2017 Health System Impact Fellow Profiles

Name Title of Fellowship / Program of Work Host Partner Organization Academic Institution Location

Aubrecht, Katie		 What Does A Person- And Family-Centred Approach To Challenging Behaviours In Dementia Look Like In Practice, At The Service Delivery Level? A Partnership to Support Research Informed Continuing Care Policy for People with Dementia in Nova Scotia Continuing Care – Research, Nova Scotia Health Authority Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax, Nova Scotia

Bailey, Chantelle		 Enhancing Nurses' Role in Opioid Stewardship - Implications for health policy, practice (advocacy) and patient safety Canadian Nurses Association University of Toronto Ottawa, Ontario

Bidonde, Julia		 Public and patient engagement in health technology management CADTH McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario

Blanchette, Marc-André		 Pratiques réflexives pour une meilleure utilisation des opioïdes dans le traitement des lombalgies Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux McGill University Montreal, Quebec

Campbell-Enns, Heather		 Innovation in the Older Adult Continuum of Care Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, Government of Manitoba University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba

Cepoiu-Martin, Monica		 Primary and community-based care Alberta Health Services (AHS) University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta

Chang, Y.-L. Betty		 Improving patient safety in operating rooms North York General Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Cheng, Ivy		 Improving Management of Palliative Oncology Patients and the Elderly Frail through the North Toronto Local Health Integrated Network Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Chomat, Anne Marie		 Leveraging cultural safety, local participation and group approaches to achieve gains in safe birth in Indigenous communities: Guatemala and beyond Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies (Canada), CIET Canada McGill University Ottawa, Ontario

Czoli, Christine		 Obesity prevention in Canada: Fiscal policy interventions to reduce consumption of sugary drinks Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario

Embrett, Mark		 Evaluating consumer facing and virtual digital health solutions for patients with chronic diseases Canada health Infoway McMaster University Toronto, Ontario

Ghandour, El Kebir		 Comparative analysis of implementing the strategy for improving the quality of Acute Care for Elders/Soins aigus aux personnes âgées (ACE) in two Francophone hospitals of two provinces in Canada: Lessons in sustainability and scaling up Centre intégré en santé et services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches Université Laval Lévis, Quebec

Haw, Jennie		 Process Evaluation of the Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank: Managerial and Donor Perspectives Canadian Blood Services Western University Ottawa, Ontario

Highet, Megan J.		 Primary and Community Health Care Alberta Health University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta

Hussain, Sameera		 Canadian Communities of Practice in Global Health: meeting the SDG challenge Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH) University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario

Juutilainen, Sandra		 In the spirit of peace, friendship and respect – relationships with our partners Public Health Ontario University of Waterloo Toronto, Ontario

Koval, Andriy		 Improving surveillance of chronic MHSU conditions: Integrating clinical encounter with administrative/diagnostic data to derive and validate case definitions BC Centre for Disease Control, Observatory for Population and Public Health University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia

Lai, Jonathan		 Improving the use of evidence-informed health policy for individuals with brain-based disabilities Centre for Innovation in Autism and Intellectual Disabilities McGill University Montreal, Quebec

Lapointe, Geneviève		 Performance et équité dans le continuum de santé, soins et services périnataux Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Chaudière-Appalaches Université Laval Sainte-Marie, Quebec

LeBlanc, Allana		 STAMPS: Setting priorities for Tobacco and Marijuana treatment in Professional practice Settings Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario

Liu, Rebecca H.		 Healthy Weights Before, During, and After Pregnancy Peel Public Health University of Ottawa Mississauga, Ontario

Manhas, Kiran Pohar		 Embedding Shared Decision-Making in Patient Centered Care in Community Rehabilitation Programs in Alberta Alberta Health Services University of Alberta Calgary/Edmonton, Alberta

