Current Positions

Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Senior Research Academic, Flinders University, South Australia
Research Scientist, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship, Flinders University (2016-2019)
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Alberta (2016)
Bachelor of Science, Nursing (honors), University of Alberta (2007)

Research Focus

Clinical Areas:
* Youth onset type 2 diabetes
* Youth Neurodiversity
* Youth & Family mental health
Methodologies:
* Arts Based Health Research & Arts Based Knowledge Translation
* Mixed Methods Research
* Living Labs for Child Health
* Applied Qualitative Research

Research Interests

- Pediatric chronic illness and self-management
- Knowledge translation
- Arts-based methods & stigma
- Applied lived experience research