Meet the Team
Dr. Alan Martino, PhD
Dr. Alan Martino, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies program in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Amy Metcalfe, PhD
Dr. Amy Metcalfe, PhD
Associate Professor in the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine, and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary; and Maternal and Child Health Program Director at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
Dr. Brenda Leung, PhD
Dr. Brenda Leung, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge.
Dr. Bukola Salami, PhD
Dr. Bukola Salami, PhD
Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; and Scientific Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
Cindy Kalenga
Cindy Kalenga
Medical student enrolled in a joint M.D./Ph.D. program in the Leaders in Medicine Program at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci, PhD
Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Director of Education and Training at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) and Lead for the Transdisciplinary Training Accelerator, One Child Every Child (OCEC).
Prof. Erin Nelson
Prof. Erin Nelson
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Gerline Metz, PhD
Dr. Gerline Metz, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and a Tier 1 Board of Governors Research Chair (Healthy Futures) at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge; and Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta.
Gina-Marie Cerantola
Gina-Marie Cerantola
Pelvic health physiotherapist in Calgary.
Dr. Jadine Paw, MD
Dr. Jadine Paw, MD
Obstetrician & Gynecologist in Calgary. Also a Clinical Associate Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine and the Deputy Head of Education for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Jamie Benham, MD, PhD
Dr. Jamie Benham, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in the departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary; and an endocrinologist at Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone.
Dr. Katrina Milaney, PhD
Dr. Katrina Milaney, PhD
Associate Vice President (research) and a professor in Community Rehabilitation & Disability at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Kirsten Fiest, PhD
Dr. Kirsten Fiest, PhD
Associate Professor in the departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Psychiatry at the University of Calgary; and Scientific Director of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health.
Dr. Kristopher Wells, PhD
Dr. Kristopher Wells, PhD
Associate Professor and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan University; also founding director for the MacEwan Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
Melissa Scott
Melissa Scott
Indigenous health researcher and educator. Research Associate in the Department of Family Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Scott also teaches Counselling with Indigenous Women and Aboriginal Women in Canada courses at Athabasca University.
Dr. Mruganka Kale, MD
Dr. Mruganka Kale, MD
Obstetrician gynecologist at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, Alberta.
Natalie Scime
Natalie Scime
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto, Scarborough and in the Life Stage Research Program at ICES.
Dr. Pamela Roach, PhD
Dr. Pamela Roach, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, and Research Director, Indigenous Engagement in the VPR Office at the University of Calgary. Associate Director, Population Health of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health.
Dr. Shannon Ruzycki, MD
Dr. Shannon Ruzycki, MD
General internist and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Shazma Mithani, MD
Dr. Shazma Mithani, MD
Emergency physician at the Royal Alexandra and Stollery Children’s Hospitals in Edmonton.