Shawna is a PhD candidate at Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and is supervised by Dr. Susan Jaglal. She holds a MSc. in Occupational Therapy from Western University, and a BSc. in Biological Sciences from the University of Guelph.
Shawna’s research interests include availability of primary care and community services for persons with dementia, primary care quality health and rehabilitation services for neurological conditions. Currently she is working on a HSPRN project to examine the representativeness of physician and patients respondents of primary care quality surveys, using linked survey results and health administrative databases.