NGSA Executive Team
Name: Elizabeth Darko
NGSA Role: Co-President
Program: PhD in Nursing
Previous Education: Master of Nursing
Area of Interest: Health/Nursing informatics, Digital Health, and Health Policy
Favourite Book: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini; Podcast Series - The Psyche Files
Name: Sadaf Murad
NGSA Role: Co-President and HSAA Representative
Program: PhD in Nursing
Previous Education: Master of Nursing, Specialized in Gerontology and Nursing Education
Area of Interest: Acute Care, Dementia Care, Critical Care, and Nursing Education
Favourite Book: Wonders and Marvels of Spiritual Science; Dementia Rehabilitation; Evidence-Based Interventions and Clinical Recommendations; The Kite Runner
Name: Aanchal Pathak
NGSA Role: President-Elect
Program: Master of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Adult Stream
Previous Education: BScN from University of Alberta
Area of Interest: Critical care, primary care
Favourite Book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Name: Caroline Jabagun
NGSA Role: Director of Communications
Program: Master of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Neonatal Stream
Previous Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Area of Interest: Cultural Sensitivity in the NICU and effects on preterm neonates
Favourite Book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Name: Leanne Janzen
NGSA Role: Event Committee
Program: Master of Nursing, Education Stream
Previous Education: Bachelor of Nursing
Area of Interest: Rural, Clinical Education, Emergency, Corrections
Favourite Book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Name: Kathy Schenk
NGSA Role: Event Committee
Program: Master of Nursing, Leadership Stream
Previous Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Area of Interest: Public Health/Health Promotion
Favourite Book: North of Normal by Cea Sunrise Person
Name: Tzu-Hua (Iris) Chen
NGSA Role: Treasurer
Program: Master of Nursing, Education Stream
Previous Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Area of Interest: Nursing Education, Preceptorships, Critical Care
Favourite Book: There are too many to name
Name: Nancy Hammer
NGSA Role: Graduate Students' Association (GSA) Representative
Program: Master of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Adult Stream
Previous Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Area of Interest: Critical Care, Trauma, Acute Care, and End-of-Life
Favourite Book: The Good Night; Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour by Sunita Puri
Name: Elizabeth Cernigoy
NGSA Role: Secretary
Program: PhD in Nursing
Previous Education: Master of Science in Nursing, Leadership and Education Stream
Area of Interest: Child Health, Family Nursing, Knowledge Utilization and Translation for Parents and Children, Nursing Education and Nursing Education Leadership, Pediatric End-of-Life Care
Favourite Book: The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger