Research Team

Principal Investigator

  1. Dr. Melba D’Souza, Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University

Principal Co-Investigators

  1. Ruby Gidda, Executive Director, BC Cancer Abbotsford Agency
  2. Michelle L. Smith, Lead, Learning Health Systems, Interior Health

Principal Co-Investigators

  1. Ruby Gidda, Executive Director, BC Cancer Abbotsford Agency
  2. Michelle L. Smith, Lead, Learning Health Systems, Interior Health

Community Partnerships

  1. Dr. Hannah Nette, Executive Director, Inspire Health Supportive Cancer Care, 
  2. Dr. Kate McCarroll, Clinical Physician, Okanagan Division of Family Practice, Revelstoke 
  3. Karen Leach-MacLeod, Network Director Cancer Care, Interior Health
  4. Ann McCarthy, Vice-President, Kamloops Cancer Supportive Care Society 
  5. Leslie Brochu, President, Kamloops Cancer Supportive Care Society

Community Collaborators

  1. Melanie Todd, Project Lead, Thompson Region Division of Family Practice Kamloops
  2. Grace LaBossiere, Kamloops Breast Cancer Support Group
  3. Cheryl Dedels, The Spirit Warriors Society, Kamloops
  4. Colette Swain, Kamloops Massage Matters
  5. France Lamontagne, Kamloops Immigrant Services
  6. Danielle Wittal, Radiation Therapist 

Graduate Researchers

  1. Aishwarya Manish, Graduate, University of British Columbia Okanagan 
  2. Arati Swaminadhan, Graduate, The University of British Columbia

Undergraduate Researchers

  1. Alaa Awad, Thompson Rivers University 

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