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Researchers and Personnel

The Health TAPESTRY approach is being refined and developed through a continuing series of research projects. These projects study aspects of Health TAPESTRY with the goal of improving the possibilities for care through approach.

Currently the oversight of Health TAPESTRY is:

  1. Executive Academic Lead
    • David Price
  2. Leadership
    • Doug Oliver, Practice Model Lead
    • Lee Mangin, Evaluation Lead
    • Tracey Carr, Operations and Digital Health Lead
    • Samina Talat, Volunteer and Community Engagement Lead
    • Ruta Valaitis, System Navigation Lead
  3. Operations
    • Julie Datta
    • Larkin Lamarche
    • Pam Forsyth
    • Cathy Risdon
    • Lisa Dolovich

Other Current Collaborative Sites and Projects:

  • Integrated Care Pathways for Depression, Anxiety, and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Toronto & Hamilton, Ontario (with CAMH)
    • Nick Kates
    • Carrie McAiney
    • Karen Saperson

Health TAPESTRY Staff

  • Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
    • Julie Datta, Health TAPESTRY Ontario Program Manager
    • Jessica Gaber (née Peter), Health TAPESTRY Research/Program Coordinator
    • Larkin Lamarche, Health TAPESTRY Research Associate
    • Stephanie Do Pelino, Health TAPESTRY Research Assistant
    • Rebecca Clark, Health TAPESTRY Research Assistant

During 2013-2026, the oversight of Health Tapestry was:

  • Co-Leads:
    • Lisa Doloich
    • Doug Oliver
    • David Price
  • Scientific Leads – Health TAPESTRY – Health Canada
    • Gina Agarwal
    • Tracey Carr
    • David Chan
    • Michelle Howard
    • Monika Kastner
    • Linda Lee
    • Dee Mangin
    • Daria O’Reilly
    • Alexandra Papaioannou
    • Jenny Ploeg
    • Parminder Raina
    • Julie Richardson
    • Cathy risdon
    • Sharon Straus
    • Lehana Thabane
    • Ruta Valaitis
  • Lead Affiliates – Health TAPESTRY – Health Canada
    • Natasha Burke, Support to Daria O’Reilly
    • Gary Foster, Support to Lehana Thabane
    • Kathryn Gaebel, Support o Daria O’Reilly
    • Lauren Griffith, Support to Parminder Raina
    • Courtney Kennedy, Support to Alexandra Papaioannou
    • P. Lina Santaguida, Support to Parminder Raina
    • Karen Slonim, Support to Linda Lee
  • Health TAPESTRY with Health Connectors for Diabetes Management (Health TAPESTRY-HC-DM) – an INSPIRE-PHC Project; Co-Investigators
    • Gina Agarwal (Co-PI)
    • Lisa Dolovich (Co-PI)
    • Lori Letts
    • Claire Liddy
    • Dee Mangin
    • Doug Oliver
    • Daria O’Reilly
    • Jenny Ploeg
    • Graham Reid
    • Julie Richardson
    • Bridget Ryan
    • Ruta Valaitis

Collaborative Sites of Health TAPESTRY – Health Canada, 2013-2016:

  • Health TAPESTRY-TAPER
    • Alex Papaioannou (PI)
    • Lisa Dolvich
    • Doug Oliver
    • Courtney Kennedy
    • George Ioannidis
    • Larkin Lamarche
  • Health TAPESTRY-TRIAGE
    • Dee Mangin (PI)
  • Home – ViVE(Home Visits to Vancouver’s Elders), Vancouver, BC
    • Martin Dawes
    • Margaret McGregor
    • Melody Munro
    • Jay Slater
    • John Sloan
    • Johanna Trimble
  • Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan
    • Wesley Ballantyne
    • Shirley Bighead
    • Willie Ermine
    • Shari McKay
    • Norma Rabbitskin
    • Vivian Ramsden
  • AccessHealth, Montréal, Québec (McGill University)
    • Gillian Bartlett
    • Tamara Carver
    • Doaa Farid
    • Nina Mamishi
    • Mark Roper
    • Ellen Rosenberg
  • TAPS -BPS (Health TAPESTRY with BETTER Prevention Services), Newfoundland and Alberta
    • Carolina Aguilar
    • Kris Aubrey
    • Richard Cullen
    • Donna Manca
  • Community Ward Project, KW4 Health Link, Kitchener-Waterloo-Wilmot-Woolwich, Ontario
    • Linda Lee
    • Karen Slonim
    • Kelly Niall
    • Lindsay Donaldson