Adjunct and Clinical Appointments
Adjunct Appointments
| Name | Faculty Sponsor | Bio | Key Terms | Contact Information |
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Bernardes, Andrea, PhD, RN Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Greta Cummings | Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing (EERP-USP), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Research Development. Completed her Postdoctoral studies at the University of Alberta, Canada (2010 and 2020). Coordinator (2020-2024) and Vice-Coordinator (2024-Current) of the Postgraduate Program in Fundamental Nursing; Coordinator of the MBA in Health Management (2014-Current) and Coordinator of the Research Center in Leadership and Management of Health Services (NAP-LIGGESS) at EERP/USP. Researcher at CLEAR Outcomes (Connecting Leadership Education and Research Outcomes) at the University of Alberta, Canada (2010-Current). Since 2023, she has been working as Scientific Editor of the Latin American Journal of Nursing (RLAE). | Nursing Management, Leadership, Continuing Education. | andreab@eerp.usp.br |
| Caine, Vera | Dr. Shannon Scott | |||
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Clark, Alex Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Jude Spiers | |||
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Cranley, Lisa, RN, PhD Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Hannah O'Rourke | Dr. Lisa Cranley is Associate Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cranley explores novel ways to build capacity of the healthcare workforce and innovative co-designed ways to support person-centered and sustainable health care in the long-term care sector | Long-Term Care, Implementation Science, Knowledge Translation, Older Adults, Dementia Care | lisa.cranley@utoronto.ca |
| Flynn, Rachel | Dr. Shannon Scott | |||
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Goldblatt, Hadass, PhD Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Joanne Olson | As an Associate Professor at the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, her research interests include the impact of the therapeutic encounter with violence, trauma, and severe health conditions on healthcare and welfare professionals; peoples’ coping with challenging conditions of ill-health, patient-provider relationships, interpersonal violence, and qualitative research methods. | Patient-provider relationships; professionals' resilience and well-being; interpersonal violence; qualitative research. | goldblat@ualberta.ca |
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Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Greta Cummings |
Dr. Matthias Hoben is an Associate Professor and Helen Carswell Chair in Dementia Care in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University. He is a registered nurse and health services researcher. His research aims to understand and improve the health and wellbeing (quality of life) of individuals living with dementia, their family and friend care partners, and their paid caregivers. |
Health services research, quality of care and quality of life of individuals living with dementia, family/friend caregiving, quality of work-life in continuing care settings, knowledge translation/implementation science | mhoben@yorku.ca |
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Knopp-Sihota, Jennifer, BScN MN NP PhD Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Carole Estabrooks |
Dr. Jennifer Knopp-Sihota is a health services researcher with a focus on improving the quality of care and life for frail older adults. My current projects include behaviour-based pain scale validation and testing, polypharmacy and deprescribing in care homes and non-pharmacological interventions for dementia behaviours. |
Pain assessment and measurement, quality of care, dementia, quality of life | jknopp@ualberta.ca |
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Letourneau, Nicole Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Shannon Scott | nlletour@ualberta.ca | ||
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Meijers, Judith Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Carole Estabrooks and Dr. Greta Cummings | Dr. Judith Meijers an experienced educator, researcher and policy maker in nursing science, education and practice. Dr. Meijers runs several research programs on palliative nursing, ACP, dementia care and nursing leadership. She is a researcher within the Dutch Living Lab (https://www.awolimburg.nl/en) a collaboration between Maastricht University, Educators of different levels and big Elderly Care organizations. | Palliative Care, Dementia Care, Nursing Leadership, Workplace learning | j.meijers@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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Myburgh, Caitlynd Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Colleen Norris | I have a PhD in human physiology, specializing in the cardiovascular system. I am from South Africa, and have been enjoying Canada since July 2021. | Oxidative stress, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, vulnerable groups, cardiovascular risk factors. | cmyburgh@ualberta.ca |
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Park, Tanya, RN, RM, PhD Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Edith Pituskin | My program of research is focused on improving the experiences of people with a chronic and persistent mental illness, particularly when they are in contact with nurses and healthcare settings. I am curious about how nurses can make changes to their practice to make a difference in the lives of the people they care for and with. I value relationships, courage, curiosity and learning. In late 2023 I moved back home to Australia to work at James Cook University, College of Healthcare sciences. | Mental health nursing | tanya.park@jcu.edu.au |
