Ellison Richmond Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Strategic, technical, developmental, research projects with governments and governmental health organizations • Work includes workshop development, strategic planning for health authorities and community partners• Independent consultant and technical team member of Be the Change Group, Inc. - see http://bethechangegroup.com/team/ellison.html

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Founded and developed online, crowd-sourced evidence resource for healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supported by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Continuing Professional Development Rural Program & Society of Rural Physicians of Canada. See askreakt.com.

• Develop market- and research-driven insights into current and future states of e-Health and telehealth• Connect with variety of industry stakeholders to align strategy, product development and implementation with need• Work to improve client experience for successful implementation of 'virtual care' telehealth projects

• Consultative business development for enterprise-level healthcare industry and governmental clients • Led proposal and project development, RFP responses, client relationship management• Conducted market research analysis for strategic planning• Quarterbacked a renewed business plan leading through: a fruitful business model pivot, sale of operations to reflect our pivot, and acquisition/exit• (By January 2015, Medeo was acquired by QHR Technologies, Inc, where I continued to work)

• Coordination of ‘My Health My Community’ health survey outreach and messaging, administered by Vancouver Coastal Health in partnership with Fraser Health and the UBC eHealth Strategy Office• Worked with Principal Investigator, manager, outreach coordinators, field surveyors to develop tools for identifying, prioritizing, scheduling, and tracking outreach

• Public health research related to issues facing urban residents, including illness, addiction, employment• Outreach, interviews, and community-building for organizations providing low-barrier employment and other services for marginalized groups• Quantitative epidemiological research in large, multi-year cohort study

• Created program plan for the foundation of the Healthy Built Environment Program with key strategic components including mission, goals, and short-term objectives• Facilitated multiple workshops with leadership and staff to garner ideas for program development, created tools to measure program and staff progress and identify challenges, trained program staff • Contributed to Health Authority responses to community and neighbourhood plan draft documents; participated in consultations with municipal representatives• Conducted health evidence reviews on school physical activity, local food initiatives, urban planning; documents now used as foundational resources by the BC Healthy Built Environment Alliance• Created inventory of Authority public health assets; assisted in facilitating strategic planning sessions; assisted in compiling a Public Health Strategic Plan, leading to major organizational change

• Pilot project to increase rates of HIV testing and improve patient follow-up across the region – now implemented across the province • Led strategy, priorities, budgeting, developed and maintaining an inventory of promotional materials and harm reduction supplies, selected community partners and developed approaches for partnership, developed and facilitated community forums • Partners included community-based / non-profit organizations working with refugees and immigrants, South Asian communities, of partner abuse and those recovering from substance use issues

• Conducted data collection and analysis in research on the perceptions of people who use crack cocaine and its implications for provincial harm reduction programming; presented findings on behalf of team • Contributed to an analysis and evaluation of prophylactic tuberculosis treatment protocol used in an outbreak of street-involved and homeless patients

• Projects included coordinating volunteer and education opportunities for health professional students; planning inter-disciplinary workshops for patient groups and students; organizing a fair featuring community organizations and patient groups, faculty, and hundreds of students• Designed, conducted, and completed research and evaluation of projects; prepared and presented results• Brought 'Patients as Experts' voices to health professional education• Worked with Fraser Valley Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society (formerly Xyolhemeylth) to partner health professional students with cultural outdoor camps for youth as part of inter-cultural education

• Program evaluation of primary care clinics and programs in Spruce Grove, AB including pediatric asthma, chronic pain, long-term care, mental health, and pharmacist-clinic integration• Designed long-term self-evaluation process plan to guide programs’ futures and their assessment• Coordinated youth-led Aboriginal diabetes ‘ambassadors for health promotion and disease prevention’ program; represented group at Health Canada “Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative” conference

• Liaised with and presented to schools and universities; organized events and campaigns; represented UNICEF in media and conventions; completed on-screen media training• Developed teaching materials to increase awareness of UNICEF’s work and global issues

• Literature review; wrote collaboratively with committees and independently• Wrote the Canadian Paediatric Society position paper (including literature review) on inhalant abuse for the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Committee; worked with Complementary and Alternative Research and Education (CARE) with the University of Alberta Department of Pediatrics on a study of complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatric respiratory clinics

• Helped found and develop non-profit providing anti-bacterial water filters and high-efficiency stoves for local lower-income families (with University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)• Sole on-site project member in rural Western Kenya for 8 months; established production location• Helped form partnerships with local community and international organizations e.g. UNICEF, UNDP

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Masters Public Health (Mph) (School Of Population And Public Health, Faculty Of Medicine), Epidemiology, Global Health

Courses in public health leadership, issues in public health, Canadian public health policy, program planing and evaluation, introductory.

Coursework, French Language

Coursework, Various

Post-baccalaureate studies (full-time): Diverse courses incl. public policy, pharmacology, bioethics, economics, Aboriginal health, law.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) (Department Of Biological Sciences, Faculty Of Science), Physiology And Developmental Biology (Honors, First Class; Dean'S List)

Public Health Reserve Pilot Project

• 1 of 9 members nationally for piloting a reserve of public health expertise in the case of a major national incident • On-site training.

'Managing Projects' (Nov 2010), 'Project Management Ii' (Feb 2011) (Vancouver)