Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Bourgeault is pleased to mentor postdoctoral fellows linking them to the various research networks she leads and participates in. The following are recent postdoctoral fellows who have worked with Dr. Bourgeault.

Dr. Christine (Chrissy) Kelly

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    • Project Title: Teaching ‘care’ Personal support worker training in Ontario
    • Project Description: This project explores Personal Support Worker (PSW) training in Ontario. PSWs assist with the tasks of daily living, and training programs are offered in public, private, and in-service settings. I am examining curriculum, demographics, debates about regulation, and theoretical questions about ‘care’ in order to inform policy discussions about worker shortages in long term care.
    • Research Projects:
      1. Scholarly manuscript in progress on disability movements and care under advanced contract with University of British Columbia Press.
      2. 2011-12 Canadian Centre on Disability Studies Small Grant
        1. Principal Applicant for a community-partnered, participatory research project titled: The Youth Activist Forum: Exploring Disability Activism & Identities
        2. We coordinated a three-day Youth Activist Forum about disability for 40 youth held in June 2011
        3. I collected and analyzed qualitative data from youth participants and speakers
        4. Outcomes: Two articles, two conference presentations and received a National Award from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities

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Dr. Danielle Rolfe

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    • Project Title: A Process, Outcome and Economic Evaluation of the Markham Stouffville Hospital Caesarean-section Reduction Strategy (MSH-CARES)
    • Project Description: MSH-CARES is a multifaceted intervention strategy to reduce c-sections among low-risk pregnant women giving birth at Markham-Stouffville Hospital in York Region, Ontario. Using qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation, we are evaluating the process and outcomes of MSH-CARES at Markham Stouffville Hospital, and at Queensway-Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario to assess its effectiveness, long-term feasibility, and potential for uptake at other hospitals and at a health region level.
    • Research Projects: An Interdisciplinary, Multifaceted Intervention to Reduce Caesarean Section Rates in a Low Risk Population: A Process and Outcome Evaluation. (2012). CIHR Operating Grant, Priority Announcement: Gender, Sex and Health Research – Work and Health. Dr. Ivy Bourgeault & Dr. Eileen Hutton (co-principal investigators), C Cameron, S Dunn, S Eldred, E Forget, K Kaufman, J Mackenzie, E Neiterman, D Rolfe, E Shoemaker, R Walji (co-investigators).
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Dr. Dana L. Riley

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    • Project Title: An implementation evaluation of the development of the collective program of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (PHIRNET post-doctoral fellowship. January 2012-present
    • Project Description: To determine what factors contributed to or hindered the development, maintenance and productivity of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health to facilitate continued sustainability and adaptability.
    • Research Projects:
    1. An implementation evaluation of the development of the collective program of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
    2. A Social Ecological Approach to Understanding Physical Activity: A mixed methods exploration of the individual, family and neighbourhood characteristics that influence physical activity among Family Heart Health: Randomized, Controlled Trial participants (doctoral thesis)
    • Publications & Presentations: n/a
    • Where you are now?: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences

Dr. Sylvia Reitmanova

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    • Project Title: Diversity-competent primary and hospital maternal health care in Ottawa. January 2012-present
    • Project Description: My research will contribute to a better understanding of how biological characteristics, physiological abilities, social identities and cultural values, and their complex interaction with other health determinants shape the maternal health needs of women from cultural minorities (nonwhite women, immigrant women, women with disabilities, and women of diverse sexual orientation). I will provide my research findings to healthcare policymakers and service providers and work with them to develop policies and practices that will respond to the identified women’s needs.
    • Research Projects: Diversity-competent primary and hospital maternal health care in Ottawa
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Dr. Christine Covell

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    • Project Title: A Pan Canadian Perspective on the Successful Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses. Funded by CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Project Description: This research will examine the reasons why some internationally educated nurses are successful in becoming nurses in Canada, and identify the programs available to help them pass a licensing examination and find work in their profession. Information from this research can be used to develop and modify educational programs and social program to assist internationally educated nurses become eligible to practice their profession and find work in Canada. Employers and regulatory agencies can use the information to develop strategies to retain internationally educated nurses in Canada.
    • Research Projects: Co-investigator: CIHR Network Catalyst Grant: Canadian Health Human Resources Network
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    Dr. Sheri L. Price

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      • Project Title: TBD. March to August 2012
      • Project Description: Exploring early professional socialization strategies to enhance career choice, recruitment and retention within the nursing profession.
      • Research Projects: n/a
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    Dr. Rishma Walji

    Coming soon.

    Dr. Daniel Hollenberg

    Coming soon.

    Dr. Gillian Mulvale

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      • Project Title: TBD 2005-2006
      • Project Description: n/a
      • Research Projects: n/a
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