Past Funded Teams

Term: April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024

Title: Developing a Moral Empowerment Program to address moral determinants of providers’ wellbeing and contribute to healthcare effectiveness and sustainability

  • UNBC Lead: Davina Banner-Lukaris
  • PHSA Lead: Alice Virani & Drew Clark
  • NH Lead: Esther Alonso-Prieto

Title: Examining how a partnership between health and post-secondary education providers can facilitate the return of domestic internationally educated nurses (d-IENs) return to the nursing workforce

  • UNBC Lead: Caroline Sanders
  • PHSA Lead: Brittany Watson
  • NH Lead: Joanne Cozac

Term: May 1,2021- April 30, 2022 

Title: Building dialogue for clinical research collaborations and leadership in Northern BC

  • UNBC Lead: Dr. Davina Banner-Lukaris, Associate Professor, Nursing
  • PHSA Lead: Rob Olson, Radiation Oncologist, BC Centre for the North
  • NH Lead: Julia Bickford, Regional Director, Research, Evaluation and Analytics

Title: Assessing Community Vulnerability to Health Impacts of Climate Change in Northern British Columbia: An Exploratory Study

  • UNBC Lead: Dr. Margot Parkes, Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences
  • PHSA Lead: Eleni Galanis, Medical Health Officer, Population Health
  • NH Lead: Rob Olson, Physician Epidemiologist

Title: Day-to-day living during COVID-19 – a community participation study exploring the pandemic’s impact on the early years, ages 0-8 yrs, across Northern communities analysis

  • UNBC Lead: Dr. Caroline Sanders, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
  • PHSA Lead: Erica Koopmans, Regional Coordinator, Child Health BC
  • NH Lead: Lauren Irving, Nurse Practitioner

Title: Care following non-fatal opioid overdose at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia Emergency Department: A retrospective chart review

  • UNBC Lead: Dr. Erin Wilson, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
  • PHSA Lead: Amanda Slaunwhite, Senior Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control
  • NH Lead: Kerensa Medhurst, Project Manager, Overdose Response

Term: January 1, 2019 – October 1, 2019 

Title: Growing Our Own: A Resident Focused Pilot Gardening Program in a Long-Term Care Home

  • UNBC Lead: Dr. Shannon Freeman, Assistant Professor, Nursing
  • PHSA Lead: Lindsay VanderMeer, Clinical Coordinator, Nutrition
  • NH Lead: Erin Branco, Clinical Dietician

Title: Exploring current provider, patient, parent, non-governmental organization knowledge and practices of infant sleep education programs within Northern BC

  • UNBC Lead: Dr. Caroline Sanders, Associate Professor, Nursing
  • PHSA Lead: Jana Wong, Reproductive Mental Health Social Worker, BC Women’s Hospital
  • NH Lead: Jennifer Begg, Executive lead, Child and Youth Health

Term: January 1, 2018 – October 1, 2018

Title: A Recall System to Improve Vaccine Coverage in Northern BC: A Pilot Community Intervention Trial

  • UNBC Lead: Sandra Allison, Adjunct Professor, School of Health Sciences
  • PHSA Lead: Manish Sadarangani, Physician, BC Children’s Hospital
  • NH Lead: Andrew Gray, Medical Health Officer

Title: Mapping of Pregnancy Care for Women Living with HIV in Northern BC: A Qualitative Analysis

  • UNBC Lead: Sheona Mitchell-Foster, Assistant Professor, Northern Medical Program
  • PHSA Lead: Melanie Murray, Physician, Oak Tree Clinic/BC Woman’s Hospital
  • NH Lead: Abu Obeida A. Hamour, Medical Lead- HIV & HCV

Title: Understanding how nurse practitioners engage in primary health care practices in Northern BC

  • UNBC Lead: Erin Wilson, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
  • PHSA Lead: Farah McKenzie, Nurse Practitioner, Systemic therapy, BC Cancer Agency
  • NH Lead: Rob Pammett, Research and Development Pharmacist-Primary Care

Term: April 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Title: SmartParent: A Texting Program for the First Year of Parenting

  • UNBC Lead: Caroline Sanders
  • PHSA Lead: Patricia Janssen
  • NH Lead: Randi Roy

Title: Mental Health Service Users’ and Carers’ Experience of Cancer Care

  • UNBC Lead: Candida Graham
  • PHSA Lead: Rob Olson
  • NH Lead: Jim Campbell

Title: Veriscan in Mammary Epithelial Invasion

  • UNBC Lead: Sean B. Maurice
  • PHSA Lead: Connie J. Eaves
  • NH Lead: Heather Wozney

Title: Feasibility of Implementing Leg Cycle Ergometers in an Independent Dialysis Unit in a Northern BC Setting

  • UNBC Lead: Malgorzata Kaminska
  • PHSA Lead: Anurag Singh
  • NH Lead: Angela Rocca

Term: Nov. 15, 2016 - May 15, 2017

Title: Developing a Suite of Quality Indicators (QI) for Telehealth Services

  • UNBC Lead: Shannon Freeman
  • PHSA Lead: Kathy Steegstra
  • NH Lead: Frank Flood

Title: Integrating self-collected HPV testing at community-based primary care clinics: Decreasing barriers to screening for Indigenous and marginalized women

  • UNBC Lead: Sheona Mitchell-Foster
  • PHSA Lead: Kate Shannon
  • NH Lead: Tracey Day

Term: April 15 - Oct 15, 2016

Title: Assessing Community Readiness for Harm Reduction Services for People who use drugs in Northern BC Communities

  • UNBC Lead: Heather Peters
  • PHSA Lead: Jane Buxton
  • NH Lead: Fiann Crane

Title: Indicator development for improved monitoring and surveillance of the social determinants of health impacts related to resource development across BC, Canada

  • UNBC Lead: Henry Harder
  • PHSA Lead: Drona Rasali
  • NH Lead: Raina Fumerton

Title: Putting the POWERPLAY advantage to work: the development and optimization of a workplace mental wellness module for northern and rural men

  • UNBC Lead: Cherisse Seaton
  • PHSA Lead: Kerensa Medhurst
  • NH Lead: Damen DeLeenheer

Title: Pursuing Integration: Case Studies of Organizational Transformation

  • UNBC Lead: Pranesh Kumar
  • PHSA Lead: Trish Hunt
  • NH Lead: Mike Simpson

Term: Dec 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016

Title: Guideline Adaptation for Integrated Prenatal Care in a Rural and Northern Canadian Setting

  • UNBC Lead: Lela Zimmer
  • PHSA Lead: Janet Walker
  • NH Lead: Vanessa Salmons

Title: Improving Care for Women with Cervical Dysplasia: Engaging Colposcopy non-attenders in Northern British Columbia

  • UNBC Lead: Sheona Mitchell-Foster
  • PHSA Lead: Gina Olgivie
  • NH Lead: Jessica Place

Term: July 1 - Dec. 31, 2015

Title: Optimizing the Implementation and Uptake of Stroke Prevention Guidelines in Northern British Columbia

  • UNBC Lead: Davina Banner-Lukaris 
  • PHSA Lead: Pam Aikman
  • NH Lead: Haidar Hadi

Title: State of Healthy Public Policy in Northern BC: Making the healthy choice the easy choice

  • UNBC Lead: Henry Harder
  • PHSA Lead: Drona Rasali
  • NH Lead: Sandra Allison

Title: Feasibility of Sharing Patient Reported Outcomes between Oncology and Primary Care

  • UNBC Lead: Robert Olson
  • PHSA Lead: Vince LaPointe
  • NH Lead: Bill Clifford