Stella Ng PhD
Scientist - The Wilson Centre
Associate Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Director & Education Scientist, Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education, UHN
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
When there is no clear-cut answer to be found, how can we act in ways that are collaborative, compassionate, and ethical? Stella is passionate about preparing those who work in health care and health science to do just that, as acting in these ways creates the foundation for trustworthy and respectful relations within the health sciences and between health sciences and communities. Her tri-council, ministry and foundation-funded research program has shown that critical reflection is crucial to compassionately, collaboratively, and ethically navigating value-conflicted and uncertain aspects of everyday work. Her passion was sparked by challenges she experienced as a pediatric audiologist in the public-school system, which motivated her to launch her research program in reflective practice, critical reflection, and critical pedagogies. She mobilizes this theory and research within her extensive education and leadership work. Stella is the recipient of the Ministry Early Researcher Award, Meridith Marks New Educator Award and an AMS Fellowship in Compassion and AI/Digital Technology.
Current Fellows and HPER Doctoral Students: Grecia Alaniz, Jacquelin Forsey, Melanie MacKinnon
Current Fellows and HPER Doctoral Students
Grecia Alaniz
Grecia Alaniz is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, as well as a PhD Candidate in the Health Professional Education doctoral program at Western University, and a practicing pelvic health physiotherapist. She completed her Master of Science in Physiotherapy and Honours Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) at McMaster University. Grecia's research draws on her interests in critical health discourse and reproductive health. Through this work, Grecia aims to understand the ways in which dominant discourses shape and inform the use of various reproductive technologies in maternity care provision, based on the experiences of maternity care providers. Grecia is also the recipient of the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral) for 2022-2025.
Supervisor: Stella Ng
Andrea Pozo-Barruel
Andrea Pozo-Barruel is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She completed a Master of Education at the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science in Human Communication Sciences at the Universidad de las Americas in Mexico. Her research interests focus on how disability is represented in the healthcare context, and how these representations construct the identity of people living with a disability. Currently, Andrea’s doctoral work explores how disability is conceptualized in paediatrics populations within rehabilitation.
Andrea is the recipient of the Kimel-Schatzky Scholarship at the Wilson Centre for 2022-2025.
Supervisors: Paula Rowland. Stella Ng, Maria Mylopoulos