Meet the Team

Our Operations Team

Runs daily activities of the Consortium
Coordinates & facilitates working groups to meet outlined objective
Provides support to all sites/IESs
Engages and communications progress status with the Consortium network

Cathy Craven, MD, FRCPC

Evaluation Lead

Dalton L. Wolfe, PhD

Implementation Lead

Farnoosh Farahani, HBSc, CCRP

Evaluation Manager

Andrea Brown, BSc

Implementation Evaluation Specialist & Mentor

Thuvaraha Jeyakumaran, MMASc

Research Coordinator & Knowledge Mobilization Specialist

Our Steering Team

Oversees and facilitates administrative Consortium activities
Reviews progress and recommendations for the Consortium
Facilitates strategic direction of the Consortium

Cathy Craven, MD, FRCPC

Evaluation Lead

Mohammad Alavinia, MPH, MSc, PhD

Statistician & Epidemiologist

Dalton L. Wolfe, PhD

Implementation Lead

Thuvaraha Jeyakumaran, MMASc

Research Coordinator & Knowledge Mobilization Specialist

Farnoosh Farahani, HBSc, CCRP

Evaluation Manager

Suban Kangatharan, BSc, RKin

Research Coordinator

Andrea Brown, BSc

IES Specialist & Mentor

Maryam Omidvar, Pharm D, MSc

Research Associate

Hamed Hami

Research Clerk

Peter Athanasopoulos

Senior Manager

Heather Flett

Advance Practice Leader

Our Leadership Team

Oversees the activities within their site that are being led by the IES to support and facilitate progress
Shares ongoing site initiatives and discusses solutions to challenges that were encountered administratively (e.g. staff, finances, etc.) in collaboration with all Consortium members
Contributes to the ongoing evolution of the Consortium through decision-making and consensus seeking

Chester Ho, MD

Professor & Division Director

Sussan Askari, MD, FRCPC

Director

Patti Harvey

Director

Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, MD, MSc, PhD

Academic Psychiatrist

Heather Flett

Advance Practice Leader

Stephen Patton

Professional Associate

Colleen O’Connell

Research Chief

Ali Bateman, MD, FRCPC

Consultant Psychiatrist

Rebecca Fleck

Director

JoAnne Savoie, Ph.D., L.Psych

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Vidya A. Sreenivasan, MD FRCPC

Medical Director

Saagar Walia

Coordinator

Sonja A. McVeigh, MD, FRCPC, Dip. Sport Med.

Medical Director

Our Implementation & Evaluation Specialist Team

Leads and participates in the development and implementation of activities and best practices through the application of implementation science
Forms and engages SIT teams
Supports SIT team throughout all stages of implementation to optimize success and sustainability
Communicates implementation concerns and challenges to site leads to facilitate decision-making
Liaises with IESs to address site specific implementation issues
Shares learnings encountered during the implementation process with the Consortium IES team
Completes cross-site implementation profiling

Kristen Johnson

Occupational Therapist

Jennifer Duley, PT

Physiotherapist

Kimberly Coombes

Occupational Therapist

Andrea Brown, BSc

IES Specialist & Mentor

Carrie Mizzoni, MScOT

Assistive Technology Consultant

Laura-Lee Hennebury

Licensed Practical Nurse

Juffah Tamula, PT

Physiotherapist

Calogero Giurleo

Occupational Therapist

Amy Prince

Spinal Cord Injury Navigator/Coordinator

Dominique LeBlanc, PT

IES Specialist

Meredith Burley

IES Specialist & Manager

Meghan Neil

Physiotherapist, Inpatient Rehabilitation

Our Data Support Team

Collects indicator data in all the domains
Supports performance assessment and improvement cycles
Facilitates the collection, cleanup and reporting of data
Reports back to IES, SIT team and Site Leads

Maryam Omidvar

Research Associate

Our Patient Advisory Panel

Is composed of patient advisors from across Canada that bring their lived expertise and perspectives to this role, while participating in collaborative conversations related to a national quality improvement initiative
Shares their views and knowledge on patient engagement, provides feedback on current processes, identifies potential problems and barriers, and contributes to the design of effective strategies for community follow-ups
Provides feedback and gives context to the interim results using their own backgrounds and communities’ perspective
Contributes to plans for communicating the results with target audiences