CURRENT MEMBERS
Kate Sibley: Principal Investigator
Kate is the Canada Research Chair in Integrated Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation Sciences, Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, and Director of the Knowledge Translation platform at the George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation.
Isabel B. Rodrigues: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Isabel B. Rodrigues is a CIHR postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Isabel holds a PhD in Kinesiology with a specialization in Aging, Health & Wellbeing from the University of Waterloo. Her graduate work focused on developing part of the 2023 Osteoporosis Exercise Guidelines and implementing an intervention (MOVESTRONG program) to improve functional strength and balance training with attention to consuming enough protein in older adults. She then completed a two-year fellowship in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University, where she led her Mapping Sedentary Behaviour (MAPS-B) study to understand sedentary behaviour patterns in older adults. Her research focuses on co-designing interventions to improve mobility and quality of life among older adults living with osteoporosis and frailty using a collaborative, user-centric approach.
Nika Klaprat, PhD Student
Nika is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Community Health Science, co-advised by Dr. Jonathan McGavock and Dr. Kate Sibley. Nika holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology and Master’s of Science in Kinesiology, both from the University of Manitoba. For her MSc thesis, she worked alongside patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers to co-develop a list of research priorities in exercise and type 1 diabetes. In her PhD work, she is changing gears to lead a multi-site implementation science project assessing protected urban cycling spaces and the determinants of high versus low uptake for active transportation. She will also evaluate the potential for protected cycling spaces for improving population health outcomes.
Tami Prado-Tecter, PhD Student
Tami Prado-Tecter is a physiotherapist and research coordinator with Dr. Kathryn Sibley. She is beginning her PhD in Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba under Dr. Sibley’s supervision. Tami holds a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences, where her thesis assessed Canadian physiotherapists’ adherence to guideline recommendations for the management of low back pain and explored clinicians’ perspectives on using clinical practice guidelines. She has clinical experience in both private and public healthcare settings and is an active board member of the Manitoba Physiotherapy Association. Tami also truly enjoys supporting physiotherapy students in applying theoretical knowledge to clinical practice as an instructor in the Master of Physical Therapy program at the University of Manitoba. Her research interests focus on knowledge translation to strengthen healthcare systems and service delivery, especially in rehabilitation.
Cindy Miller, BA, MKin.
Research Coordinator
Cindy is currently a national research coordinator on a multi-year, Canada-wide falls prevention exercise project, “Understanding how to Attract, Adapt, IMplement and Sustain an evidence-informed fall prevention exercise program in Community Settings: The AAIMS project.” This project represents the largest community fall prevention exercise initiative undertaken to date. Cindy holds an undergraduate degree in English and a graduate degree in Kinesiology. She ran a successful pre- and postnatal fitness company for over 12 years and has taught several university courses in Kinesiology at the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg. Her interests are in exercise psychology, self-compassion and implementation science, as well as older adult health behaviours in areas such as women’s heart health and falls prevention exercise.
Maji Shaikh: PhD, Research Associate
Maji is a Research Associate working on developing recommendations for documenting and reporting on health research partnerships, as well as leading evaluation of the Canada-wide AAIMS fall prevention project. He holds a PhD in sport-based youth development. In his sport work, he is co-leading a partnership with several researchers and knowledge users including administrators, decision- and policy-makers at the local-to-national levels, known as the Sport Partnership Collective. He also consults in the development, implementation, and evaluation of youth sport programming and staff training. As well, he has collaborated with the Integrated Knowledge Translation Guiding Principles team to explore how principles for meaningful engagement are actioned and strategized in research partnerships. Maji’s interests are in research partnership, co-production, community engagement, program evaluation, and sport for development.
ALUMNI
- Alison Bulow, Research Associate
- Emily Zacharias, Research Assistant
- Faith Olarinde: Research Assistant
- Haley Farion: Master’s Student
- Brenda Tittlemier, PhD Student
- Leah Crockett, PhD Student
- Cheryl-Ann Moser, Master’s Student
- Alexandra Korall: Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Ann Jansson: Master’s Student
- Devashree Prabhu: Research Coordinator
- Masood Khan: Research Coordinator
- Dawn Steliga: Research Assistant
- Ina Siwach: Research Assistant
- Josée Rochon: Research Assistant
- Olivia Tefft: Research Assistant
- Alexie Touchette: Master’s Student and Research Coordinator
- Kathleen Zawaly: Research Assistant
- Serena Hickes: Co-Researcher
- Harrison Grogan: Research Assistant
- Parneet Sabhi: Research Assistant
- Patricia Roche: Research Coordinator
- Danielle Bentley: Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Saima Hossain: Honours Co-operative Biology Student
L to R: Leah Crockett, Melanie Fatouros-Richardson, Patricia Roche, Patrick Faucher, Amanda Osario, Carolyn Shimmin, Kristy Wittmeier, Carly Leggett, Kathryn Sibley
Collaborators
Dr. Danielle Bouchard, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Shilpa Dogra, Ontario Tech University
Dr. Scott Kehler, Dalhousie University
Dr. Jon McGavock, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)
Dr. Kristin Reynolds, Health Information Exchange Lab, University of Manitoba
Dr. Andrea Tricco, Unity Health Toronto
Dr. Marla Beauchamp, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging
Dr. Alison Oates, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Stephanie Glegg, University of British Columbia
Dr. Avril Mansfield, University Health Network, Toronto
Dr. Steve Robinovitch, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Andrew Laing, University of Waterloo
Dr. Heather Gainforth, University of British Columbia
Dr. Ian Graham, University of Ottawa
Dr. Kristy Wittmeier, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)
Kathryn M. Sibley, PhD 