NGSA Executive Team

Elizabeth Darko

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

Sadaf Murad

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

Aanchal Pathak

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

Caroline Jabagun

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

Leanne Janzen

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

Chioma Eze

Name: Chioma Eze

NGSA Role: Event Committee

Program: Master of Nursing, Research Stream

Previous Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Area of Interest: Oncology and Palliative Care

Favourite Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Kathy Schenk

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

Tzu-Hua (Iris) Chen

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

Nancy Hammer

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

Elizabeth Cernigoy

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