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Dr. Patrick McGrath, OC, PhD, FRSC
Dr. Patrick McGrath is Vice President-Research at the IWK Health Centre and Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, at Dalhousie University. He is a leading researcher on pediatric pain and on distance treatment to increase access to psychosocial health care. His research has been recognized by appointment to the Order of Canada and election to the Royal Society of Canada and the Academy of Health Sciences of Canada…more
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Affiliated Investigators
Dr. Carl von Baeyer, PhD
Dr. Baeyer is Professor of Psychology and Associate Member in Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan. He was trained at the University of British Columbia, University of Waterloo…more
Dr. Lynn Breau, PhD
Dr. Breau received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mount Allison University in 1996, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Dalhousie University in 2002. She was awarded a…more
Dr. Christine Chambers, PhD
Dr. Christine Chambers is a Canada Research Chair in Pain and Child Health and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology (with cross-appointments in Anaesthesia and Psychiatry) at Dalhousie…more
Dr. Jill Chorney, PhD
Dr. Chorney is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Dalhousie University and a Clinical Psychologist with the Complex Pain Team at the IWK Health Centre….more
Dr. Penny Corkum, PhD
Dr. Corkum is a Registered Psychologist as well as an Associate Professor of the Clinical Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology at Dalhousie University and is…more
Dr. Charles Cunningham, Ph.D.
Dr. Cunningham is a psychologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, where he holds the Jack Laidlaw Chair in Patient-Centred Health Care…more
Dr. Bruce Dick, Ph.D.
Dr. Dick received his B.Sc. at the University of Alberta in 1997. He obtained his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Dalhousie University in 2002. His doctoral research was carried out in the Pediatric Pain Research Laboratory. During his doctoral…more
Dr. Allen Finley, PhD
Dr. Finley completed his undergraduate and medical school training at Dalhousie University in Halifax, then his anesthesia residency at the University of Toronto. After a year of research training at…more
Dr. Andre Sourander, PhD
Dr. Sourander has extensive experience in longitudinal population studies from pregnancy, epidemiological, childhood intervention and ethological studies of neuropsychiatric disorders…more
Dr. Bonnie Stevens, PhD
Dr. Stevens received her BScN from McMaster University, her MScN from the University of Toronto, and her PhD from McGill University. Dr. Stevens is currently…more
Dr. Sherry Stewart, PhD
Dr. Stewart is a Killam Research Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University, as well as a licensed…more
Dr. Jennifer Stinson, PhD
Dr. Stinson is an Assistant Professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, at the University of Toronto. She is also a Clinician Scientist in Child Health Evaluative…more
Dr. Michael Ungar, PhD
Dr. Ungar is the author of 9 books and more than 70 articles and book chapters. His works include We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids, Too Safe for Their Own Good…more
Dr. Anita Unruh, PhD
Dr. Unruh is a Professor in Health Promotion and Leisure Studies and cross-appointed to Occupational Therapy. Much of her work has been in the area of children and pain…more
Dr. John Walker, PhD
Dr. Walker is a Professor in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Manitoba and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Program at St. Boniface General Hospital…more
Dr. Robin Walker, MD
Dr. Robin Walker is Vice President Medicine at the IWK and a Professor of Pediatrics at Dalhousie University. With over 25 years experience as a neonatologist…more
Dr. Carolyn Watters, PhD
Dr. Watters is Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University and Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science. Previously, she was Director of the Masters and…more
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| Research Coordinators: | Barb Brown | Anna Huguet |
| Kim Caddell | Patricia Pottie | |
| Mark Embrett | Karen Turner | |
| Emily Lawton | Vanessa Varalli | |
| Coaching & Assessment: | Jillian Kennedy | Kati LaVigne |
| April Schwanz | Kate Finlayson | |
| Kim Woodford | Laura McDougall | |
| Dale Knowles | Naomi LeBlanc | |
| Merissa Simms | Katie Nickerson | |
| Maria McGrath | Elaine Toombs | |
| Kyra Williams | Jessica Fraser | |
| Tasha Cullingham | ||
| Research Assistants: | Michelle Tougas | Vanessa Slayter |
| Julie Vandervoort | ||
| Administration & IT: | Adam Cummins | Nicole Gray |
| Shawn Wilson | Mike Wheaton | |
| Joe Howse | Karen Thorsen | |
| Connie Munroe | Justine Barnhart | |
| Michael Cameron | Amanda Gardner | |
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