Impact Projects
Impact Team
Advisory Committee Bios
Zubin Austin BScPhm MBA MISc PhD
Zubin is the Ontario College of Pharmacy Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. He currently teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs. His major research interests include bridging education for internationally educated professionals. He is an award-winning educator, having won the Bristol Myers Squibb Excellence in Pharmacy Education Award, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Innovations in Teaching Award, and being named professor of the year on four separate occasions. He is particularly interested in the IMPACT project as a way of improving health care through collaborative practice, and looks forward to its success.
Kelly Babcock BScPhm
Kelly graduated as a pharmacist from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Saskatchewan in 1981. Since graduation Kelly has held many leadership positions in hospital pharmacy practice. He is currently Director of Pharmacy at the SCO Health Service in Ottawa and Chair of the Professional Advisory Committee. Kelly has been awarded the Pharmacist of the Year in Saskatchewan, CSHP Ontario Branch Award and the Isabel E. Stauffer Meritorious Service Award. For the IMPACT project, Kelly has been instrumental in developing the pharmacist hiring process and providing support for our co-PI Barbara Farrell's involvement.
Dr. W. Hogg, MD, MSc, MCISC
Bill is a family physician, and Director of the C.T. Lamont Centre, Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute. Bill holds multiple appointments and positions including Professor- University of Ottawa, Scientist- Institute of Population Health and Director of Research- Department of Family Medicine of the University of Ottawa. He joined IMPACT as an co-investigator to advise on methodology and act as a liaison for components involving teaching practices in Ottawa.
Michelle Howard BSc MSc
Michelle is a member of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and is currently completing a PhD at McMaster in Health Research Methodology. She was a research coordinator with SMART and helped develop the IMPACT program and evaluation. Her research interests include medication use in older adults, community randomized trials, women's health and health services research. She has been working with the IMPACT measurement team on issues of data collection and planning for analyses.
Natalie Kennie BScPhm R.Ph. PharmD
Natalie is a pharmacist with 10 years of experience working in primary care. In her current role as Primary Care Pharmacist at St. Michael's Hospital Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), she provides pharmaceutical care by consultation to patients in two interdisciplinary family practice clinics. She holds appointments as co-professor for the Therapeutics in Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Assistant Professor at the Faculties of Pharmacy and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and education coordinator for the Canadian College of Clinical Pharmacy. In 2002, Natalie received a Diploma in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University. Natalie is a mentor as well as co-investigator for the IMPACT project.
Elaine Lau BScPhm Pharm D
Elaine is a pharmacist who obtained her Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. She joined the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines in August 2002 as a clinical research fellow with the TIPPS program and is completing coursework towards a Master's of Science degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. She is currently a Clinical Care Coordinator with COMPETE III. Elaine's research interests include pharmacy practice research, evaluating barriers in the uptake of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, appropriate prescribing in the elderly, and interventions to improve the education and delivery of therapeutic information to patients. Elaine's involvement with IMPACT has included development and implementation of the pharmacists' training and mentoring program as well as working with the IMPACT measurement team to evaluate the processes and outcomes of care of the pharmacists' intervention.
Connie Sellors BScPhm R.Ph.
Connie is a pharmacist with over 30 years experience working in community and hospital pharmacy. She is a member of the Department of Family Medicine and the Centre for the Evaluation of Medicines at McMaster University. She has taught pharmacy students at the University of Toronto, been an assessor for the Ontario College of Pharmacists' Quality Assurance Program and an Education Coordinator for the Ontario Pharmacists' Association. Connie has also served on Ontario Pharmacists' Association Council and chaired the OPA CE Planning Committee for several years. In 1996, Connie, as project coordinator, completed a pilot study of a Pharmacist Consultation Program for Family Practice and then, in 2003, she completed the SMART project- a large randomized controlled trial evaluating the consultation program. In 1995, Connie was awarded the Ontario Pharmacists Association Pharmacist of the Year Award and in 2002 the Innovative Practice Award from the Canadian Pharmacists Association
Dr. John Sellors, BSc, MD, MSc, FCFP
John is currently Senior Medical Advisor, Reproductive Health, for the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Seattle, WA. In his former life as a family physician, he was principal investigator for the SMART Project Pilot and Phase I and II studies. He assists with research design and issues related to physician-pharmacist collaboration. program.
Kirsten Woodend, RN, MSc, PhD
Kirsten is a nurse and assistant professor at the School of Nursing since July 2004. Prior to this she was the Director of Research for the Canadian Pharmacists Association (2001-4) and the Clinical Scientist, Nursing at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (1998- 2001). Kirsten has a background in cardiovascular nursing, an MSc in Epidemiology and a PhD in Medical Science. Her primary research interest is in women's cardiovascular health but she has research funded in other areas including: pharmacy practice, seamless care for heart failure, optimizing medication management in home care and telehome-care.