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Neha has been a part of McMaster since 2011 working in DFM since 2014 on the iGAP study. She is a trained physiotherapist and her research interests are in the care of the elderly.

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Laura Cleghorn has conducted research about the organization and delivery of health care in Ontario for over 15 years in the areas of home care, primary care, and cancer care, often focused on improving access to care for marginalized populations. Since 2016, Laura has been with the Department of Family Medicine in a role that supports the faculty and staff of the Research Enterprise to engage in high-quality research. Laura is also interested in cultivating a workplace culture that encourages personal and professional growth. When not at work, Laura can be found in arenas in the greater Hamilton area, enjoying her kids’ hockey and figure skating activities. Laura’s second favourite past-time is walking her dog in Cootes Paradise, in all seasons.

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Patricia Habran-Dietrich joined McMaster in 2013, as an administrative assistant for the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit (ACHRU), within the School of Nursing.In mid- 2014, Patricia joined the Department of Family Medicine as part of the HOPE program. Since 2015 she has been a member of the Research Enterprise, providing direct support to Drs. Dee Mangin and Michelle Howard in their research administrative tasks, as well as broadly supporting the staff of the research team.
Her broad interests include travel, reading and meeting people from diverse backgrounds.

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Jennifer has been a McMaster employee since 2002 and came to join the DFM in the fall of 2015, as part of the MUSIC (McMaster University Sentinel Information and Collaboration) team operating as a Primary Care Research Network. She has a background in Information Science and has applied that to Evidence-based Medicine literature delivery projects and services. More recent training in Health Informatics has had her interest peaked in leveraging primary care data to answer questions about how best to deliver quality care. Toward this work she is currently surveying the data collected in OSCAR for its fit of use and strategizing toward better data capture and data quality improvement initiatives. Jennifer lives in Dundas, Ontario with her husband and daughter and newly rescued dog.

Special Interests

Gardening
Outdoor Recreation (hiking
canoeing
biking)
Canadian music

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Dr. Jennifer Salerno’s research interests include chronic disease epidemiology and the application of epidemiology methods to trial research, population and public health, and health services research. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto, MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology from Queen’s University, and Honours BSc from McMaster University’s Biology and Pharmacology Co-operative Program. She completed fellowship training at both the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute in the area of traumatic brain injury epidemiology and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute’s Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch) in the area of breast cancer epidemiology. Her previous research interests included studying the epidemiology of brain injuries and related vascular dementias, and specifically, examining the etiology of cognitive function in aging populations using molecular/biochemical methods and advanced statistical models. She previously worked for several years as a clinical epidemiologist in the Government of Ontario (MOHLTC and Health Quality Ontario) where she performed several health technology assessments, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. She also developed cancer clinical practice guidelines supporting Cancer Care Ontario’s Cancer Imaging Program through McMaster’s Program in Evidence-Based Care, Department of Oncology.

Currently, at McMaster University, she is a Research Associate for the Department of Family Medicine. She is involved in the TAPER research study (TAPER: Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction) which aims to reduce multiple medication use and the harmful effects of polypharmacy among older adults. She is also involved with the Primary Care Research Collaborative (PCRC) in the Department of Family Medicine by providing clinical faculty teaching and mentoring initiatives and opportunities and developing the patient/public/community advisory group for the PCRC. She currently teaches in the health research methodology program in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster and is currently the Vice Chair of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE) Ethics Committee. She has held numerous leadership positions in ACE and more recently, she is involved with the International Epidemiological Association as the North American Regional Councillor.

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Michelle completed the Radio and Television broadcasting program at Conestoga College and after 10 years in radio, decided it was time for a change. She moved on to the Ontario Public Service where she was an Administrative Coordinator with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for 4 years. She joined the Family Medicine Team in August 2019 as the Research Administrative Coordinator. In her personal time, Michelle enjoys reading, shopping and being in the kitchen trying out new recipes.

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Dee Mangin is the Associate Chair, Research, in the Department of Family Medicine, and works clinically at McMaster Family Practice. She came to Canada from New Zealand to Canada in 2013, where she had been the Director of the Primary Care Research Group at the University of Otago, Christchurch.

She is the Director of MUSIC, the McMaster University Sentinel and Information Collaboration practice-based research network, and the Medical Director and cofounder of RxISK.org a website for consumer information and reporting of drug adverse reactions.

Her broad interests are: the value of generalist primary care; rational prescribing; innovative models of primary care delivery; effective incorporation of evidence into patient-centered practice; and the influences of science, policy and commerce on the nature of care.

She has wide clinical research experience in primary care, including observational and interventional quantitative research methods and community RCTs of innovative models of care.

She was awarded the is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, and in 2011 she received their Distinguished Service Medal. In 2018 the CFPC awarded her the Donald I Rice award for contributions to leadership, vision and teaching in the discipline of family medicine.

Visit the TAPER website
Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction

A troubling pharmaceutical cocktail
The Walrus Talks — Mobility
October 5, 2017

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Kim Tucker joined the Department of Family Medicine team in August 2022 as the Administrative Assistant. Prior to joining McMaster University, Kim worked at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital where she supported the Volunteer Resources team. Kim is a graduate of George Brown College where she successfully completed the Health Office Administration Program with honours. Kim is often referred to as a jack-of-all-trades and for being extremely organized. Driven by her dedication, Kim takes pride in providing the best support possible. When she’s not keeping busy with her work tasks, Kim enjoys spending time with her family, working out, listening to music, and cooking.

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Steven Ma holds a BSc from McMaster University and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).