner, David
Community Engagement Advisor
Emergency and Disaster Management
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Indigenous Peoples Health - Emergency Disaster Management - Housing homelessness
Projects: Emergency Disaster Management - COVID - 19 and Network Environment Indigenous Peoples Health Research
Turner, Nicholas (Nick)
Professor
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
Haskayne School of Business
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychology
nick.turner@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Research Interests / Projects:
Accidents; injuries; leadership; mental health; occupational health psychology; work design
Twilt, Marinka
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
Scientific Director
Clinical Research
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Paediatric Rheumatologist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Arthritis, autoinflammation, precision medicine, epidemiology
Tyminski, Sheila
Director
Nutrition Services
Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Develop measurement and evaluation tools that will enable us to measure impact (e.g., in prevention of childhood obesity; nutrition and early childhood development; nutrition and prevention of chronic disease; population level interventions targeting adults/seniors)
Upadhyaya, Deepali
Assistant Professor
Department of Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Mount Royal University
Research Interests / Projects:
Midwifery Education, Clinical Preceptorship, Maternal and Newborn Health in Low and Middle Income Countries
ven der Meer, Frank
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Molecular epidemiology, vaccines, influenza, pestivirus
van Marle, Guido
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Director
International Partnerships
Indigenous, Local and Global Health Office
Community Engagement, Local and Global
Co-Director
Biomedical Sciences, BHSc
Cumming School of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
HIV/AIDS, HBV, SARS CoV2/COVID19, Virology, Molecular Diagnostics, Global Health, One Health, Research & Educational Capacity Building, STEM Education
Van Rosendaal, Guido
Professor Emeritus
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical education, health systems, health policy, internal medicine, gastroenterology
VandenBerg, Stephanie Dawn
Emergency Physician
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Emergency Medicine
vandenberg.stephanie@gmail.com
Research Interests / Projects:
Harm Reduction, Knowledge Translation, Health Equity, Injury Prevention, Patient Centred Care
Waddell, Cameron
Retired Medical Director
Workplace Health and Safety and Accreditation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics at macro level; Healthcare ethics; Healthcare quality and continuous improvement
Wallace, Jean E.
Professor
Department of Sociology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Work-related factors that may positively or negatively affect the well being of health care providers (HCPs) , as well as their coping strategies and support systems
Walsh, Christine
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Research Interests / Projects:
Vulnerable populations, homelessness, violence across the lifespan, Aboriginal and ethno-cultural populations
Wang, Edwin
Professor
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Medical Genetics; and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Big data, bioinformatics, systems biology
Wang, JianLi
Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry
Research Interests / Projects:
Psychiatric epidemiology in the working population, interventional research in the working population, and mental health literacy and stigma research.
Wasylak, Tracy
Chief Program Officer
Strategic Clinical Networks
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Nursing
Research Interests / Projects:
Health Services research, Patient engagement research, Implementation Science
Projects include: Virtual Supervised Consumption
Waters, Nigel
Professor Emeritus
Department of Geography
Adjunct Professor
Civil Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering
Research Interests / Projects:
GIS; Geographic Information Science; Health GIS; Transportation; Epidemiology; Social Media; Microtargeting; Replication and Reproducibility of Research; Spatial Statistics
Projects: Osteoarthritis research
Weatherald, Jason
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine, Cardiac Sciences, and Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Pulmonary hypertension and prognosis
Weaver, Sherry
Senior Instructor and Associate Dean (Undergraduate Program)
Haskayne School of Business
Research Interests / Projects:
healthcare systems modelling, operations management, patient scheduling
Webber, Carmen
Evaluation Specialist
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity, program evaluation, applied research
White, Debbie
Professor and Dean
Faculty of Nursing
University of Calgary (Qatar)
Research Interests / Projects:
Patient safety and quality of care, models of care, learning and work environment, organizational practices
White, Neil
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Weather, Injury Prevention, Injury, Ice, Trauma surges, Resource Utilization
Wicklum, Sonja
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Undergraduate Clerkship Director
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Nutrition education, obesity management, rural family medicine, Indigenous health, Planetary health
Wiebe, Samuel
Professor
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Outcomes research, quality of life, clinical epidemiology, prediction algorithms, data science, health services research
Williamson, Tyler
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Associate Director
Centre for Health Informatics
Research Interests / Projects:
Generalized linear models, relative risk, risk difference, big data, electric medical records
Wilson, Warren M.
