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Graduate Faculty and Research

Dr Suzanne Braithwaite

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

Dr. Ingrid Brenner

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

​Dr. Ellen Buck-McFadyen

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

Dr. Beryl Cable-Williams 

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

Dr. Ann Mary Celestini

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)). 

Dr. Dana Edge

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.

Dr. David Firang

Research interests: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare, Environmental Sustainability, Immigrant Transnationalism and Settlement, Housing and Homelessness Social Policy, Community Development and Afro-Canadian Issues

Dr. Cyndi Gilmer 

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

Dr. Amy Hallaran

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

Dr. Michele McIntosh

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

Dr. Abeer Omar

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

Dr. Kim Ritchie

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

Dr. Cathie Thibeault

Research interests: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Nurse-Patient Relationship, NCLEX_RN Preparation, Nursing Pedagogy.

Dr. Patti Tracey

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.

Dr. Rasha Wahid

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.

Dr. Kirsten Wooden

Research interests: Aging persons; Chronic disease management and self-management; Health systems

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