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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Danielle Fearon

Assistant Professor

Research Interest/Specialization

Public Health/Population-Level Health; Applied Biostatistics; Mental Health; Health Systems Research; Health Equity

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

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

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

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

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

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

Anam Shahil-Feroz

Assistant Professor

Research Interest/Specialization

Digital Health; Global Health; Maternal Health; South Asian Immigrant Women Health and Well-being

Victoria Smye

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

Penny Tryphonopoulos

Assistant Professor

Research Interest/Specialization

Perinatal Mood Disorders; Infant Mental Health; Attachment; Intervention Development & Testing; Gender-Based Violence

Glorieuse Uwizeye

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

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

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