Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Bonnie Stevens is Professor at the University of Toronto and Signy Hildur Eaton Chair at the Hospital for Sick Children. She has developed an outstanding nationally funded research program focusing on (i) pain assessment and management in infants and children; (ii) the evaluation of models of health care delivery to children with chronic disease; and (iii) the exploration of the determinants of research utilization in nursing practice. She is the recipient of several research awards, including the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Canadian Pain Society New Investigator Award, and ...

Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Dawn Stacey is an internationally renowned researcher enabling impact on practice and policy through advancing the science of supporting patients' involvement in making healthcare decisions. She leads national and international initiatives to synthesize evidence and develop standards for translating scientific knowledge into patient decision-aids, and has created innovative implementation resources including decision coaching protocols and online training programs. Her evidence-based knowledge tools and learning activities are publicly available, used in clinical practice and for continuing ...

Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa

Dr. O'Connor's novel measures, frameworks and interventions have contributed to the emergence of a new field of ‘shared decision making'. Her ground-breaking studies have created new knowledge, tools and standards for informing people about difficult decisions and have underpinned new policies and legislation internationally to promote shared decision making between patients and health professionals. Her leadership has been pivotal in creating an international academic forum for the field.

Professor Emerita, McMaster University

Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid's internationally recognized research program focuses on developing, implementing, evaluating and scaling-up integrated, patient-oriented interventions to improve care and outcomes for older adults with multimorbidity (2 chronic conditions) and their caregivers living in the community. As part of this work, she focuses on advancing the science of patient oriented health care intervention research. She fosters partnerships between researchers and knowledge users – clinicians, policy makers, patients, caregivers – to produce research that directly responds to the ...

Her leadership has been recognized with a Distinguished University Professor Award. She has published on many topics including transitional discharge, therapeutic relationships, technology in mental health care and housing/homelessness. Her research explores systems issues related to mental health care including: implementation of the transitional discharge model, housing/homeless ness, poverty, community integration and the use of technology in mental health care. Projects start with the voice of consumers/providers to envision a better way of providing services, then implement new ...

Distinguished Uni Prof. & Women’s Health Research Chair, Western University

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe is a Professor and Women's Health Research Chair in Rural Health, in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University. Canadian leader in the areas of women's health, violence, health equity and place, her research has contributed foundational knowledge about the health consequences of violence and effective health interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence, including rural-dwelling women and people those who face significant barriers to care. This work is strengthening health care and social service responses to violence, trauma and ...