Applying health systems and policy methods to improve access, quality, and equity in care — from Newfoundland to Afghanistan.
Four interconnected research pillars driven by a commitment to health equity, rigorous evaluation, and community partnership.
Evaluation of team-based primary care models and Family Care Team implementation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Work explores how interprofessional collaboration shapes access, continuity, and quality in rural and remote settings. This research contributes to provincial health system design and national primary care reform agendas.
System-level analysis of care barriers and culturally safe service pathways for newcomers and equity-deserving populations in Newfoundland. Uses Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) to map adaptive capacity in complex systems. Connects to national and international work on structural determinants of health.
Community health worker programs, SDG implementation, and equity-oriented health policy in Afghanistan, South Asia, and Central Asia. PhD research on Afghanistan's national CHW program directly informed WHO's 2018 global guidelines. Ongoing work addresses research priority-setting for maternal and child health in fragile states.
Canada's cannabis legalization provides a natural policy experiment for studying regulatory design, health literacy, consumer behaviour, and public health outcomes. This program uses discrete choice experiments, qualitative research, and sentiment analysis to evaluate policy at population level.
Ongoing and recently completed research initiatives advancing the program of work.
Emerging projects extending the research program into new methodological and geographic domains.
Seeking collaborators in primary care evaluation, global health systems, and equity-oriented policy research.