Trent University
MyTrent
  • Academics
    • Undergraduate Programs
    • Graduate Programs
    • Trent Online
    • Summer Courses
    • Continuing Education
    • Study Abroad
    • Academic Calendar
    • Academic Timetable
    • Academic Skills Centre
    • Academic Advising
    • Library
    • Centre for Teaching and Learning
  • Admissions
    • Undergraduate
    • Thinking of Applying
    • Already Applied
    • Received an Offer
    • Accepted My Offer
    • Graduate
    • International
    • Indigenous
    • Returning to Trent
    • Transfer
  • Services & Support
    • Academic Advising
    • Academic Skills Centre
    • Administrative Departments
    • Alumni Services
    • Athletics
    • Campus Security
    • Careerspace
    • Colleges
    • Communications
    • Conferences
    • Financial Aid
    • Financial Services
    • Health & Wellness
    • Indigenous Services
    • Information Technology
    • International Students
    • Learning Support
    • Parking
    • Printshop
    • Recruitment
    • Registrar's Office
    • Residence & Housing
    • Student Clubs
    • TrentU Card
  • Research
    • Research at Trent
    • Research Centres
    • Find an Expert
    • Resources
  • Give to Trent
  • About Trent
    • About Trent
    • Careers
    • Giving to Trent
    • Governance
    • How to Find Us
    • Media
    • News & Events
    • President's Office
    • Staff Directory
    • Trent Facts
    • Contact Us
  • Campus Locations
    • Peterborough
    • Durham GTA
    • Online
  • Future Students
    • Undergraduate
    • Thinking of Applying
    • Already Applied
    • Received an Offer
    • Accepted My Offer
    • Graduate
    • International
    • Indigenous
    • Returning to Trent
    • Transfer
  • Current Students
  • Alumni
  • Trent Forward: COVID-19 Info
  • Apply
  • Visit
  • Give
  • Map
  • Careers
  • Directions
  • Library
  • Site Map
  • Bookstore
Skip to main content Home
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA
  • Online
  • MyTrent
MENU
experiential learning for nursing students in lab
Trent University
TRENT/FLEMING SCHOOL OF NURSING
  • Welcome
  • The Experience
  • Programs
  • Admissions
  • Student Services & Support
  • Faculty & Research
  • Contact
  1. Trentu.ca
  2. TRENT/FLEMING SCHOOL OF NURSING
  3. Faculty & Research

Faculty & Research

Dawn Balsdon, Lecturer

RN, BSc (Trent), BScN (Ontario Tech), MHSc (Ontario Tech)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7729

Email: dawnbalsdon@trentu.ca

Research interests: Technology and the impact on nursing; Health informatics and nursing; Quality improvement planning; Opioid crisis in Canada; Impact of COVID on the opioid crisis in Canada; Mental health and addictions; Dual diagnosis transition from childhood to adulthood; Examination of community supports for dual diagnosis adults; Ethics education and simulation/gaming; Alternative therapies and nursing implications; Clinical experiences of students during COVID; Virtual simulation and case study impact on the clinical experience; Nursing theory and education; Maternal care in remote and isolated communities; Access to maternal care for FNIM women.


Suzanne BraithwaiteSuzanne Braithwaite, Lecturer

RN, CCHC(C), BScN (Brock), MNSc (Queen’s)

Phone: ​705-748-1011, ext. 7506

Email: suzannebraithwaite@trentu.ca

Research interests: Nursing scope of practice enactment; Interprofessional primary care; Influence of organizational attributes on practice; Health system design; Interprofessional simulation; Survey-based research designs.

 


Ingrid BrennerDr. Ingrid Brenner, Associate Professor

BPHE, BSc, BScN (Toronto), MSc (Queen's), PhD (Toronto), PhD (Queen's)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7253

Email: ibrenner@trentu.ca

Research interests: Cardiovascular disease; Renal disease; Infection; Women's health.

 


​Ellen Buck-McFadyenDr. Ellen Buck-McFadyen, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator

RN, BScN (Queen's), MScN (York), PhD (McMaster)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7029

Email: ellenbuckmcfadyen@trentu.ca

Research interests: Rural health and social determinants of health; Homelessness prevention and management; Substance use in the rural context; Rural health services.

 



Picture of Professor Ann Mary CelestiniDr. Ann Mary Celestini, Associate Professor (Teaching Intensive)

RN, BA, BScN (Windsor), MHS (Athabasca), EdD (Athabasca)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 6046

Email: annmarycelestini@trentu.ca

Research interests: Instructional design and curricular development - inclusive pedagogy, experiential learning methods (e.g., unfolding case studies, serious games, simulation); Stress and stress management; Complementary and integrative therapies (chronic pain, holistic wellness)). 


Kim EnglishKim English, Faculty

RN, BScN (Toronto Metropolitan, formerly Ryerson), MN (Toronto), EdD candidate (William Howard Taft)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7059

Email: kimenglish@trentu.ca

Research interests: Rural and remote nursing practice; Rural health access; Decolonizing the curriculum; Indigenous health; Anti-racist nursing practice; Advocacy and activism; Virtual reality.

