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Updated: Friday, July 31, 2009
Team members in Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET:
| Principal Investigators |
Mr. Richard Doll
Director, Sociobehavioural Research Centre;
Provincial Leader, Cancer Rehabilitation, BC Cancer Agency
rdoll@bccancer.bc.ca |
Mr. Richard Doll is the Director of the Sociobehavioural Research Centre (SRC) and the Provincial Leader for Cancer Survivorship at the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA). His responsibilities include implementing supportive care programs within the BCCA and promoting the development of community based programs.
He is a member of the CIHR Advisory Board for the Institute of Cancer Research, a member of the Cancer Journey Action Group of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC), and a founding member of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology.
Richard co-leads the CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET. His research interests also include health technology and access to care.
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Dr. Arminée Kazanjian
Professor, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology,
Faculty of Medicine, University
of British Columbia
a.kazanjian@ubc.ca
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Dr. Arminee Kazanjian is a Professor at the School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. A sociologist by training,
Dr. Kazanjian’s most recent research interests are in cancer supportive care and psychosocial oncology. She is a pioneer of population-based data linkage for surveillance purposes and her recent work focuses on immigrant health and service utilization, linking health program databases with immigration databases. She is an internationally known health services researcher for her work delineating the social context of health seeking behaviour and the evaluation of health systems. |
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| Co-Investigators |
Dr. Maria Cristina Barroetavena
Research Consultant, Sociobehavioural Research Centre, BC Cancer Agency |
Dr. Maria Cristina Barroetavena is a Research Consultant at the BC Cancer Agency's Sociobehavioural Research Centre (SRC) and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia. She has training in international health and occupational-related morbidity and mortality.
Maria Cristina is the co-coordinator of cross cultural research activities at the SRC and has an interest in quality of life issues, social and cultural determinants of health and well-being, and qualitative and quantitative methodology.
She is currently working on a projects aimed at improving our understanding of the barriers to equal access to cancer care. Current projects include:
- Patient Navigation in Cancer Care
- Psychosocial needs of Chinese cancer patients and their family caregivers
- PSSCAN: Development and Evaluation of a Psychosocial Screening Tool for BCCA.
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Dr. Anne Leis
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health & Epidmiology, University of Saskatchewan
anne.leis@usask.ca |
Dr. Anne Leis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.
She has training in health psychology, community health, and epidemiology. The psychosocial aspects of cancer constitute the main focus of her research. Areas of interest include complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), quality of life, and spirituality.
She currently co-leads a national research team on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and cancer.
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Dr. Gillian Fyles
Research Leader, Palliative Care; Medical Leader, Pain & Symptom Management, BC Cancer Agency
GFyles@bccancer.bc.ca
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Dr. Gillian Fyles is the Research Leader for Palliative Care at BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) and Medical Leader of the Pain & Symptom Management/Palliative Care Program (PSMPC) at BCCA Centre for the Southern Interior (CSI) in Kelowna.
She is also the Co-Medical Director of the Kelowna Palliative Response Team. She is the Chair of the UBC/BCCA Pain & Symptom Management/Palliative Care Research Subcommittee and an active member of the Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network (SCRN) Palliative Team, led by Dr. Robin Cohen. She is a member of the Executive of the NCIC Clinical Trials Group Symptom Control Committee.
Dr. Fyles' publications, presentations and grant submissions
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Dr. Grace Johnston
Senior epidemiologist, Cancer Care Nova Scotia
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Dr. Grace Johnston is a senior epidemiologist for Cancer Care Nova Scotia where she has gained expertise in database quality assessment, and the linkage of the Nova Scotia Cancer Registry to other provincial health administrative data sets for research on equity in provision of cancer services.
Dr. Johnston is a leader in End-of-Life research, with seven published peer reviewed articles in the past three years. She provides leadership in inter-professional and interdisciplinary research and education at Dalhousie’s inter-professional training program, with direct involvement in learning module development, one of which includes palliative care.
As an Associate Professor in the School of Health Services Administration at Dalhousie, Dr. Johnston is the Graduate Studies Coordinator, with access to students and planning of health education.
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| New Investigators |
Dr. Kirsten Bell
New Investigator, CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET, Sociobehavioural Research Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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Dr. Kirsten Bell is a New Investigator for the CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET at the Sociobehavioural Research Centre and a Research Associate in the Anthropology Department at the University of British Columbia. She has training in cultural and medical anthropology and has held academic positions in universities in both Australia and the USA.
Her key interests lie in the sociocultural analysis of biomedicine and public health and the embodied experience of health and illness.
Kirsten is currently developing a research program in the area of cancer survivorship. Current projects include an ethnographic study of cancer support groups, and several initiatives to develop a new conceptual framework for understanding ‘survivorship’ in relation to the cancer trajectory. |
Dr. Andrea Con
New Investigator, CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET, Sociobehavioural Research Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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Dr. Andrea Con is a New Investigator for the CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET at the Sociobehavioural Research Centre. She has training in behavioural medicine and health psychology with a specialization in counselling psychology and recently completed a postdoctoral program in cardiovascular behavioural medicine at Brown University.
Her research interests include psychosocial predictors and gender differences in recovery, and improving communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Andrea has experience working in the area of chronic illness including cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and fibromyalgia.
Andrea has worked on the access to quality supportive cancer care projects and is currently conducting research in cross-cultural considerations in advance care planning and helping patients transition to palliative care. |
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| Research Trainees |
Mr. Harvey Bosma
Research Trainee, CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET, School of Social Work and Family Studies, UBC
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Mr. Harvey Bosma is a research trainee with the CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET and a doctoral student in the School of Social Work and Family Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is also a clinical social worker with the palliative care program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.
Harvey is also a research trainee with the NET Transitions in Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care. |
Dr. Suzanne Slocum
Post Doctoral Fellow, CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET, Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
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Dr. Suzanne Slocum is a CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC and the BC Cancer Agency Sociobehavioural Research Centre. Her education and expertise is primarily rooted in psychometrics, with an overall focus on the measurement of mental health and psycho-social factors, including spirituality and acculturation. Dr. Slocum is also a practicing yoga therapist for individuals with chronic illnesses. Suzanne has held academic and research positions in universities in both Canada and the USA. In addition, Dr. Slocum has acted as a co-investigator on National Institute of Health (NIH) research projects and a project manager for both CIHR and NIH funded research.
Suzanne’s research experience and interests are focused on developing and clinically testing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) programs in order to improve the quality of life for cancer survivors. In doing so, Suzanne will develop and validate a series of screening instruments for palliative and end-of-life care. For example, Suzanne is currently designing a measure of Compassion Fatigue that will include a cultural component for health professionals.
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Ms. Ann Syme
Research Trainee, CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET, Pain & Symptom Management/Palliative Care, BC Cancer Agency
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Ms. Ann Syme is a PhD candidate at the Nursing School, University of Victoria as well as the Director, Pain & Symtom Management/Palliative Care at the BC Cancer Agency and a research traninee with CIHR Cross-Cultural Palliative Care NET. Ann is also on the CIHR Palliatve Care NET Grant for Communication in Victoria, and holds academic positions at the University of Victoria Nursing School and the University of British Columbia Division of Palliative Care.
Ann's key interests are in how cancer patients and their families can best be cared for as they move from their cancer treatments to end of life care, and how best the health care system might be better aligned to support this difficult transition.
Ann is currently pursuing her doctorate as well as her position at BCCA. As well, Ann participates with the Candadian Partnership Against Cancer where she is a member of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Action Group. Ann is also a past president for the BC Hospice Palliative Care Association who this year gifted her with their Award of Excellence.
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