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• Conduct focus groups, informational interviews, and interviews with subject matter experts to inform project design and development and gather detailed information about stakeholders' needs and experiences. • Develop focus group protocols; translate protocols and key information documents for participants in French; facilitate and co-facilitate focus groups in English and French; analyse qualitative data to identify major themes and sub-themes; summarize and present key findings to project stakeholders; use findings and stakeholder feedback to inform the development of guiding principles and promising practice in skills training and employment support. • Write literature reviews, evidence briefs, needs analysis reports, and project proposals. • Develop UX Research protocols and conduct remote usability testing sessions; summarize findings and link with industry best practice; provide actionable recommendations to improve products.

• Led an independent research program focused on communication and quality of life in aging: designed and implemented research projects and knowledge transfer plans; collected and analysed quantitative and qualitative data; summarized and communicated findings. • Communicated research findings in scientific papers, national and international conferences, and public outreach events. • Led proposal writing and submission resulting in 13 funded projects by the federal and provincial government, including 8 as principal investigator, with budgets ranging from $10K to $100K.• Planned and coordinated project development and implementation; managed budgets and secured staff and equipment; kept track of project milestones and objective completion. • Taught master’s and PhD students in groups of up to 60 students in English and French, in Canada and in Switzerland; developed learning and evaluation tools; provided feedback on abstracts, scientific papers, theses and grant proposals; supervised and mentored undergraduate and graduate students, research assistants and volunteers• Developed and facilitated workshops on a variety of topics, including: equity, diversity & inclusion; communication between caregivers and people who have dementia; adolescents and young adults with developmental language disorders; language and communication disorders; inter-professional education in healthcare; patient safety.• Chaired the department’s Curriculum Committee in charge of developing policies and procedures for teaching; co-chaired of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and was a member of the Patient Safety Committee; led the Communication Strategic Group of the REPAR research network; was a member of grant review committees.

• Conducted a neuroimaging study of cognitive decline and language in Parkinson’s disease; wrote the grant proposal that resulted in federal government funding for the research• Authored scientific articles and delivered presentations at national and international conferences• Provided training and supervision to PhD students and other lab members

• Assessed the communication needs of clients with acquired language disorders and explained the assessment results to clients and family members• Worked in collaboration with the client and the healthcare team to identify intervention goals and provided individualized, evidence-based speech-language treatment in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.