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Faculty Members
Faculty members in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing are engaged in impactful research across a number of health-related areas. Click on a faculty member's name to view their full profile and learn more about their research.
Research Supervisors and Interests
Saleema Allana
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Intersectionality and Cardiovascular Care; Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Management; Telehealth and Remote Monitoring Programs for Vulnerable Populations; Cardiovascular Health of Immigrants and Other Vulnerable Populations; Sex-Based Differences in Cardiovascular Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes; Gender-Based Differences in Care-Seeking, Self-Care Behaviors, and Disease Management for Cardiovascular Diseases; Aging and Quality of Life with Cardiovascular Disease; Health Behaviours and Self-Care Decision Making Among Heart Failure Patients; Adoption of Technology, and its Effectiveness in Delivering Nursing Education; Health Equity and Social Justice; Social Technologies and Their Impact on Social Inclusion, Discrimination, and Intolerance
Yolanda Babenko-Mould
Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Canadian and International Involvement in Nursing Education; Development of Educational Resources for Use by Clinical Teachers in Canada and Rwanda; Internationally-Educated Nursing Students; Clinical Teacher and Nursing Student Empowerment; Clinical Teachers’ Use of Empowering Behaviours; Nursing Students’ Self-Efficacy for Professional Practice; Nursing Students’ Self-Efficacy for Computer-Mediated Learning in Online Environments; Civility in Nursing Education Contexts
Richard Booth
Associate Professor and Arthur Labatt Family Chair in Nursing
Research Interest/Specialization
Nursing Education, Serious Games, Virtual Reality; Health Informatics, eHealth, Digital Health, Social Media in Healthcare; Mental Health Nursing; Socio-Technical Perspectives, Big Data; Social Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence
Susana Caxaj
Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Temporary Migrant Populations; Global Health and Community Health; Anti-Racism and Critical Social Justice; Indigenous Health, Health Equity and Cultural Safety; Belonging, Inclusion and Service Access Among Immigrant Populations; Participatory Action Research
Ryan Chan
Assistant Professor, Teaching Scholar, Simulated Education Faculty Lead
Research Interest/Specialization
Digital Health and Nursing Informatics; Emerging Technologies in Healthcare; Nursing Education, Program, and Curriculum; Clinical Simulation and Simulation-Based Learning; Emergency and Acute Care Nursing
Cheryl Forchuk
Distinguished University Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Mental Health Nursing; Mental Illness and Poverty, Housing and Homelessness; Transitional Discharge Model; The Use of Technology in Mental Health
Anna Garnett
Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Examining the Physical, Social, and Relational Dimensions of Health, Wellbeing, and Care Provision Across the Life Course; Investigating Chronic and Life-Limiting Condition Management to Optimize Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Older Adults; Exploring Health Services Strategies to Improve the Uptake and Reach of Supports for Medically Complex Older Adults and Their Families; Analyzing Socio-Environmental Influences on Health Outcomes and Service Utilization; Advancing Care Delivery and Wellbeing Through Digital Health and Informatics Applications
Danielle Fearon
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Public Health/Population-Level Health; Applied Biostatistics; Mental Health; Health Systems Research; Health Equity
Marilyn Ford-Gilboe
Distinguished University Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Women’s Health and Health Inequity Across Diverse Contexts, Including Rural Settings; Health, Social and Economic Consequences of Gender-Based Violence and Trauma; Development and Testing Complex (F2F and online) Interventions to Improve Health and Quality of Life for Women with Histories of IPV; Strengthening Health Care Approaches for People Living with Violence and Inequity; Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care, Relational Practice and Strengths-Based Models of Practice/Service Delivery (Particularly Related to Community Health Nursing); Measurement of Gender-Based Violence and Equity-Oriented Care
Kim Jackson
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Health Promotion & Caring for Self, Colleagues & Clients; Episodic Mental Health Illnesses; Professional Practice in Families; Child Health and Family Nursing
Amanda McIntyre
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Health Systems and Health Service Delivery; Rehabilitation Sciences, Interdisciplinary Health Care; Emergency (Hyperacute) and Acute Care Nursing; Chronic and Neurological Disease, Older Adults; Quantitative Methods; Health Informatics and Digital Health Solutions
Shokoufeh Modanloo
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Women’s and Children’s Health in Global Context; Sociopolitical Determinants of Health for Marginalized Populations; Historical and Structural Factors to Understand Systemic Discrimination and Racism; Community-Based Participatory Research; Theory and Philosophy in Nursing
Abe Oudshoorn
Acting Associate Dean (Research) and Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Homelessness Prevention; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Housing Policy; Qualitative methods
Anam Shahil-Feroz
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Digital Health; Global Health; Maternal Health; South Asian Immigrant Women Health and Well-being
Victoria Smye
Director and Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Inequities in Access to Mental Health and Addictions Care; Indigenous Health; Women and Violence and, in Particular, Interpersonal and Structural Violence; Critical Theoretical Perspectives, Including Exploration and Application of the Concepts of Cultural Safety, Relational Practice, and Intersectionality in Nursing and Health Care More Broadly
Penny Tryphonopoulos
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Perinatal Mood Disorders; Infant Mental Health; Attachment; Intervention Development & Testing; Gender-Based Violence
Glorieuse Uwizeye
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Intergenerational Health Impacts of Human Violence, in Particular, Developmental and Health Impacts of Genocide; Developmental and Health Outcomes of Early Life Trauma Exposure; Epigenetics; Health Disparities; Global Health; Nursing Workforce
Nadine Wathen
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence
Research Interest/Specialization
Gender-Based Violence; Health Equity & Social Justice; Knowledge Mobilization; Public Policy; Health Information & Communication
Fiona Webster
Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
The Sociology of Chronic Pain and Other Chronic Health Conditions; Critical Ethnography and Institutional Ethnography; Gender and Health; Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health