Faculty
Dr. Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine, PhD, RN
Dean and Professor
Research Focus:
- International Family Nursing Practices
- Social and Cultural Determinants of Health
- Strengths Based Interventions
- Vulnerable populations with a focus on families experiencing poverty
- Public Health and Community Practices that Impact Families' Lives
- Enhanced Home Visiting Practices
- Collaborative Practices in Primary Health Care
- Interprofessional Family Assessment Development facilitated by Clinical Simulation and Standardized Patients
- Global Family Nursing Practices during CoVid
- Experiences of Families of Long Term Care Residents during CoVid
Room 336A Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2259 (Joy Lesperance, Dean's Secretary)
Debbie.Sheppard-Lemoine@uwindsor.ca
Prof. Judy Bornais, RN, BA, BScN, MSc, CDE
On leave as Associate Vice-President, External, commencing March 4, 2024 to August 31, 2028
Academic Ancillary Staff III - Experiential Learning Specialist
Teaching Leadership Chair
Research Focus:
- Diabetes care
- Simulation in health care education
- Inter-professional health care
- Teaching and Learning in higher educations
519.253.3000, x2269
jbornais@uwindsor.ca
Prof. Natalie Bownes, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD (student)
Academic Ancillary Staff II - Clinical Practice Learning Specialist: Years 1 & 3 Clinical
Research Focus:
- Clinical Teaching in Nursing
- Mentorship of Clinical Instructors
- Nursing Education
Room 318 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x4383
nbownes@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Jamie Crawley, RN, BScN, BA (Psychology), BA (Sociology), MBA, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Focus:
- Health Inequities
- Health Disparities
- Social Determinants of Health
- Equity-Deserving Groups
Room 319 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x4816
jcrawley@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Edward Cruz, RN, CCNE, DMD, BScN, BN, MEdM, MScN, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Focus:
- Nursing Education
- Internationally Educated Nurses
- Human Resources for Health
- Immigrant Health
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- CoRe-SHINE - Collaborative Research on Social care
Room 322 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2263
Edward.Cruz@uwindsor.ca
Prof. Susan Dennison, RN, BScN, MScN, CCNE, CPPS
Academic Ancillary Staff III - Clinical Practice Learning Specialist
Clinical Lead for Level 2 and 4 BScN Undergraduate Program
Research Focus:
- Patient and Medication Safety
- Clinical Education
- Peer Mentoring
- Mentorship
- Preceptor Education
Room 308 Toldo HEC
519.253-3000, x4390
dennison@uwindsor.ca
Prof. Rachel Elliott, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD (c)
Lecturer
Research Focus:
- Trauma-informed care
- Undergraduate nursing education
- Simulation and Experiential Learning
- Health Impacts of Trauma and Violence
- Nursing Interventions
Room 328 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2264
Rachel.Elliott@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Susan Fox, RN, BN, MScN, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
Research Focus:
- Healthcare associated infections and infectious diseases
- Cardiovascular health
Room 300 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2284
sfox@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Laurie Freeman, RN, BScN, MSN, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Focus:
- Pre-Diabetes and Continuous Glucose Monitoring
- Nursing Satisfaction
- Simulation in Nursing
- Technology and teaching
- Cancer (survivorship issues and decision making)
Room 302 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2278
lfreeman@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Natalie Giannotti, RN, BHK, MN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus:
- Gestational diabetes
- Diabetes prevention
- Health promotion
- Medication Incident Reporting
- Patient Safety/Safer Healthcare Systems
- Impact of Leadership in Nursing
- Best Practices in Nursing Education
Room 316 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x4988
natalieg@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Sebastian Gyamfi, RMN, BSc, MPhil, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus:
- Stigma and Mental Illness
- Mental Health Equity
- Structural Violence
- Influences of Religiocultural Beliefs
- Stigma Perception Appraisal
- Mental Health Promotion
- Housing and Homelessness
- Vulnerable populations
- Theory/Model development
Room 313 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x6117
sgyamfi@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Debbie Kane, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD
Acting Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
Research Focus:
- Women's health
- Workplace wellness
- Public health
Room 302 Chrysler Hall Tower
519.253.3000, x2107
dkane@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Kelly Kennedy, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus:
- Pediatric Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Women's Health
Room 310 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2283
kkennedy@uwindsor.ca
Prof. Amanda McEwen, RN, BSc (Honours Bio.), BScN, MScN, CCSNE
Academic Ancillary Staff - Experiential Learning Specialist
Research Focus:
- Simulation in nursing education
- Hand hygiene adherence and healthcare associated infections
- Effect moderation/interaction effects (research methodology)
Room 3126 Medical Education Building
519.253.3000, x2248
amcewen@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Noeman Mirza, RN, BScN, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Focus:
- Complex reasoning
- Care transitions
- Rural aging
- Gerontology: Conceptualizing and managing health complexities experienced by older adults with a particular interest in rural aging, social determinants of health, environmental impacts, healthcare restructuring, care transitions, and the health of equity-denied groups.
