News

Good morning to all,

We are pleased to announce the following changes in our strategic groups and platforms:
 
Strategic groups

We welcome Dr Marilyn Aita (Université de Montréal) who will replace Dr Sonia Semenic as co-leader of Strategic Group 3: Personalized Care alongside Dr Céline Gélinas (McGill University).

Marilyn Aita is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Nursing of Université de Montréal and a regular researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine where she is part of the fœto-maternal and neonatal pathology axis. Her clinical experience as a neonatal nurse has motivated her research activities which focus on the impact of the neonatal environment on the growth and development of premature newborns and, more specifically, on the development and evaluation of nursing interventions in developmental care aimed at promoting the neurodevelopment of preterm infants during their hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Plateforms

Furthermore, Dr Sonia Semenic (McGill University) will now co-leads the Knowledge Transfer Platform alongside Dr Marie-Pierre Gagnon (Université Laval).

Sonia Semenic is an Associate Professor at the Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, and a Nurse Scientist at the McGill University Health Center. At the School of Nursing, she is director of the PhD program and co-leads the new Knowledge Translation stream in the master's of nursing program. Her program of research focuses on the implementation of evidence-based practices, programs and policies in perinatal health. 
 
We wish to thank Mr. Damien Contandriopoulos for his leadership and active participation in this platform and the network since 2012.
We wish him well in his new role at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

Finally, Dr Julie Houle (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) will join the Resources Platform alongside Dr Dominique Tremblay (Université de Sherbrooke).

Julie Houle is a nurse and professor in the Department of Nursing at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and a regular researcher at the university's Groupe interdisciplinaire de recherche appliquée en santé. Specialized in cardiovascular care, her research interests focus on the development of interventions to support healthy behaviors and interprofessional collaborations. In particular, she uses information and communication technologies as an intervention and teaching tool.

 We welcome them to their new roles within our network.