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Canadian Team Members

Yolanda Babenko-Mould, PhD

Profession: Assistant Professor, Western University, Arthur Labatt School of Nursing

Experience: Nursing education and practice

Action Team: Nursing education & curriculum development, Continuous Professional Development

Contact Info:
Email: ybabenko@uwo.ca

Helene Berman, RN, PhD

Profession: Professor at Western Nursing

Experience: Gender Based Violence

Action Team: Cross-Cutting Themes- Gender Based Violence

Contact Info:
Email: hberman@uwo.ca

Mary Beth Bezzina, MSc

Profession: Entrepreneur

Experience: Interprofessional collaborative practice, Occupational therapy

Action Team: Cross-Cutting Themes Team, Interprofessional collaboration specialist

Contact Info:
Email: mbezzina@uwo.ca

Catherine Craig, MD, FRCSC

Profession: Professor, Medical Director-Obstetrics Stimulation

Experience: Ob/Gyn

Action Team: Continuing Professional Development

Contact Info:
Email: rebecca.moase@iwk.nshealth.ca

Kevin Coughlin, MD, MHSc, FRCPC

Profession: Neonatologist, Associate Professor, Children’s Hospital, London Health Science Centre, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

Experience: Neonatal care, bioethics, regional mentorship program

Action Team: Continuous Professional Development and Mentorship

Contact Info:
Email: kevin.coughlin@lhsc.on.ca

Valorie Crooks, PhD

Profession: Professor, Simon Fraser University, Department of Geography

Experience: Primary Health Care, Disability and Chronic Illness

Action Team: Research Team - Graduate Student Supervisor

Contact Info:
Email: crooks@sfu.ca

Lori Donelle, PhD

Profession: Associate Professor, Western University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Experience: Health promotion, health information technology

Action Team: Community Health Workers

Contact Info:
Email: ldonelle@uwo.ca

Evelyne Durocher, PhD

Profession: Assistant Professor, Western University, School of Occupational Therapy

Experience: Ethics in health care

Action Team: Cross-Cutting Themes Team, Ethics specialist

Contact Info:
Email: eduroch@uwo.ca

Marilyn Evans, PhD

Profession: Associate Professor, Western University, Labatt School of Nursing

Experience: Health promotion, Women and children’s health

Action Team: Midwifery education & curriculum development, Cross-Cutting Theme Team

Contact Info:
Email: mevans26@uwo.ca

Jodi Hall, PhD

Profession: Professor, School of Nursing, Fanshawe College

Experience: Abuse and Childbirth, Doula and Childbirth educator

Action Team: Community Health Workers, Gender Based Violence

Contact Info:
Email: jhall@fanshawec.ca

Krista Helleman, MD, FRCPC

Profession: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor, Western University,

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Experience: Pediatric Emergency and interprofessional collaboration

Action Team: Cross-Cutting Themes Team, Interprofessional collaboration Specialist

Contact Info:
Email: krista.helleman@lhsc.on.ca

Matthew Highfield, RN

Profession: Pediatric cardiac care, Sick Kids,

Experience: Pediatric Nursing and Pediatric Critical Care

Action Team: Nursing education & practice

Contact Info:
Email: highfieldmatt@gmail.com

Michaela Hynie, PhD

Profession: Associate Professor, York University, Department of Psychology

Experience: Mental Health, community based research

Action Team: Cross-Cutting Theme team, Mental Health Specialist

Contact Info:
Email: mhynie@yorku.ca

Kathy Johnson, SIMs lab Halifax

Profession: Coordinator, IWK Simulation Program

Experience: Health professions educator, Facilitator, Dalhousie Interprofessional Undergraduate Simulation

Action Team: Continuing Professional Development

Contact Info: kathy.johnston@iwk.nsahealth.ca

Cynthia Kenyon, MD, MEd, FRCPC

Profession: Neonatologist, Associate Professor, Children’s Hospital, London Health Science Centre, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

Experience: Neonatology

Action Team: Continuing Professional Development Coordinator

Contact Info:
Email: ckenyon@uwo.ca

Mickey Kerr, PhD

Profession: Chair and Associate Professor, Western University, Labatt School of Nursing

Experience: Models of care, Nursing intervention studies, Epidemiology

Action Team: Research Team Coordinator

Contact Info:
Email: mkerr@uwo.ca

Isaac Luginaah, PhD

Profession: Professor, Western University, Department of Geography

Experience: Environment and health, Population health, GIS applications in health

Action Team: Research Team and Policy Team

Contact Info:
Email: iluginaa@uwo.ca

Larry Lynd, PhD

Profession: Professor, University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health

Experience: Population health and socioeconomic differences in prescribing and disease management, Database analysis, longitudinal analysis

Action Team: Research Team

Contact Info:
Email: larry.lynd@ubc.ca

Susan McGrath, PhD

Profession: Professor, York University, School of Social Work

Experience: Social Work, Community-Based Research

Action Team: Cross-Cutting Themes Team, Mental Health Specialist

Contact Info:
Email: smcgrath@yorku.ca

Amita Misir, MD, FRCPC, FAAP

Profession: Pediatrician, Assistant Professor, Western University, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Pediatric Emergency Department

Experience: Pediatrics, Public Health, Simulation

Action Team: Continuous Professional Development

Contact Info:
Email: amita.misir@lhsc.on.ca

Amy Olson, RN

Profession: Registered Nurse, currently living and working in Kigali

Experience: Pediatric Nursing

Action Team: Nursing education & practice

Contact Info:
Email: amyolson@teachbeyond.org

Heather Scott, MD, FRCPC

Profession: Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine Departments Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Experience: Maternal fetal medicine, Curriculum development and educational partnerships for improved childbirth safety, Maternal death surveillance and response

Action Team: Continuous Professional Development

Contact Info:
Email: Heather.Scott@iwk.nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-470-6602