- Education: Teaching towards a sense of complexity with specific interests in practice readiness and the development of innovative teaching-learning strategies that assist students to conceptualize, reason through, and respond to complex care situations.
Room 326 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2275
Noeman.Mirza@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Sherry Morrell, RN(EC), BScN, Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate, MN, MCISc (Wound Healing), PhD
Assistant Professor and PHCNP Graduate Coordinator
Research Focus:
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing Education
- Wound care
Room 306 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x4389
morrells@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Kathy Pfaff, RN, BScN, MSc, PhD
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs
Research Focus:
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- New Graduate Nurse Transition
- Rural Community Health Care
- Health care systems
- Palliative care
Room 301 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x4977
kpfaff@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Gina Pittman, BScN, MN-NP, PhD
Assistant Professor and NP Clinical Placement Coordinator
Research Focus:
- NP prescribing
- NP practice
Room 314 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x4812
Gina.Pittman@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Jody Ralph, RN, BSc, BScN, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Great Lakes Biennial Nursing Conference (GLBNC) Chair
Research Focus:
- Cancer research
- Gene-environment interactions
- Nursing education
- Disease pathophysiology
- Altered nutrition
Room 304 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x2271
Jody.Ralph@uwindsor.ca
Professor Padma Ravi, RN, BSc (M.B.F), BScN, MN, CPPS, PhD(student)
Lecturer
Research Focus:
- Interprofessional Collaborative Practices
- Self-Management of Chronic Health Challenges
- Health Outcomes (Patient Safety, Quality Improvement)
Dr. Debbie Rickeard, RN, BScN, BA, MScN, DNP, CCRN, CNE
Academic Ancillary Staff - Experiential Learning Specialist
Research Focus:
- Preceptor education
- Health literacy
Room 3124 Medical Education Building
519.253.3000, x4993
rickeard@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Jane Simanovski, RN (EC), NP-C, BScN, MScN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus:
- Lung transplantation
- Sleep quality
- Health related quality of life
- Patient related outcome measures
- Nurse Practitioners
Room 315 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x6121
jane.simanovski@uwindsor.ca
Professor Heather Sweet, RN, BScN, MN, PhD(student)
Lecturer
Research Focus:
- Social Determinants of healh
- Health Equity
- Nursing Education
- Disability and healthcare
Room 330 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000 x2257
hsweet73@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Eric Tanlaka, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus:
- Neuroscience nursing
- Stroke rehabilitation care
- Philosophy in nursing research
- Theories in nursing research
Room 320 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000, x3770
eric.tanlaka@uwindsor.ca
Dr. Joanne Tay, RN, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Focus:
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Complex Care (Pediatrics)
- Pediatric Palliative Care
- Quantitative Research Methodology
Room 317 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000 x6118
Joanne.Tay@uwindsor.ca
Professor Brooke Wuerch, RN, BScN, MScN, Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Academic Ancillary Staff II - Nurse Practitioner Learning Specialist
Room 315 Toldo HEC
519.253.3000 x4384
Brooke.Wuerch@uwindsor.ca