Experience

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  Canadian pharmacists association

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2008

  Project manager

  Project leader for a wide variety of pharmacy based national health initiatives, including smoking cessation, diabetes, pandemic planning, a children’s educational program and annual national conference pharmacy practice research program.

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  Nataional collaborating centre for determinants of health

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Program manager

  Project leader that worked collaboratively in managing, scoping, planning, controlling and fulfilling all project deliverables. Project topics included early childhood development, women and gender equity and employment. Responsible for executing on the Centre’s methodology by working with staff and senior management to identify the Centre’s needs and then worked with the team to develop, plan and deliver projects. Motivated and created a positive work environment that delivered solutions, resolved issues and risks as they arose, while managing a diverse project team. Show less

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  Canadian institute for health information (cihi)

  Sept 2009 - now

  Works in a matrix team environment across the data, policy and knowledge exchange teams. Provides leadership and guidance to various levels of staff. Compile information and evidence from a variety of sources and syntheses, write and manage the production process of population health information reports. Responsible for the publication, education, evaluation and capacity building portfolios. Manage the research procurement process including writing statements of work and facilitating contracts between organizations and external partners. Oversee the knowledge synthesis translation and exchange activities which include education projects, web conferences, and communication tools. Oversee the implementation of the research quality assurance and evaluation processes. Develop and contribute to the operational and strategic plans for the branch and for the knowledge exchange and evaluation group. Show less

  • Program Lead, Governance and Strategy

    Mar 2017 - now

  • Program Lead, Canadian Population Health Initiative

    Sept 2009 - Mar 2017