Profiles

 

eHealth app for Northern maternal health care being developed

Dr. Helle Moeller

Alternative tool for mental health education care, and support for women in their pregnancy and post-partum period.

 

The Dementia Dialogue

Dr. Elaine Wiersma

Dementia Dialogue compassionately explores both the good and the bad that comes with dementia.

 

Hospital Visitation Policies can Better Respond with Compassion during COVID-19

Dr. Kristen Jones-Bonofiglio

The importance of a family-centered approach to visiting hours in hospitals.

 

The Impacts of Cancelling Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot

Dr. Ravi Gokani

Study revealed that receiving the OBIP funds improved the mental and physical health of recipients and that recipients felt humanised.

 

Lakehead University and Health Research Institute Team Exploring New Diagnostic Drugs for Cancer

Dr. Jinqiang Hou

Dr. Hou and his team are exploring a non-invasive detection method known as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging.

 

Pediatric Vaccine May Offer Hemodialysis Patients Better Protection

Dr. Marina Ulanova

Dr. Ulanova is leading several projects related to infection and disease, particularly in Indigenous populations.

 

Empowering Mothers to Raise Healthy Babies

Brianna Decontie

Brianna became the first Lakehead student to ever receive a Professional Nursing Practice Award from the Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing.

 

Improving Health Outcomes for Women with Breast Cancer

Dr. Alla Reznik

Dr. Alla Reznik to spend three years developing Positron Emission Mammography (PEM), molecular imaging equipment that may alleviate some uncertainty from breast cancer detection.

 

Tackling New Approach to HIV

Dr. Pauline Sameshima

A world-leading expert in education and curriculum development using the arts, Sameshima will be a co-investigator working alongside Dr. Patricia Defechereux, the community engagement coordinator at HOPE, to develop the Community Arts Integrated Research (CAIR) plan.

 

Helping Firefighters

Dr. Kathryn Sinden

Not only does post-traumatic stress impact the mental and physical health of firefighters, their families are also affected. Sinden and her research team are looking at the impact of this strategy and whether the CIRT team requires resources to support them as well.

 

A Woman of All Seasons

Ann-Marie Kungl (MPH'08)

Barrie city councillor Ann-Marie Kungl is a virtuoso at juggling many things – from volunteering at COVID-19 vaccine clinics to informing Barrie’s Age Friendly Community Plan to part-time beekeeping.

 

Investigating Cancer Prevention Using Traditional Healing

Dr. Lana Ray

Lakehead and Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig Health Access Centre (WNHAC) are receiving $1.2 million in CIHR funding to explore the efficacy of using traditional healing to prevent cancer.

 

Study charts a course to understanding depression in long-haul truck drivers

Dr. Vicki Kristman

By shedding light on the mental, emotional and physical health of long-haul truck drivers, researchers hope to understand why depression might be an issue in this industry and, more importantly, how to alleviate it.

 

Life on The Edge

Trish Newport

Trish Newport (BA'00) reaches out to people in crisis.

 

Nourishing Northwestern Ontarians

Dr. Charles Levkoe

Finding more ways to create a more equitable food system drives Dr. Charles Levkoe's research.

 

JoyPop app a useful tool to help youth de-stress mind and body

Dr. Aislin Mushquash

A mobile app that offers different strategies to deal with everyday stressful situations can help a cross-section of young people.

 

Doing Great Things for Indigenous Communities

Dr. Chris Mushquash

Dr. Mushquash has devoted his career to addressing mental health- and addiction-related issues in rural and Indigenous communities.

 

Partnering with First Nations

Holly Prince

Lakehead alumna is improving end-of-life care in Indigenous communities.