 

Rachel Galea


Rachel Galea, Faculty 

RN, BScN (UOIT), BSc (Trent), MN (Athabasca)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7159

Email: rachelgalea@trentu.ca

Research interests: Mental Health Nursing; Child Development; Social Determinants of Health; Emotional Regulation; Trauma.

 


 

Cyndi Gilmer

Dr. Cyndi Gilmer, Associate Professor and Compressed Program Coordinator 

RN, BScN (Western), MHScN, DHlthSc (Charles Sturt)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7156

Email: cyndigilmer@trentu.ca

 Research interests: Homelessness; Health care leadership; Access to health care services.

 


Dr. Amy Hallaran, Faculty

RN, BScN, MScN (Ottawa), PhD (Queen's)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 6273

Email: amyhallaran@trentu.ca

Research interests: Retention & recruitment; Transition to practice; Work readiness; Work environments; Leadership; Policy; Standards of practice; Chronic illness.

 


Picture of Professor Ann MacLeodAnn MacLeod, Faculty

RN, BScN (McGill), MPH (Michigan)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7386

Email: annmacleod@trentu.ca

Research interests: The intersection between health professionals, the volunteer sector, and family in promoting health of older adults; Social support; Transitions hospital to home; Community-based qualitative approaches; Arts-based research.

 


Dr. Michele McIntosh, Associate Professor 

RN, BA (Queen's), BScN, MScN (Toronto), PhD (Alberta)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7507

Email: michelejmcintosh@trentu.ca

Research interests: Women's health; Qualitative methods; Ethics.
 


 

"Julie Moore"Julie Moore, Faculty 

RN, BScN (UOIT), MN (Toronto), PhD Candidate(Toronto), 

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 6121

Email: juiliemoore@trentu.ca

Research interests: Critical Care Nursing, critically-ill hematologic malignancy patient experiences, symptom science,                                                                     resuscitation science, mixed-methods research.


Picture of Dr. Abeer OmarDr. Abeer Omar, Assistant Professor

RN, BScN, MScN (Alexandria), PhD (Case Western Reserve)

Phone: 416-415-5000, ext. 5864

Email: abeeromar@trentu.ca

Research interests: Women's health; Activity restriction; Health services research & nursing best practices.

 


Picture of Professor Victoria Reid-De Jong

Dr. Victoria Reid-De Jong, Assistant Professor

RN, BScN (Toronto Metropolitan, formerly Ryerson), MSc-FNP (D'Youville), PhD (Victoria)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7517

Email: victoriareiddejong@trentu.ca

Research interests: Women's health; Breast cancer; Domestic violence/sexual assault/human trafficking; Innovative nursing pedagogy for immersive simulated/clinical learning environments.


Kim RitchieDr. Kim Ritchie, Assistant Professor

RN, BScN (Queen's), MN (Toronto), PhD (Queen's)

Phone:  705-748-1011, ext. 7067

Email:  kimberlyritchie@trentu.ca

Research interests: Caring for older adults who are living with mental illness and dementia; PTSD/trauma/moral injury in healthcare professional; Public safety personnel; Veterans.

 


Jaime SimsJaime Sims, Faculty

RN, BScN (Ryerson), MN (Charles Sturt)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 6390

Email: jaimesims@trentu.ca

Research interests: Perinatal obstetrics and women's health; Universal design in learning; Arts-based pedagogy; Holistic health & wellbeing.

 


Picture of Dr. Patti Tracy

Dr. Patti Tracey, Professor and Collaborative Program Coordinator

RN, BScN (Toronto Metropolitan, formerly Ryerson), MHSc (Athabasca), PhD (Toronto)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 6219

Email: pltracey@trentu.ca

Research interests: Global health; International nursing; Quality improvement initiatives relating to safe practices for short-term health experiences in low and middle income countries; Social determinants of health.

 


Photo of Dr. Rasha WahidDr. Rasha Wahid, Assistant Professor

RN, BScN (York), MScN (Alexandria), PhD (Manchester) 

Phone: ​416-415-5000, ext. 5864

Email: rashawahid@trentu.ca

Research interests: Impact of the Pandemic on mental health; Concept-based learning in nursing education; Web-based CBT; Artificial intelligence in nursing; Global mental health nursing.

 


Ruth Walker, Faculty

RN, BScN (Trent), MN (Athabasca)

Phone: 705-748-1011, ext. 7900

Email: ruthewalker@trentu.ca

Research interests: Student health and wellness services; Campus nursing; Post-secondary student population health; Access to primary care; Health equity; Healthy practice settings; Person-centred, aesthetic, critical, and qualitative research methods.


 

Action Menu

  • Apply Now
  • Viewbook

Related Links

  • Employment Opportunities in the TFSON
  • Academic Timetable
  • Biology
  • Kinesiology
Trent Logo with Campaign for Momentous Change text beside it

Trent University respectfully acknowledges it is located on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg. We offer our gratitude to First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.

Peterborough

1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON Canada, K9L 0G2

Toll Free: 1-855-MY-TRENT

Campus Map

Durham Greater Toronto Area

55 Thornton Road South
Oshawa, ON Canada, L1J 5Y1

Phone: 905-435-5100

Campus Map

Social Media Directory
  • Contact
  • Directions
  • Site Map
  • Accessibility
  • @ Copyright 2023 Trent University