Research Interns 2003
Lisa Ashley
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Chair, Public Health Nursing Committee, City of Ottawa
lisa.ashley@ottawa.ca
Lisa is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Chair of the Public Health Nursing Committee for the City of Ottawa. She received her M.Ed. (adult education) from the University of Ottawa in 1997. Lisa has enjoyed stints as a program development officer/supervisor, communications officer and faculty advisor (University of Ottawa, School of Nursing). She has been involved in a variety of research endeavours which have entailed problem definition, and utilization of various research approaches. Ms. Ashley is an active member of the Ontario Public Health Association, currently developing a position statement on urban health.
Susan Brajtman
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
brajtman@uottawa.ca
Dr. Susan Brajtman has eighteen years of clinical experience in both community health nursing and palliative care. Dr. Brajtman was a community health nurse for six years (1984-1990) on a kibbutz (a community of approximately 850 people) in Israel. Susan has worked in palliative care since 1990. She was head nurse of the palliative care unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, from 1991 - 2002. Dr. Brajtman received her PhD in 2001 from De Montfort University, England. Susan is an Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa. Her goal is to combine teaching at the university level with active participation in research initiatives that address the need to improve the quality and delivery of palliative care within the community and hospital settings.
Barbara Campbell
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Prince Edward Island
bcampbell@upei.ca
Barbara Campbell is a doctoral candidate at the University of Calgary. After fourteen years of clinical practice, Barbara joined the School of Nursing, University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) as Assistant Professor. She has been an active member of the provincial regulatory body (the Association of Nurses of PEI) and has held various volunteer positions with the organization. Barbara's goal is to build her expertise in the field of collaborative practice with advanced practice nurses and physicians.
Andrea Chircop
Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Andrea.chircop@dal.ca
Andrea completed the Master of Nursing program at Dalhousie University in 1997. She is a clinical instructor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie. Her particular area of interest within community health nursing is environmental health, specifically, exploration of the various societal influences on the environmental health decisions mothers make on behalf of their children. Andrea is a volunteer member of the Review Committee for the Nova Scotia Community Health Promotion Fund and Board Member of both the Public Health Association of Nova Scotia and The Nova Scotia Allergy and Environmental Health Association.
Susan Eldred
Coordinator, Collaborative Nursing Program and
Coordinator, Year One Generic Nursing Program, University of Ottawa
seldred@rogers.com
Susan's 14 years of health care experience includes day surgery, med-surg, telemetry, oncology, HIV/AIDS, critical care, burns, sub-acute, long-term care, community nursing and home care. She received her M.B.A. (Healthcare Management Specialty) from University of Phoenix in 2001. Susan is Coordinator, Collaborative Nursing Program and Coordinator of the Year One Generic Nursing Program, University of Ottawa. She is also a lecturer and clinical educator in the School of Nursing in addition to other student-centred roles. Susan expects the internship to benefit her professionally as a teacher and in preparation for doctoral studies.
Hope Graham
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University
hgraham@stfx.ca
Hope completed her Master of Nursing degree at Dalhousie University in 1985. She has worked in Sierra Leone and in Canada's Arctic where she planned and coordinated immunization clinics, under-five clinics and well women clinics. She lived in Haiti for 13 weeks as part of her undergraduate degree program, an experience that included a half trimester of study while living with a national family, and a half trimester of nursing on La Gonave Island. Hope volunteered for ten years as an RN and member of the Medical Advisory Committee at the Red Door (a charitable Adolescent Health and Support Centre) in Kentville, NS. Hope is an Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. She is a licensed glider pilot instructor and Chair of the Bluenose Soaring Club in Stanley, NS.
Nadia Hamel
Coordonnatrice du développement et de la pratique du personnel infirmier,
Centre hospitalier Richardson, Montréal
nadiahamel@yahoo.com
Mme Hamel a reçu sa maîtrise en santé communautaire (2e cycle) en janvier 2000. Nadia est la coordonnatrice du développement et de la pratique du personnel infirmier, Centre hospitalier Richardson, Montréal. L'internat lui permettrait de raffiner son analyse des interventions multiples en santé communautaire, et ce, dans le but de poursuivre ses études au niveau doctoral. Les différents postes qu'elle a occupés ont solidifié ses capacités d'analyse contextuelle, lesquelles se sont utiles pour l'évaluation rapide des enjeux. Nadia est candidate doctorale, programme de doctorat en santé des populations (septembre 2003), Université d'Ottawa.
