Adjunct and Clinical Appointments
Adjunct Appointments
| Name | Faculty Sponsor | Bio | Key Terms | Contact Information |
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Aniteye, Patience Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Solina Richter |
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Aziato, Lydia Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Solina Richter | |||
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Bernardes, Andrea PhD, MC BScN Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Greta Cummings | Associate Professor at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing (EERP-USP) at University of São Paulo. Coordinator of the Research Group on Leadership and Management of Health Services (NAP-LIGGESS) and leader of the LIGGEN Research Group - Leadership and Management in Health and Nursing Services and researcher at CLEAR Outcomes (Connecting Leadership Education and Research Outcomes) of the University of Alberta - Canada. Experience in the field of Nursing, with an emphasis on Nursing Leadership and Management. | Leadership; Hospital management models; Continuing education; Organization and management. | abernard@ualberta.ca |
| Caine, Vera | Dr. Shannon Scott | |||
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Clark, Alex Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Jude Spiers | |||
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Cranley, Lisa RN PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Hannah O'Rourke | |||
| deVos, Pieter | Dr. Vera Caine | Facilitator, consultant, engaged academic and documentary photographer, Pieter draws on methods from the worlds of social innovation, community organizing, and anthropology to help community-based organizations navigate an increasingly complex world. Pieter has facilitated projects using these methods in South Africa, Kenya, Sweden, Tanzania, Pakistan, Haiti, and the USA (Louisiana). These community-based projects have animated the dialogue on poverty and homelessness, HIV/AIDS, sexual identity, childhood injury, and social inclusion. | Social inclusion, Social Change, Evaluation, Narrative Inquiry, Community-based Participatory Action Research | devos@ualberta.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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Guest, Tim MBA, BScN Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Donna Wilson | |||
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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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Hundleby, Marilyn Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Olive Yonge |
Marilyn Hundleby is a Registered Psychologist and Director of Programs -Wellspring Edmonton. She worked as a Clinical Psychologist at the Cross Cancer Institute for 19 years and initiated an ArtsinMedicine program. During that time she co-authored the book: Cancer and the Art of Healing, and presently is collaborating on a second book. Her interest is in the contemplative/problem-solving aspects of creative expression. |
Psychology, Cancer Care, Creative Expression (Healing and Wellbeing) | marilyn@wellspringedmonton.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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Lalleman, Pieterbas, PhD RN Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Greta Cummings | Pieterbas Lalleman is Professor of Nursing Leadership at the Research group for Person-centredness in an Ageing Society at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He works as a district nurse at Buurtzorg and is the chair of the Historical College FNI at the Dutch Nurses Association. | Leadership, Governance, Politics, Policy, History, Lobby, Public Affairs, Development & Change |
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Letourneau, Nicole Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Shannon Scott | nlletour@ualberta.ca | ||
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Manhas, Kiran, BSc (Pharm), MSc, JD, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Elizabeth Papathanassoglou | |||
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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 (bhttps://www.awolimburg.nl/en) a collaboration between Maastricht University, Educators of different levels and big Eldery Care organisations. | Palliative Care, Dementia Care, Nursing Leadership, Workplace learning | j.meijers@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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Myburgh, Caitlynd Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Colleen Norris | |||
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Pooler, Charlotte, RN, MN, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Jude Spiers | Dr. Charlotte Pooler is a Clinician Scientist with Palliative/End of Life Care and Community Programs AHS - Edmonton, with extensive experience in critical care and cardiology. Her MN and PhD studies included chronic illness, symptoms, comfort, ethics and suffering. She collaborates with faculty, physicians and staff in research and policy on advance care planning, avoidable emergency department visits, and earlier implementation of a palliative care approach. | Chronic pulmonary disease, palliative end of life care, advance care planning, collaborative practice, qualitative methods, advance practice nursing | pooler@ualberta.ca |
