About
I recently began a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University. Supervised by Dr. Ruth Lavergne, I will lead mixed-methods, multi-provincial studies aimed at understanding the impacts of population aging on primary care needs and capacity.
My main research interests are health services (health systems), primary health care, family medicine, aging, health human resources, and medical education. I have experience leading observational and quasi-experimental studies using health administrative data, evidence syntheses, consensus studies, qualitative studies, and mixed-methods research. To date, I have published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and technical reports, including in JAMDA, BMJ Open, CMAJ Open, BMC Geriatrics, Canadian Journal on Aging, and PLOS ONE. I am the first-listed or senior author for two-thirds of my publications.
I completed my higher education at the University of Waterloo (BSc, Honours Health Studies, 2019) and McMaster University (PhD, Health Research Methodology, 2024). I developed interests in health services and aging research while completing cooperative education terms in a variety of health care settings during my undergraduate studies. I began working under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Costa at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo Regional Campus, during my final co-op term, and have continued working and training in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact.
I held a number of research and leadership roles during my time at McMaster. Notably, I was a Research Associate in the Department of Family Medicine, working closely with Dr. Meredith Vanstone, using mixed-methods to investigate how pregnant persons navigated the risks of COVID-19 in two Canadian provinces. I also worked as a Team Lead with the Research Shop in the Office of Community Engagement where I led student volunteers in conducting community-engaged research projects.