Kathleen Holdway
Research Assistant, University of Ottawa Institute on Health of the Elderly
kholdway@scohs.on.ca
Kathleen is a research assistant (nursing) at the University of Ottawa Institute on Health of the Elderly, associated with the SCO Health Service. Her nursing practice has included care of adults and children in the acute care setting as well as care of the elderly in the long-term care setting. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Ottawa in 2001. During the past two years with the Institute, Kathleen has been involved in a number of nurse-led research initiatives. Her research interests center on the promotion of physical activity among older adults, especially the frail elderly.
Denyse Pharand
Professeure adjointe, École des Sciences infirmières, Université d'Ottawa
denysep@uottawa.ca
Mme Pharand a terminée le PhD (Éducation, Mesure et Évaluation), Université d'Ottawa, 1999. Elle est professeure adjointe, École des Sciences infirmières, Université d'Ottawa. Ses intérêts de recherche se situent au niveau de l'évaluation de l'enseignement en milieu clinique, mais touchent également le domaine de la santé mentale. Denyse possède une large expérience des soins médicaux et chirurgicaux chez l'adulte (15 ans), ainsi qu'une expérience en santé communautaire. Les domaines où elle a oeuvré sont: les soins à domicile, les soins courants et l'info-santé.
Sheila Profit
Assistant Professor and
Coordinator, Joint St. Francis Xavier University-UCCB Nursing Program
Sheila.profit@uccb.ns.ca
Sheila Profit completed her Master of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University in 1983. She has since earned the Certified Health Executive (CHE) designation, Canadian College of Health Service Executives. Sheila is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Joint St. Francis Xavier University-UCCB Nursing Program. Her nursing background is in the areas of community health, mental health, health promotion, administration and education. In 1994 she developed and authored a group treatment program for adolescent survivors of sexual abuse and a training manual for facilitators, a project funded by Health Canada. Sheila has a broad interest in professional practice and education, and would like to expand her knowledge of research practice through the internship.
Joanne Przystawka
Practice Placement Coordinator, Okanagan University College School of Nursing
joannep@ouc.bc.ca
Joanne received her M.Sc.N. in 2001 from the University of Ottawa. She is Practice Placement Coordinator with the School of Nursing, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC. Joanne's clinical interests are in women's reproductive health, infant and child health, family and community well-being. Her research interests center on unintended pregnancy, utilization of emergency contraception and preventative health care for individuals and their families. Joanne is preparing for further study with the intention of enrollment in doctoral studies within the next two years. She expects the internship to help her build on proposal writing skills and learn how to develop linkages between policy-makers and various resources.
Debra Sheppard-LeMoine
Adjunct Lecturer, Dalhousie University School of Nursing, and
Faculty, Metro Collaborative BScN project, Dalhousie University and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Debbie-Sheppard-leMoine@dal.ca
Debra received her Master of Nursing from Dalhousie University in 2000. She is an Adjunct Lecturer with Dalhousie University School of Nursing, and faculty in the Metro Collaborative BScN project involving Dalhousie University and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. Debra is a nurse and educator with a passion for the development of infrastructure that supports the health of children and their families. Debra is looking to the internship to help build the necessary skills to enable her to expand her personal capacity as a community researcher.
June Webber
Director, Department of International Policy and Development
Canadian Nurses Association
junewebber@rogers.com
Dr. Webber received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Natal-Durban, South Africa, in 2001. The focus of her PhD research was on the forms and impacts of relations of power on the lives and possibilities for nurses in post-apartheid South Africa. June is the Director, Department of International Policy and Development, Canadian Nurses Association. She has had exposure to a range of political, sociological and health research initiatives and interventions, particularly during the 12 years that she spent in Zimbabwe and South Africa. She expects the internship to provide a unique opportunity of sustained contact with academics and scholars, complementing her current knowledge and experience, and stimulating new interests and questions. June is also a writer and is the co-founder of Women's Narrative Group, a Durban, South African based women's writing group.
Lynne West
Home and Community Care Project Coordinator and
Communicable Disease Program Manager, Nuu chah nulth Tribal Council,
Port Alberni, BC
lwest@island.net
Lynne completed an MBA (Health Services Administration) at City University, Bellevue, Washington, in 1997. She is Home and Community Care Project Coordinator and Communicable Disease Program Manager for Nuu chah nulth Tribal Council in Port Alberni, BC. Lynne has lived and worked in rural and remote communities for the past 14 years, finding the work challenging, rewarding, isolating, and not often well understood by the "powers that be". Among Lynne's goals for the internship are exploring new strategies for program implementation, increasing her skills in qualitative and quantitative program evaluation, examining preparation of documents for publication, and learning more about developing research strategies. Lynne is the publisher of The Record newspaper in Gold River, BC, and Coroner for the Province of BC (an Order-in-Council appointment of the Province of British Columbia).
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