Biography:

As a PhD prepared registered nurse and midwife researcher, Dr. Sawchuck holds 2 academic appointments: Adjunct Professor, Dept. OBGYN, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC) and Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria (UVic). She is Deputy Director, University of Victoria Collaborative for Evidence Informed Healthcare: A JBI Centre of Excellence. She is Lead, Evidence, Evaluation & Knowledge Translation at Island Health where she is current/recent PI for numerous health systems research projects including $317,802 – BC Ministry of Advanced Education investigating collaborative learning units (CLUs); $99,610 – SSHRC for Indigenous community engagements; $15,000 – MSHR BC Indigenous Engagement to develop a Community Diabetes Prevention Model, and $30,000 – MSRH BC C2 for Nurse Practitioner Integration in Primary Care in Island Health (recently completed), and NP Integration into Acute Care. She is currently leading investigation in intra-abdominal hypertension in pregnancy in a multi-site observational study. Dr. Sawchuck has lived experience leading inter-disciplinary and executive research teams including nurses, midwives, general practitioners, obstetricians and policy makers provincially, nationally and internationally. As past Scientific and Operations Directors for a large international maternal health project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (US 25 million; Africa and South Asia, 2010-2013), Dr. Sawchuck developed extensive skills in international research collaboration, mixed research methodologies, international project & budget management and cross cultural research. Dr. Sawchuck has strong existing relationships with multiple research and research user teams. She has published extensively across multiple projects including women’s global health, collaborative learning units and use of robots in seniors care.https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3853-4933