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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Support the implementation of CCRA’s Pan-Canadian Research Strategy
• Accountable for planning and implementation of the Canadian Cancer Research Conference
• Accountable for oversite and publication of cancer research investment reports
• Accountable for the management of and deliverables of the Research team at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (the Partnership), and be the Partnership's key liaison on emerging cancer research
• Responsible for developing and implementing the Partnerships research related activities

University Of Toronto

• Co-developed graduate level course on evaluation of health information systems
• Co-instructed a Masters’ level course on evaluation of health information systems for 6 consecutive years
• Supervised Master's level graduate students

Toronto, Canada Area

• Successfully led the growth of CCO’s palliative care program in terms of budget, team size, and deliverables in alignment with need for increased provincial leadership in palliative care
• Collaboratively led the development of a strategic plan for the palliative program to enable alignment with the broader provincial strategy to drive system improvements
• Supported clinical leadership in evolving the oncology palliative care program to become a disease agnostic program ensuring all Ontarians benefit from improvements in palliative care
• Initiated several ongoing joint deliverables with internal and external partners to promote a disease agnostic approach for palliative care
• Advanced a primary level approach to palliative care by fostering relationships with primary care providers through the Ontario College of Family Physicians, the Nurse Practitioner Association of Ontario, CCO’s Primary.
• Co-chaired working group to develop provincial quality indicators to drive both quality improvements and measure accountability

• Supported the growth of a self-management community for cancer survivors through the development of strategies, policies and procedures
• Administered activities of the cancer survivorship centre, including the development of policies and procedures to ensure a high functioning interprofessional centre
• Participated in the establishment of targeted survivorship programs to improve quality of life and patient experience in cancer survivorship
• Supervised a multidisciplinary team of professionals committed to improving the patient experience for cancer survivors through innovative programing and education
• Managed the development of the centre’s public web presence to increase awareness among providers, survivors and their families about the benefits of a self-management approach to survivorship care
• Implemented and evaluated diverse wellness programming for cancer survivors

• Conducted evaluation research of patient portals (e.g. InfoWell, MyDoctor) to promote access to personal health records
• Represented the Educational Informatics Program on numerous organizational committees
• Brokered and maintained relationships with multiple third party vendors ensuring deadlines were met on task and on budget
• Collaborated with internal and external knowledge generators both as a knowledge creator and a knowledge user
• Co-led projects resulting in creation of online toolkits to support the provision of patient education
• Co-author book chapter Personal Health Information in the Age of Ubiquitous health. In Mohammed S, Fiaidhi J (Eds.), Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics: Advancements in Web 2.0, Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0..

• Managed expansion of an online social networking community of breast cancer survivors to be inclusive of all cancer survivors
• Led continuous evaluation and development of social networking community for cancer survivors
• Provided community management for virtual education and support for cancer survivors
• Recruited and trained interprofessional expert moderators/educators for online education and support for cancer survivors
• Developed policies and guidelines for management of an online community for cancer survivors
• Conducted original research on virtual support communities for cancer survivors

Phd, Health Policy, Bioethics

Msw, Macro Health Policy

Placements: Graduate Hospital (year 1), Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (year 2)

Ma, Applied Religious Ethics, Bioethics

Ba, Zoology And Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: JSU, ASSU