This webinar is presented by the Alliance for Healthier Communities
Join the Alliance for Healthier Communities and a panel of healthcare researchers as they discuss their work and how it intersects with Social Prescribing and Health Equity.
Our panel will feature:
- Dr. Kiffer G. Card – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
- Dr. Rosanra Yoon – Assistant Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
- Dr. Caitlin Muhl – Quality and Patient Safety Specialist, Niagara Health
Dr. Kiffer G. Card is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and Blanche and Charlie Beckerman Scholar in Public Health Innovation. Dr. Card is a social health researcher studying how to help Canadian leaders build happier and healthier communities through community, public, and personal investment in social connection and related interventions.
Dr. Rosanra (Rosie) Yoon's (she/her) research area focuses on health services evaluation with a particular focus in integrated care for people experiencing structural vulnerabilities, substance use and mental health challenges. Dr. Yoon employs participatory and collaborative evaluation methods for system improvement through her Better Together Research Hub. As a nurse practitioner, her clinical area of expertise is in the areas of substance use, concurrent mental health conditions, trauma and gender-informed care. Bridging between community-based grassroots programs and larger systems – to collaboratively meet the needs of people and communities – is a core value that guides her clinical and research work. Her firm belief is that health is achieved through our communities where we all work, live, play and belong.
Dr. Caitlin Muhl is a recent graduate of Queen's University's PhD in Health Quality program. Her doctoral thesis focused on establishing an internationally accepted definition of social prescribing and exploring the impact on children and youth. Alongside her doctoral work, Caitlin worked as a consultant to support the implementation and evaluation of an equity-focused child and youth social prescribing program based in an underserved community in Ottawa. Caitlin works as a Quality and Patient Safety Specialist at Niagara Health.