Beyond the PhD: Career Journeys of Our Graduates
Join us for a dynamic panel featuring three graduates of our PhD program who have transitioned into impactful careers across different sectors. Learn how they leveraged their research training, navigated career decisions, and built fulfilling professional lives. A great opportunity to gain insights and ask questions about your own future beyond academia.
A light lunch will be provided.
Seminar title:听Beyond the PhD: Career Journeys of Our Graduates-
Speakers:听
- Reem El-Sherif, PhD,听Health Services Researcher at the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)-
- Nadia O鈥橞rien, PhD, Senior Policy Analyst on Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI)-
- Justin听Gagnon, Embedded Scientist with OROT,听a Connected Health Incubator that brings together听healthcare actors听and end users with entrepreneurs and innovators to build and launch听digital听innovations that听improve people鈥檚 lives.
Date:听Friday December 12, 12.30-13.30pm
Where: Hybrid. In person at 5858, chemin de la C么te-des-Neiges, 3rd floor, Room 307.听Online via Zoom
About The Speakers听
Reem El-Sherif, MBBCh, PhD, is an international medical graduate (MBChB from the University of Cairo) and has completed an MSc and PhD in Family Medicine and Primary Care Research at 海角社区. She has over 10 years of experience in primary care and health services research, and specializes in literature reviews, mixed methods research and qualitative methodologies using a participatory approach. She is currently a Health Services Researcher at the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA).
Nadia O鈥橞rien, MPH, PhD, earned a PhD in Family Medicine and Primary Care from 海角社区 in 2020, a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Simon Fraser University, and an Undergraduate degree in Medical Anthropology from the University of Toronto. She also completed a brief postdoctoral fellowship with the Canada Research Chair in Patient and Public Partnership where she was awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) postdoctoral funding - Transition to Leadership Award. She then joined the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) during the COVID-19 pandemic and now works as a senior policy analyst on Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI).听Nadia鈥檚 experience in research, infectious disease and public health was developed though her research on community-led structural interventions with sex workers in India, a participatory research project led by Indigenous women in Quebec, during her PhD with the Canadian HIV Women鈥檚 Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS), and at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BCCfE).
Justin Gagnon听is an Embedded Scientist with OROT and Adjunct Professor at 海角社区. He specializes in evaluating healthcare innovations through pre-market assessments, pilot studies, and post-implementation evaluations. His work bridges innovation and practice, aligning technologies with clinical needs. With expertise in implementation science, health IT, policy, and mixed-methods research, he focuses on driving sustainable adoption and improving health outcomes.
Research Seminar Series
Each month, the Department of Family Medicine hosts a research seminar that explores a wide range of topics and methods relevant to primary health care. These seminars feature a variety of speakers, including researchers from other universities and departments, as well as our own faculty, students, and collaborators.听Open to the entire 海角社区 community, these seminars serve as a dynamic forum for learning, discussion, and exchange, fostering meaningful connections across disciplines and institutions.