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Adjunct Associate professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Maternal and child health, growth and development, culture, ethnography, anthropology, low-to-middle income countries, global health, food insecurity
Wilton, Stephen
Associate Professor
Departments of Cardiac Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Cardiovascular disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, health services research, clinical trials, meta-analysis
Wissmann, Andreas
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Interests / Projects:
Startups, medical technology, biotechnology, market research, business development, commercialization
Wolbring, Gregor
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Ability and disability studies; issues of new, emerging and converging sciences and technologies; AI and machine learning; nanotechnology; cognitive sciences; neuromorphic engineering; genetics; synthetic biology; robotics; brain computer interfaces; human enhancement; peace; sports; human security; global health; sustainability studies; conflict studies; ecohealth; climate, water and energy issues; bioethics, neuroethics; AI ethics; community scholar; motivated reasoning; role narrative;
Wood, Stephen
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal epidemiology, Premature labor physiology/pathology, Clinical Trials in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Principle Investigator of a Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial to decrease the primary Cesarean Section Rate.
Wycliffe-Jones, Keith
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Medical Education, Selection, Assessment, Accreditation
Projects: Validating CFPC Key Features as core competencies for FM EPAs.
Xu, Yuan (Shawn)
Assistant Professor
Department(s) of Oncology, Community Health Sciences and Surgery
Research Interest/Current Projects:
Methodology in Electronic Medical Record Data, Clinical Epidemiology, Health Service Research, Real-world Evidence Study.
Developing methods to leverage multidimensional health data including electronic health data and administrative data to boost the outcome and health service studies, and to generate real-world evidence to support medical decision making at the health-system and point-care levels in cancer care.
Yamamoto, Jennifer
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Research Interests / Projects:
Diabetes, pregnancy, continuous glucose monitoring, technology
Yanchar, Natalie
Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
Research Interests / Projects:
Trauma systems, trauma care, outcomes, pediatric, performance indicators
Projects include: Management of Adolescent injury hospitalizations in Alberta - pediatric versus adult paradigms, and Steering Committee member Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (studies on management of prenatally diagnosed abdominal cysts and lung malformation)
Yang, Lin
Research Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
Alberta Health Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Research Interests / Projects:
Energy balance, cancer prevention, patient reported outcome, built environment
Yang, Michael
Clinical Assistant Professor
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences
Research Interests / Projects:
spine surgery, perioperative optimization, enhanced recovery after surgery, personalized med
Projects: 1) Validation of the Calgary Postoperative Pain After Spine Surgery Score; 2) Impact of preoperative insomnia on postoperative pain after spine surgery; 3) Incidence and risk factors for postoperative urinary retention after spine surgery; 3) Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program for spinal surgery on perioperative outcomes.
Yanicki, Sharon
Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Associate
University of Lethbridge
Research Interests / Projects:
Health equity/inequity, poverty reduction, social inclusion/exclusion, public health and nursing ethics, mixed methods, realist synthesis and scoping reviews.
Yarema, Mark
Medical Director
Poison and Drug Information Service
Alberta Health Services
Section Chief
Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Alberta Health Services
Clinical Professor
Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
Acetaminophen, poisoning, antidotes, poison control centres, toxicology
Projects: implementation of pharmacogenomic testing and its impact on cost and hospitalizations for adverse drug events.
Zaidi, Mukarram
Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Lecturer
Department of Family Medicine
Clinical Research Advisory Director
Department of Research
Bay River College
Research Interests / Projects:
Mental health, anti-racism, public health, primary health care
Zarnke, Kelly
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests / Projects:
pharmacology, health economics, health care delivery, health technology assessment
Zarrabi, Mahmood
Senior Health Economist
Health Technology Assessment and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Health economics, public population health, biostatistics
Zhang, Sharon
Senior Analyst (Epidemiology)
Public Health Innovation and Decision Support
Alberta Health Services
Research Interests / Projects:
Perinatal health and population health
Zhu, Carina
Instructor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Lethbridge
Research Interests / Projects:
Systematic reviews, cancer screening, harm reduction, addictions, health promotion, community health nursing
Zhu, Haifang
Research Analyst
Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests / Projects:
Study design, project management, primary and secondary data collection, analysis and interpretation, reporting; epidemiology, biostatistics
Zwicker, Jennifer
Director
Health Policy
School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer
Kids Brain Health Network
Research Interests / Projects:
Disability policy for children and youth, social determinants of health, health services research