Our Team
Our research team invites disciplinary diversity and includes anthropologists and sociologists of medicine, science and technology, molecular biologists, medical professionals, political scientists; bioethicists, lawyers and historians of risk and regulation.
Public Health Governance Project Team
Co-Investigators
Shawn Harmon – Co-Investigator, Dalhousie University.
Christina Holmes – Co-Investigator, St. Francis Xavier University.
Samantha Meyer – Co-Investigator, University of Waterloo.
Julie Bettinger – Co-Investigator, University of British Columbia.
KD King – Co-Investigator, University of Alberta.
Craig Candler – Co-Investigator, Reciprocity Connects.
Christopher Fletcher – Co-Investigator, Université Laval.
Ève Dubé – Co-Investigator, Université Laval.
Benjamin Malo – Co-Investigator, Université Laval.
Sarah Jervis – Research Assistant, Dalhousie University.
Joshua Langston – Research Assistant, Dalhousie University.
TRRU's Collaborators
Jeannette Comeau, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Noni MacDonald, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Trainees
Dara Liu is in her third year of Medicine at Dalhousie University (Class of 2026). Prior to her current studies, she completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at McGill University. During her undergraduate degree, she conducted a thesis project with the Eating Disorders Program at the Douglas Research Center, examining the efficacy of a stepped-care model in the treatment of eating disorders. Dara is currently conducting her Research in Medicine Project with Dr. Janice Graham and Dr. Jeannette Comeau, in collaboration with OntarioMD examining the relationship between physicians, their use of health information technology, and associated burnout.
Ella Hunter is taking her bachelor’s degree in arts and science in health at St. Francis Xavier University. She is working as a Research Assistant for Dr. Christina Holmes. She has contributed to transcription preparation, focus group analysis using NVivo database software, data extraction from literature searches using Excel and citation managements using Zotero database software for the public health governance project. Ella’s interests include health education, childhood and development, and the use of games in clinical treatment and teaching and learning.