Mawani, Farah N.		 Working with Canadian and global Indigenous, excluded, and underserved populations to strengthen health systems’ response to non-communicable disease inequities Dignitas International University of Alberta Toronto, Ontario

McConnell-Nzunga, Jennifer		 Evaluation of Appetite to Play Child Health BC University of Victoria Vancouver, British Columbia

Menear, Matthew		 Implementing and evaluating the scalability of COMPAS-SM: a patient-oriented quality improvement intervention targeting mental health care in primary care INESSS Université Laval Quebec, Quebec

Morton-Chang, Frances		 Seniors’ Campuses as Integrating Mechanisms for Broad Spectrum Senior Care AdvantAge Ontario University of Toronto Vaughn, Ontario

Nguyen, Duyen Thi Kim		 Experiential learning at the Saint John Human Development Council Saint John Human Development Council University of New Brunswick & University of Ottawa Saint John, New Brunswick

Ouédraogo, Samiratou		 Transdisciplinary research training program on public policies promoting health Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) McGill University Montréal, Quebec

Demers-Payette, Olivier		 Learning organization: patient/citizen engagement in HTA project management Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM) Montreal, Quebec

Pereira Martins Casteli, Christiane		 Embedding Shared Decision-Making in Patient Centered Care in Community Rehabilitation Programs in Alberta Centre universitaire intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) de la Capitale-Nationale Université Laval Quebec, Quebec

Petricca, Kadia		 Health System Impact Fellowship / Knowledge Translation North York General Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Polsky, Jane Y.		 Developing partnerships to establish a cross-sectoral data repository for policy evaluation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Prince Ware, Stephanie		 Research informing Canada’s Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep Indicator Framework: Setting priorities, informing surveillance needs and integrating knowledge translation Public Health Agency of Canada University of Ottawa/University of Ottawa Heart Institute Ottawa, Ontario

Saari, Margaret		 Optimizing home and community partnerships to improve informational, relational and management continuity for seniors receiving home and community-based care Saint Elizabeth Health Care University of Waterloo Markham, Ontario

Sim, Meaghan		 Developing a Policy Framework to support a Population Health Approach to Health System Planning Nova Scotia Health Authority Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia

Singal, Deepa		 Using Population Data to Guide Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Program & Policy Development in Manitoba Healthy Child Manitoba Office Manitoba Centre for Health Policy Winnipeg, Manitoba

Slater, Morgan		 Managing chronic pain in primary care – linking clinical and administrative data to identify opportunities for quality improvement Queen’s Family Health Team Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario

Begum Subhan, Fatheema		 Health Initiatives for Indigenous Communities of Alberta (HIICA) - Shared Decision Making Strategies and Community Engagement Approaches for Prevention, Management of Diabetes and Health Promotion Alberta Health Services University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta

Syrowatka, Ania		 Improving quality of palliative care in Canada Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) University of Toronto Ottawa, Ontario

Salah Uddin Khan, Muhammed		 Modeling the Transmission Dynamics of Chikungunya Virus: Climate Change and Emerging Viral Threats in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario

Valaitis, Renata		 Bridging Research and Policy in Public and Population Health Public Health Ontario University of Waterloo Toronto, Ontario

Weijs, Cynthia		 Community Assessment and Decay Prevention for Children Experiencing Domestic Violence Alberta Health Services (AHS) University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta

Wilkinson, Andrea		 Assessing the Clinical, Operational and System Wide Impact of Long Term Care eConnect (CIHR-OLTCA HSI Fellowship) Ontario Long Term Care Association University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Williams-Roberts, Hazel		 Connecting Care to improve Saskatoon seniors’ health Saskatoon Health Region University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Young, Victoria		 Diagnostic Imaging at the Point-of Care: A Possible Role for Paramedics? York Region Paramedic and Senior Services University Health Network – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Sharon, Ontario

Xu, Yuan		 Developing EMR data extraction method to enhance the research and health care for heart failure Alberta Health Services University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta
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