Congratulations to the following Ingram School of Nursing graduate students who have been awarded bursaries from the Bureau de cooperation inter-universitaire (BCI). Master students ($25,000 each) Olivia di Lalla, Lara Humes Doucet, Talia Myers, Claire Wamboldt. Doctoral students ($40,000 each): Jade Desforges, Meagan Mooney, Alissa Moore, Marie-Eve Perron. Assistant Professor Irene Sarasua, who is working towards her PhD, also received a research bursary.
From suicide risk screening to cancer care to easing the transition from the pediatric intensive care unit to home, the projects described below provide a snapshot of the research contributions of Ingram School of Nursing students.
Lara Humes Doucet, a second-year student in the MSc(A) -Nursing, Global Health Stream, received the award for her project titled Exploring Community Outlooks of Suicide Risk Screening in Kahnaw脿:ke: Towards a Culturally Adapted Approach. Conducted in partnership with the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) in Kahnaw脿:ke, a Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka (Mohawk) community near Montreal, who will be involved at every stage of the project, this research explores how suicide and suicide risk screening are understood by community members, Elders, healthcare providers, and first responders. Through interviews and focus groups, the goal is to gather community knowledge and lived experiences that can guide the future development of a suicide screening tool that is culturally relevant, effective, and grounded in local values of the Kahnaw脿:ke community.
Claire Wamboldt, is also in the second year of the MSc(A)-N (direct entry) program. The BCI award will help fund her project titled Exploring Adversity in the ELDEQ 2 Birth Cohort: Implications for Early Childhood Development in Quebec. This research looks at how many young children in Quebec experience challenging or stressful circumstances early in life, and how these experiences affect their development. The goal is to help guide more investment in programs that support children and families early on, ensuring that every child has the best chance to grow and thrive. This project was created in partnership with La Maison Bleue, a community organization that supports vulnerable families during pregnancy and early childhood.
Meagan Mooney is in her second year of the PhD in nursing program. I am currently studying towards a PhD in Nursing. The title of her project is Improving Hepatitis C Care in Pregnancy and Early Childhood: Pathways, Models of Care, and Equity-Focused Implementation. Specifically, she will be examining how to improve hepatitis C care during pregnancy and in newborn and pediatric settings while ensuring these services are fair and equitable for families facing social or structural barriers to care. Pregnancy is a key window for hepatitis C diagnosis, as many people interact with the healthcare system more often during pregnancy than at any other time. Infants exposed to HCV may develop chronic infection, which can lead to serious liver disease later in life. Better testing and follow-up can change these outcomes.
Pediatric nurse Jade Desforges is a second year PhD candidate in Nursing. Titled Co-design of a complex intervention that supports children, families and healthcare providers when transitioning from pediatric intensive care directly to home, her project examines the practice of discharging children directly from the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to their homes. In partnership with children, their families, and healthcare professionals, she is developing an intervention to ease the transition from the PICU to home thereby reducing family stress, improving home preparedness, and lowering readmission and the risk of adverse events. This complex intervention has the potential to inspire broader system transformation and improve PICU home transfers across Canada.
First-year PhD student Alissa Moore, is interested in exploring how social determinants of health such income level, education level and language affect patients鈥� interactions with the health care system. Titled Exploring the mechanisms of cancer-related health inequities in Canada: leveraging patients鈥� insights and artificial intelligence to close the gaps, her project will focus on patients鈥� experiences of filling out patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) as part of cancer care. While PROMs are a powerful way to bolster communication between patients and their health care teams, social determinants of health may exacerbate rather than reduce health inequities.
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