Team

Dr. Lisa Barbera
Principal Investigator

Demetra Yannitsos
Senior Program Coordinator

Dr. Karishma George
Fellow

Grace Bailey
Research Assistant

Quality Council

The role of the quality council is to provide content expertise and feedback on departmental impact of the projects and patient perspective, as well as shape the vision of the initiative.

The council is comprised of members with clinical, technical, research, and educational backgrounds representing patient reported outcomes implementation, radiotherapy management, medical physics, health services research, quality improvement, clinical education and research methods.  

The Working Group meets quarterly to provide program oversight and guidance including project selection and implementation. 

Members

• Dr. Linda Watson, Executive Director, Supportive Care Services and Patient Experience, CancerCare Alberta
• Fiona Lochray, Manager, TBCC Radiation Therapy Program
• Marilyn Gackle, Clinical Educator, Radiation Therapy
• Dr. Safiya Karim, Quality Improvement Advisor, TBCC Medical Oncology
• Dr. Lin Yang, Research Scientist, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
• Dr. Andrea McNiven, Director of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
• Jodi Scott, Manager, Outpatient Oncology and Radiation Review Clinics
• Michelle Bonnier, Manager, Systemic Day Medicine
• Dr. Jackson Wu (donor relations, biostatistical review, REB advise/support)
• Bill Richardson, Patient Advisor
• Christina Den Haan, Patient Advisor