Community Engagement & Knowledge Mobilization Grant Winners

Dr. Andi Camden
Affiliation: Senior Research Associate, The Hospital for Sick Children 
Community Partners: Persons with lived experience
Project Title: Embodied Stigma: A Body-Mapping Study of Opioid Use and Perinatal Care in Canada

Dr. Dianne Fierheller
Affiliation: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto & Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners          
Community Partner: Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario, Parting The Roots, and LAMP Community Health Centre
Project Title: Partnering for the Next Phase of Community-Driven Sickle Cell Disease Care in Peel Region

Dr. Sonica Singhal
Affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto
Community Partners: Lamp Community Health Centre in the Region of Peel
Project Title: Integrating Oral Health Assessment and Knowledge Mobilization into Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women: A Community-Engaged Pilot Study

Dr. Ashley Quinn
Affiliation: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Community Partners: Young people with lived experience
Project Title: Reimagining Health Knowledge with Youth in Care: From Hospitalization to Healing

Dr. Catharine Walsh
Affiliation: Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Community Partners: Going Against the Grain Youth Council and Celiac Canada
Project Title: Going Against the Grain: Engaging Youth with Celiac Disease to Co-Design a Mobile Health App to Support Gluten-Free Diet Adherence

Dr. Andi Camden
Affiliation: Senior Research Associate, The Hospital for Sick Children 
Community Partners: Persons with lived experience
Project Title: Empowered Voices: Breaking the Stigma of Prenatal Opioid Exposure Through Storytelling 

Dr. Catherine Birken
Affiliation: Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children
Community Partners: Ontario educators and families
Project Title: Bringing Health Researchers and Ontario Educators Together to Discuss Child Development, Health Behaviours and Opportunities to Collaborate

Dr. Julia Orkin
Affiliation: Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children
Community Partner: Complex Care for Kids Ontario
Project Title: Care Plans at Your Fingertips: Integrating Online, Collaborative Care Plans for Children with Medical Complexity 

Dr. Susitha Wanigaratne 
Affiliation: Senior Research Associate, Senior Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children 
Community Partner: SMILE Canada
Project Title: Understanding the Intersectionalities of Immigrant and Refugee Children with Disabilities in Canada 

Dr. Kimberley Widger
Affiliation: Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Community Partners: Children with Medical Complexity Parent Networks
Project Title: Engagement and Co-Design with Parents of Children with Medical Complexity to Enhance Care for Children with Medical Complexity 

Dr. Amy Wright
Affiliation: Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Community Partners: Hamilton Regional Indian Centre; Indigenous Health Diabetes Health Centre; Six Nations of the Grand River Social Services and Birthing Centre
Project Title: Piloting a Prenatal Program for Indigenous Fathers in Southern Ontario: A Community-led Initiative 

Dr. Tin Vo
Affiliation: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Community Partners: Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health; Spectrum Waterloo Region’s Rainbow Community Space; Children and Youth Planning Table of Waterloo Region
Project Title: A Community-Engaged Mapping of Research Priorities for Diverse 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth in the Waterloo Region: A Youth Engagement Summit 

Dr. Ian Zenlea
Affiliation: Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto & Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners          
Community Partner: Anti-Black Racism and Systemic Discrimination Collective of Peel
Project Title: Co-Designing the Sickle Cell Disease Satellite Clinic at Trillium Health Partners