Founded in 1967, UCalgary’s Cumming School of Medicine has been creating the future of health for the past 50 years. Renamed in 2014 after businessman Geoffrey Cumming, the school is a leader in the field of precision medicine and precision public health, as well as training over 2,500 future scholars and physicians.
Joining investigators from the School of Medicine are researchers from the Ward of the 21st Century (W21C), a team of experts from a variety of fields such as business, engineering, and psychology. Founded with the goal of lowering preventable adverse events within healthcare, the team works to hone the cutting edge of health technologies and policy.
Dr. Kerry McBrien
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. McBrien is currently an assistant professor on a joint appointment between the departments of family medicine and community health sciences.
Dr. Gabriel Fabreau
Co-Principal Investigator
Since 2017, Dr. Fabreau has been an assistant professor with the departments of medicine and community health sciences at UCalgary.
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Alexandra Chiew
Research Assistant
Caroline Daigle
Research Assistant
Dr. Dailys Garcia-Jorda, PhD
Qualitative Senior Research Associate
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Grace Kennedy
Research Assistant
Kimberly Rondeau
Statistical Analyst
Kyle Dewsnap
Research Assistant
Melissa Innes
Developmental Evaluator
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Queenie Li
Research Assistant
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William Gruggen
​Research Assistant
Former Contributors
Amanda Cheung, Research Assistant
Alicia Polachek, Research Program Manager
Alyssa Cruz, Research Assistant
Ashley Marcotte, Research Assistant
Caillie Pritchard, Research Assistant
Celise Ritter-Rattray, Student Researcher
Hannah Sell, Student Transcriptionist/Data Entry Associate
Hasham Kamram, Research Assistant
Jacob Bailey, Research Assistant
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James Sakeah, Research Assistant
Jenny Kelly, Research Associate
Jessica Van Dyke, Student Transcriptionist
Karen Lienhard, Research Associate
Lauren Brown, Student Transcriptionist
Meagan Bristowe, Student Researcher
Michael Hoang, Transcriptionist
Sarah MacDonald, Research Associate
Dr. Vishva Danthurebandara, Statistical Analyst