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Raparelli, Valeria Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Colleen Norris | |||
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Raymond, Christy, PhD, Med, BScN, RN Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Shannon Scott | Dr. Christy Raymond is an experienced educator, researcher and administrator, having worked in various areas of nursing postsecondary education for over 20 years. Dr. Raymond has a diverse research program, exploring dually nursing education and nursing practice from the lens of the educator and nurse, respectively. Continuing to explore ways to increase nurse educator capacities and facilitate the integration of educational theory and philosophy into practice and research, Christy supervises graduate students and mentors faculty members in the area of learning and teaching. | Nursing Education; Nursing Contexts; Learning and Teaching; Leadership; Philosophy of Education | craymond@ualberta.ca |
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Slaughter, Susan, PhD RN GNC(C) Associate Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Hannah O'Rourke | Dr. Susan Slaughter's research program has employed the principles of knowledge translation to optimize the functional ability of older persons living in residential care settings. In particular, she has focused on minimizing excess disability in activities related to mobility (MOVE: Mobility of Vulnerable Elders), eating (M3: Making the Most of Mealtimes) and communication (RELATE study). Currently, she is working with a research team to develop an intervention to enhance hydration for people living in long-term care (PROMOTE study). | Long-term Care, Excess Disability, Knowledge Translation, Hydration, Eating, Mobility, Communication | susan.slaughter@ualberta.ca |
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Smit, Brigitte, PhD, MEd, BEd, BA Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Vera Caine | Brigitte Smit is currently an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada and a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. Brigitte is a twice National Research Foundation Rated Researcher, a Senior Accredited Professional Trainer of ATLAS.ti, and a former Research Professor in Educational Leadership and Management at the University of South Africa. Her research focuses on qualitative research methodology, female leadership and relational ethics. She serves as a Co-Editor of the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches and as Editor (Africa) for the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. | Relational leadership; Qualitative Research; ATLAS.ti and NVivo | bsmit@mweb.co.za |
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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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Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dr. Carole Estabrooks | Dr. Song has recently completed a postdoc fellowship at Faculty of Nursing and is an associate professor at Qingdao University (China). She holds a PhD in Nursing from Duke University (U.S.) and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Shandong University (China). Her research focuses on improving the quality of care and quality of work-life in long-term care settings. | Long-term care, health services research, knowledge translation | yuting.song@ualberta.ca |
Clinical Appointments
| Name | Faculty Sponsor | Bio | Key Terms | Contact Information |
| Aceron, Raymond, RN BScN MN NP | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Ash, Alanna, RN, BScN, MN, NP | Dr. Shannon MacDonald | |||
| 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 | |||
| Dorfman, Tamara, RN, MN, BSc Honors Neuroscience | Dr. Shannon Scott | Nurse practitioner in Pediatric Cardiology at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. She primarily cares for patients with congenital heart defects prior to cardiac surgery or following open-heart surgery. Her research goal is to improve the quality of life of children with complex congenital heart defects and their families/caregivers. | Congenital heart defects, quality life, medical trauma, critically chronically ill, improving hospital outcomes, caregiver outcomes | tamara.dorfman@ualberta.ca |
| El Hussein, Mohamed | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| Follett, Tara | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | Neonatal Nurse Practitioner working my entire career in the NICU. Interests include early onset neonatal infection, quality, family integrated care and nutrition. | Neonatal Intensive Care | tfollett@ualberta.ca |
| Fraser, Madeleine | Dr. Dianne Tapp | |||
| 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 Practioner. 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 | |
| Repchuk, Jean | Dr. Kathleen Hunter | |||
| 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 |
| Scherr, Kimberly, BScN, MN, NP | Dr. Elisavet Papathanassoglou | Nurse practitioner in critical care for 24 years; currently employed at the Misericordia Hospital and Mazankowski Heart Institute. | Critical care; cardiovascular nursing; delirium prevention and management; advanced nursing practice leadership | scherr@ualberta.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 |