Evidence Alliance Research Team
Mina Tadrous
Mina Tadrous leads research focused on evaluating drug policies and post-marketing surveillance of medications. He works closely with policymakers and uses large data sets to answer questions about medication real-world safety and effectiveness and improving the optimal use of medications. Tadrous is currently a scientist at Women’s College Hospital (WCH) Institute for Health System Solutions …
Jenna Rines
Jenna Rines is a social worker and research consultant who has lived with chronic illness (Crohn’s Disease and others) since 2010. She earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto and pursued a clinical career in acute and community healthcare settings before transitioning to work in patient and community-engaged research. She …
Esther Ekpe Adewuyi
Patient Partner
Esther Ekpe Adewuyi is a Grants Facilitator at the University of Lethbridge. She holds a PhD degree in Experimental Surgery from the University of Alberta. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research focused on the molecular pathways associated with thyroid cancer metastases and pediatric nephrotic syndrome, respectively. Before now, Esther worked with the Alberta Clinical Research Consortium …
Marcela Vélez
Marcela Vélez has research experience in both quantitative and qualitative studies, principally in different types of evidence synthesis, such as systematic reviews, meta-analysis, qualitative evidence synthesis, rapid syntheses, and evidence briefs. After completing her medical degree at the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira in Colombia, she earned a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the University …
Linda Riches
Patient Partner
Linda is a semi-retired high school performing arts teacher. Her recent involvement with the Pharmacogenomics (PGx) for Depression project allowed a deep dive into genetics, health economic modeling, and the opportunity to become a patient researcher. She strongly believes in the value of People with Lived Experience becoming agents of change in all aspects of …
Jenny Arntzen
Patient Partner
Dr. Jenny Arntzen received her PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia in 2016. Her research investigated the formation of professional communities of practice in teacher education with regards to engagement with digital technologies. She is a certified Project Management Professional with a systems development certification as a Citizen Developer. Her current research …
Penelope Chan
Patient Partner
Penelope Chan is a retired scientist who was trained as a microbiologist and immunologist in Australia. Additionally, she has taught medical school in Malaysia. On returning to Canada with a young family, she decided to go into health policy and graduated with a degree in health administration focused on health protection, promotion and public health. …
Steven Ouellet
Patient Partner
After completing two bachelor’s degrees (in philosophy and industrial relations), Steven pursued graduate studies at Université Laval and completed a PhD in 2016. As part of his thesis, which was based on a longitudinal study, he studied the evolution of nurses’ working and employment conditions (their well-being at work) in critical care units. Having been …
Annette Robyns
Patient Partner
Annette has been involved in basic education in Belgium for over 25 years; she even worked for the Cabinet of the Ministry of Health. In her early years, she participated in the well-being of mothers by helping them in various ways and thus acquired a fairly developed social sense. Annette was particularly involved in education …