Research Leads

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Dr. Lori Bradford PhD
Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 2 in Social and Cultural Decision Making in Engineering Design Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development

Lori is a assistant professor at the College of Engineering and is also a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Social and Cultural Decision Making in Engineering. Lori's current research areas are interdisciplinary social sciences, engaged scholarship, social and cultural impact assessment, water empathy and policy, and community-driven co-design.

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Dr. James A. Dosman OC, SOM., MA., MD, FRCP(C), FRSC, FCAHS, ABIM
Distinguished Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan and President and CEO, Agrivita Canada Inc.

Dr. James A Dosman is considered the “Father of Agricultural Medicine” in Canada. Dr. Dosman is the founding director of the Centre for Agricultural Medicine (now known as the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health) and continues his active medical practice in sleep medicine and research in health and safety of rural and indigenous populations.

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Dr. Tara Kahan PhD
Professor

Canada Research Chair in Environmental Analytical Chemistry

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Dr. Shelley Kirychuk BScN, MSc, MBA, PhD
Director - Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health, Professor - College of Medicine

Shelley is a professor at the College of Medicine and the director of the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health. Shelley's current clinical interest is epidemiology of rural and agricultural related exposures and respiratory health outcomes.

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Dr. Wanda Martin RN, BScN, MN, PhD
Associate Professor

Wanda is a associate professor at the College of Nursing. Wanda has taught nursing research, community health nursing, and data analysis to undergraduate nursing students. Wanda primarily does qualitative research, with some mixed-methods. Wanda is an avid foodie who is passionate about creating a healthy lifestyle and growing food while supporting local, small-scale farmers who engage in ecologically sound practice.

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Dr. Kerry McPhedran MSc, PhD, PEng
Saskatchewan Centennial Enhancement Chair & Professor, Civil Geological and Environmental Engineering

Kerry is a professor at the College of Engineering focusing in civil, geological and environmental engineering. Kerry is also a Saskatchewan Centennial Enhancement Chair in water stewardship for indigenous communities. Kerry's current research areas are indigenous water and environment, municipal and environmental engineering, municipal wastewater, partitioning to organic matter, recreational water quality, and stormwater runoff.

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Dr. Charlene Thompson BSN, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Thompson has twenty years of public health nursing experience working in multiple programs that included building health equity, child health clinics, maternal-child health, and sexual/street health. She has worked as a practicing public health nurse, nurse clinician, and nursing supervisor.