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Raymond, Christy, RN, BScN, MEd, PhD Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Shannon Scott | Dr. Raymond is Dean and Professor at MacEwan University and has taught as well as held various leadership positions in nursing education for almost 25 years. Dr. Raymond researches in the areas of nursing education specific to the development of faculty capabilities and effective learning environments, as well as in the area of workforce and internal factors of nurses and the impact of internal factors on work environments. Dr. Raymond has published in key venues including textbooks and journals, fostering excellence in nursing education. Interested in leadership and post-secondary governance and change, Dr. Raymond has supervised many graduate students and is available to participate on graduate student committees specific to her areas of expertise. | Nursing education; scholarship of teaching and learning; leadership; governance, education policy, workforce, nurse and educator capabilities | craymond@ualberta.ca |
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Savard, Winnifred, PhD, MN, BScN, RN Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Pauline Paul | I recently graduated from UofA with a PhD in Nursing. I am currently working in a clinical research position as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Complex Pediatric Therapies Follow-up Program, which focuses on service, research, and quality improvement related to developmental outcomes for young children who have had life-saving interventions early in life. | Nursing Education, Pediatric developmental outcomes, nurse academic work life | clysdale@ualberta.ca |
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Sommerfeldt, Susan, PhD, RN Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Vera Caine | My research and teaching is centred in exploring healthcare teams, how they function and what that means to patients. I teach healthcare team development through an interprofessional education course. As well, I teach community health nursing theory and clinical courses. | Healthcare Development, Community Health Nursing Theory | susan.sommerfeldt@ualberta.ca |
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Yuting Song, PhD, RN Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Carole Estabrooks | Dr Song holds a PhD in Nursing from Duke University (U.S.) and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Shandong University (China). The focus of her research is improving the quality of care in long-term care settings. She is currently an associate professor at Qingdao Unversity in China. | Gerontological nursing, health services research | song10@ualberta.ca |
Clinical Appointments
| Name | Faculty Sponsor | Bio | Key Terms | Contact Information |
| Aceron, Raymond, RN BScN MN NP | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Black, Karina | Dr.Edith Pituskin | |||
| Cox-Kennett, Nanette | Dr.Edith Pituskin | Nurse Practitioner practicing at the Cross Cancer Institute since 2005. Her focus is hematology and bone marrow transplant. Research interests include cardiac toxicity of transplant and challenges to stem cell collection. | Hematology, cardio-oncology, bone marrow transplant | nanette.coxkennett@albertahealthservices.ca |
| Damberger, Tammy | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| El Hussein, Mohamed | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| LaPierre, Lesley | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Larocque, Jill | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | Jill Larocque is a neonatal NP at the Stollery Children's Hospital. Her interests are in education, family integrated care and targeted neonatal echocardiography. She is currently teaching as a sessional instructor and works in the clinical setting. | NICU, neonatal, TNE, NNP | jml1@ualberta.ca |
| Lee, Michael | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Meakins, Leanne, BScN MN NP | Dr. Colleen Norris | Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the Stollery Children's Hospital. Her thesis work was on Parental Response in the setting of a child with a single ventricle congenital heart defect. | Pediatric Cardiology, Parental Response | ltmeakin@ualberta.ca |
| Olmstead, Deborah | Dr. Shannon Scott | I am currently the pediatric nurse practitioner for the Stollery Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Program, providing inpatient and outpatient care to 200+ infants and children requiring ventilation support for sleep. Within my clinical associate role, I work closely with Dr. Scott. Most recently I had the privilege of providing an MN thesis project in NIV, and was a thesis committee member and co-author for the publication. | Pediatric respiratory and sleep medicine, qualitative research, pediatric knowledge translation/transfer | deborah.olmstead@albertahealthservices.ca |
| Paul, Renee, RN, MN, NNP | Anne Summach | I have been a RN since 1989 - Grad studies and a NP since 2009. I work in the NICU as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. Been actively involved in QI work in our unit, 10 year with the high risk transport team - implemented Southern Alberta Outreach Educational Program, telemedicine for transport of the high risk outborn Neonate Preceptor for the Uof A Nursing NP program | Neonatal, Outreach Education, Simulation, Preceptor for the UofA Mentor for new staff including Neonatal fellows and pediatric residents and Clinical Associates | |
| Pepper, Dawn | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | Neonatal Nurse Practitioner since 2009. She currently teaches within the MN program (NNP students). She is actively involved with the Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography program in Edmonton. | Echocardiography, Point of Care, US Teaching | |
| Ruston, Teresa | Dr. Edith Pituskin | Teresa Graduated from the M.N. program in 2012. Since that time she has worked primarily in Oncology with a focus in Lung Cancer. However, after wave 2 of the pandemic, she was drawn to to work with the underserved Geriatric population living in Supportive Living and Long Term Care. | Oncology, Geriatrics, Long term care | teresa.ruston@ahs.ca |
| Smigorowsky, Marcie, NP MN PhD | Dr. Edith Pituskin | marcies@ualberta.ca | ||
| Stone, Michelle | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Valpreda, Michelle | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Van Hecke, Sandra | Dr. Kathleen Hunter |