I went to university thinking I was going to be a medical doctor - in particular I wanted to be neuro surgeon because it seemed like the best way to help people while simultaneously doing the hardest thing I could think of.

While doing my undergraduate in Kinesiology, I worked as a personal trainer at the gym at McMaster University and held summer jobs at the rehab clinic on campus. I kept seeing challenges people faced when trying to achieve their goals related to their health and well being. Challenges in gaining access to services and supports stood in the way of the most motivated and well intention people.

I decided then that I could may help more people if I instead tackled these systematic and institutionalized barriers. My minor in sociology put me on the course of understanding these barriers from a social perspective leading to my graduate degrees in public policy and health policy. It was through my post-doctoral work that I saw the power of technology to tear down and erect those same barriers I saw as an undergraduate.

Today I focus on the role technology plays in shaping health care interactions, relationships, and patient outcomes. My aim is to generate knowledge that will help health systems to leverage these tools to deliver better care to their patients and communities.