PhD, NP-PHC | PhD, MN
Experience in LGBT2SQ research
I am a primary healthcare nurse practitioner and clinical lead of a gender-affirming care program in Brampton Ontario. I work as a clinician, educator and researcher. My research focuses on exploring the barriers and facilitators to accessing gender affirming care. As a primary care NP I can help address this need, and as an educator I can help provide new NPs with the knowledge and skill to provide this care as they enter into practice.
I have led multiple funded studies exploring access to a variety of primary care services for transgender and non-binary individuals using multiple methodologies.
Interest in LGBT2SQ research
My area of research focuses on access to primary care for transgender, gender-diverse and non-binary individuals. I use qualitative and mixed methods to explore barriers and facilitators to care provision. I explore barriers and facilitators for primary care practitioners to provider gender-affirming primary care.
I am also the co-lead for the development of the www.soginursing.ca eLearning toolkit – this tookit feature multiple virtual simulations on sexual orientation and gender identity and patient encounters in the healthcare system. It is a learning tool for healthcare practitioners and grounded in cultural humility
Published Work
- Development of an online educational toolkit for sexual orientation and gender identity minority nursing care
- Primary Care for Transgender Individuals: A Review of the Literature Reflecting a Canadian Perspective
- “Primary care is primary care”: Use of Normalization Process Theory to explore the implementation of primary care services for transgender individuals in Ontario
- Review and Analysis of International Transgender Adult Primary Care Guidelines
- Out of the Closet: Nurse Practitioner Faculty Knowledge, Comfort and Willingness to Incorporate LGBTQ2SA Content into the Curriculum