Who We Are
Denise Bryant-Lukosius
Co-Director
Professor & Alba DiCenso Chair in Advanced Practice Nursing, School of Nursing & Dept of Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Clinician Scientist & Director, Canadian Centre of Excellence in Oncology Advanced Practice Nursing, Juravinski Hospital & Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences
Research focus: Optimizing the development and integration of advanced practice nursing roles into healthcare systems. Design and evaluation of advanced practice nursing roles in new models of care delivery. Strengthening the capacity of advanced practices nurses to conduct and lead research and quality improvement initiatives
Ruth Martin Misener
Co-Director
Professor & Director of the School of Nursing, & Assistant Dean, Research, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Affiliate Scientist, Nova Scotia Health & Maritime SPOR Support Unit
Research focus: Evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of nurse practitioner roles and team-based models of care in primary and long-term care
Nancy Carter
Member
Associate Professor & Assistant Dean of the Graduate Nursing Programs, School of Nursing, McMaster University
Research focus: Models of Care with Advanced and Specialist Nursing Roles the role of leaders to support models of care, and graduate nursing education. Current work involves collaboration with international APN communities to create knowledge translation strategies, and to explore sustainability of new APN roles
Kelly Goudreau
Member
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Research focus: Simulation education, the advancement of the clinical nurse specialist role, and broad academic interests in policy development and leadership in APN roles on a global scale.
Krista Jokiniemi
Member
University Lecturer, Dept of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland
Research focus: The examination and development of advanced practice nursing roles, particularly related to clinical nurse specialists (CNSs). Currently working on several international research projects concerning the development of CNS competencies and capabilities, and the differentiation of nursing and advanced practice nursing roles
Kelley Kilpatrick
Member
Professor & Susan E. French Chair in Nursing Research & Innovative Practice, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University
Research focus: Team processes to open the ‘black box’ of how advanced practice nursing roles support teams and improve care. Innovative research provides new insights into how to foster patient involvement in care and improve outcomes, including the critical role of team processes, role clarity, and involving family members in high functioning teams with Nurse Practitioners in primary care
Minna Miller
Member
Family Nurse Practitioner, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia & Thompson Rivers University
Research focus: Advanced Practice Nursing roles, education, regulation and practice globally. Role characteristics, deployment activities, practice patterns and outcomes of the NP workforce in specialty practice settings in BC. Use of health services administrative data, AI, business application tools to evaluate and optimize APN practice
Jennifer Rayner
Member
Director of Research & Evaluation, Alliance for Healthier Communities
Chair, Canadian Association of Community Health Centre Research Working Group
Research focus: Primary health care, interprofessional teams and health equity; working in collaboration with researchers, evaluators and policy makers to improve care for people with barriers
Erin Ziegler
Member
Associate Professor & Nurse Practitioner, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research focus: Exploring healthcare access and delivery to vulnerable populations, including the LGBTQ2SA population; role optimization of nurse practitioners in primary care and graduate nursing education
Salma Almukhaini
Early Career Researcher
PhD, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Research focus: Advanced practice nurses in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly the role development and utilization of master’s prepared Omani nurses working in clinical settings in the governmental health care system in Oman
Li-Anne Audet
Early Career Researcher
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Research focus: Interprofessional teams in primary care
Consuelo Cerón MacKay
Trainee
PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, McMaster University
Research focus: Application of the PEPPA framework and knowledge translations strategies to promote the uptake of advanced practice nursing roles in Chile
Sarah Crowe
Early Career Researcher
Nurse Practitioner Leader, Clinician Scientist, Fraser Health Authority, British Columbia
Research focus: Health systems research, with a focus on Nurse Practitioner impact on systems and populations. Critical Care survivorship with a focus on improving team dynamics and patient and family experiences/outcomes
Rini Dass
Trainee
PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, McMaster University
Research focus: Organizational structures and the optimal implementation of nurse practitioner roles in hospital-based settings
Melanie Dunlop
Trainee
PhD Student, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Director NP Enhancement Strategies, Nova Scotia Health
Student, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Research focus: Motor function and learning in stroke rehabilitation, gender inequality in stroke rehabilation research, and nurse practitioner research engagement
Franziska Geese
Trainee
PhD Candidate, Health Sciences, University of Maastricht
Lecturer, Master-program, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne
Research focus: Advanced practice nursing roles in cancer care in Switzerland, including their job satisfaction and psycho-social wellbeing
Laura Hako
Trainee
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland
Research focus: Clinical Nurse Specialist Capabilities
Samantha Horvath
Trainee
PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, McMaster University
Research focus: Advanced practice nurse models of care across emergency departments
Alyssa Indar
Early Career Researcher
CIHR Health System Impact Fellow (Post-doctoral), Nova Scotia Health/Dalhousie University
Special Advisor, Nursing Recruitment & Retention, University Health Network
Research focus: health services research, policy and nursing education to address nursing workforce challenges. optimizing appropriate scopes of practices for nurses and nurse practitioners
Breanna Lloy
Early Career Researcher
Doctor of Nursing, University of Toronto
Fellow, Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
Interim Director of NPs in Primary Health Care, Nova Scotia Health
Research focus: supporting new graduate NP transition to practice, NP mentorship, and strategies for NP retention
Stephanie Lucchese
Trainee
PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, McMaster University
Research focus: Examining health system optimization approaches to improve the quality of care of older adults with a mental illness and dementia experiencing a delayed discharge in a hospital setting
Carole Michalski-Monnerat
Trainee
PhD Candidate, Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, University of Lausanne
Research focus: Development of an advanced practice nurse-led model of care to improve transitions from hospital to home – a multi-phase and stakeholder engaged approach
Jephinah Pandhoo
Trainee
PhD Student, School of Nursing, McMaster University
Research focus: Explore the impact of simulation and virtual reality on the education and training of Nurse Practitioners
Joanie Pellet
Early Career Researcher
PhD, Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, University of Lausanne
Tenure Track-Assistant Professor, University of Lausanne
Research focus: Improving the transition experience from hospital to home for older patients and their caregivers
Amanda Santos
Trainee
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Nurse Practitioner, Alberta Health Services
Research focus: Examining models of care with nurse practitioners in emergency departments within Alberta, Canada
Isabelle Savard
Early Career Researcher
Professor, Department of Nursing, Université du Québec en Outaouais (Saint-Jerome campus)
Research focus: The added value of nurse practitioners; Advanced nursing practice roles; Caring for people in vulnerable situations
Jennifer Splane
Trainee
PhD Student, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Nurse Practitioner, Beyond ADHD, eVisitNB, New Brunswick
Research focus: Evaluation of the Nurse Practitioner role in the provision of virtual care in the ambulatory and primary care setting