Data Connection Series Speakers
Data Connection Series Speakers
Below are the speakers and facilitators who joined us for the Data Connection Series in Spring 2021.
Victoria McKinnon, MD
Plastic Surgery Resident, McMaster University
Victoria is a first-year Plastic Surgery resident at McMaster University. While completing her MD (also at McMaster), Victoria served as Director of Education for the Ontario Medical Students Association and Communiqué Editor for the Canadian Federation of Medical Students. Prior to Medicine, her past education includes a Bachelor of Arts and Science from McMaster and a Master of Studies in Science and Religion from the University of Oxford. She has been involved in medical education research since her time in undergraduate studies, under the supervision of Dr. Ranil Sonnadara.
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Workshop 1: Ethical orientations and student perspectives on inter-institutional data sharing (March 25 2021)
Lisa Schwartz, PhD
Professor, McMaster University
Lisa Schwartz is the Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics, Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact (formerly Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and an associate member of the Department of Philosophy McMaster University. Between 2012-2017, Prof Schwartz was the Director of the PhD in Health Policy, and co-Associate Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) at McMaster University. She completed her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, where she then held the position of Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Medicine in the Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine.
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Workshop 1: Ethical orientations and student perspectives on inter-institutional data sharing (March 25 2021)
Daniel (Danny) Corral, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, OISE
Daniel (Danny) Corral is an assistant professor in the higher education program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He teaches on the student experience, postsecondary finance, and evaluation. His research broadly examines how public policies and interventions affect access and success among students historically underrepresented in higher education. He is also interested in how researchers and other institutional agents collect and use student demographic data to inform the design and maintenance of programs, policies, and practices. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Workshop 2: Best Practices and Potential Challenges to Data Sharing - Experiences from General Education (April 1 2021)
Elizabeth Wenghofer, PhD
Professor, Laurentian University
Research Director, Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) Program, University of California (UC) San Diego.
Elizabeth Wenghofer is a Professor in the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University and the Research Director for the Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) Program at the University of California (UC) San Diego. Dr. Wenghofer completed her Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (Field: Health Services Research) in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Wenghofer holds adjunct appointments with the Faculties of Medicine at UC San Diego and Texas A&M. Prior to joining Laurentian, she led the research activities of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for eleven years. Dr. Wenghofer’s research interests lie in the areas of physician performance, medical regulation, continuing professional development, and program evaluation.
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Workshop 3: Best Practices and Potential Challenges to Data Sharing - Experiences from Health Services Research (April 7 2021)
Nick Rochlin
Research Data Management (RDM) Specialist, University of British Columbia
Nick Rochlin is the Research Data Management (RDM) Specialist in UBC’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC). He is active in the Portage Network of RDM professionals, co-chairing the National Training Expert Group and the Institutional Strategies Working Group, and is also a member of the FRDR Training Group.
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Workshop 4: Best Practices and Potential Challenges to Data Sharing - Experiences from Library Sciences (April 14 2021)
Jeff Gardner, CIPP/C
Cloud Research Specialist, UBC
Jeff is a Cloud Research Specialist with the UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team. Jeff was previously the Sensitive Research Specialist at ARC. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C), he collaborated with researchers and ARC team members to ensure timely access to data while meeting privacy, security and other regulatory requirements. Jeff has a background in clinical research, managing studies at Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care, before transitioning to research policy and administration at the Provincial Health Services Authority.
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Workshop 4: Best Practices and Potential Challenges to Data Sharing - Experiences from Library Sciences (April 14 2021)
Lawrence Grierson, PhD
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Lawrence Grierson is Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine and Scientist with the McMaster Program for Education Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT) at McMaster University. Lawrence’s research considers the relationship between education practices and the principles of family medicine, simulation-based learning and the acquisition of clinical technical skills, and the ethical inter-institutional collation of training metrics for medical education research.
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Workshop 5: Review of the emerging consensus statement and harmonization framework (April 21 2021)
Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Director, The Office of Education Scholarship,
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Dr. Kulasegaram's research examines educational assessment from both a psychometric and cognitive perspective. His work aims to advance assessment theory and practice by conceptualizing assessment as an instructional and advancement opportunity. This involves re-examining the entire context of assessment - the objectives, process, tools, learners, and raters - from theoretical perspectives informed by cognitive theory and best evidence on measurement. His other interest is in how assessment data can be used to inform and assist learners, teachers, and program leaders. In this area, he studies the social and scientific value of 'Big Data' in medical education.
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Workshop 5: Review of the emerging consensus statement and harmonization framework (April 21 2021)