Research Assistant
Tina is completing a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University under Dr. Heidi Cramm and is a research assistant with the Families Matter Research Group. Tina earned a Bachelor of Science with a major in psychology, and a Bachelor of Social Work. Tina has experience as a social worker with people experiencing physical and mental health issues, including Canadian Armed Forces Veterans and Public Safety Personnel (PSP). Tina is passionate about conducting research to improve the wellbeing of PSP and their family members as she served 12 years in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve as a Medical Assistant, and she is part of a PSP family.
Research Assistant
Rachel is a research assistant with the Families Matter Research Group and a doctoral candidate in rehabilitation science from Queen’s University. She comes from a community health background and a family of military members and a volunteer firefighter. Her doctoral research focuses on understanding the needs of public safety families and working with organizations to ensure that those needs are addressed.
Research Assistant
Lauren completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at Queen’s University in the spring of 2022, with a major in Psychology and a minor in Health Studies. In working as a Research Assistant with Dr. Heidi Cramm in the summer of 2021, she gained a deeper understanding of the importance of supporting the wellbeing of families, particularly those who support individuals in public safety, military, or Veteran roles. She is excited to be continuing her work as a Research Assistant with Dr. Cramm as part of the Families Matter Research Group.
Research Coordinator
Erin has a Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University where she completed her honours in marketing. Her professional experience is in research-related communications in the area of military, veteran, and family health. She is currently a research coordinator for the Families Matter Research Group.
Erin is a military spouse and has a young family of her own. She grew up in a military family and her parents, too, are from military families.
Families of military members, veterans and public safety personnel are incredible and they face unique challenges. She is committed to support and share the outcomes of this research for all the families that are serving our communities from home because families matter!
Associate Professor
Trained as an occupational therapist, Dr. Cramm is an associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University. Her program of research involves the mental health of military families, Veterans and their families, and public safety personnel, health system access and navigation for military families and Veterans, and trauma.
Research Assistant
Steffi is a first-year Master’s student in the Experimental and Applied Psychology program at the University of Regina working under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Zanette. In Spring 2022, she received her Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology degree through the University of Regina under the supervision of Dr. Kaila Bruer. Her honours thesis, “Using Eyetracking Technology to Identify Looking Behaviours in Child Witnesses” examined children’s looking behaviours to understand the mechanisms that factor into the accuracy of children’s lineup decisions. Steffi has worked in a variety of research settings, both academic and professional, and has been a part of many volunteer research projects. Steffi gained extensive research experience during her undergraduate degree while working and volunteering for Dr. Kaila Bruer at the Child Evidence Lab. She is currently a Research Assistant for the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT) as well as a Research Assistant for the Child Trauma Research Centre at the University of Regina.
Research Assistant
Melissa is a research assistant for the Family Matters Research Group based at Queen’s University. She is currently completing an MSc in Rehabilitation Science at Queen’s University under Dr. Heidi Cramm. Throughout completing a Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences, Melissa primarily focused on mental health research from a variety of different perspectives. She is a passionate believer in and advocate for accessible and equitable mental health care. Based on this passion, Melissa wishes to improve mental health care support available for family members of military and public safety personnel through her research and participation on this project.
Research Associate
Marilyn Cox has a BA in Sociology and a postgraduate degree in Grief and Bereavement Studies and a master’s degree in Family Studies and Gerontology. She is currently a research associate with the Family Matters Research Group. Her research centers on the experiences and relationships of individuals and families, the environments and processes that enhance family functioning, and the resources and support systems needed to promote healthy outcomes. The current focus of this applied research is on assessing needs and developing resources for military families and public safety personnel families.
Occupational Therapist
Lisa Delaney is a registered Occupational Therapist with years of clinical and teaching experience, with a focus in child and family health, and community development. Through her clinical occupational therapy practice and fieldwork development and coordination, she has served as a connector and collaborator co-creating and fostering sustainable partnerships with stakeholders across multiple levels of organizations building capacity to promote community health and well-being.
Professor of Psychology
Dr. Heather Hadjistavropoulos is a Professor of Psychology and co-principal investigator of PSPNET Families. Dr. Hadjistavropoulos is an internationally recognized scholar in the area of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT). She is passionate about collaborating with clients, trainees, researchers, and stakeholder organizations to improve client access to effective online interventions to improve wellbeing. She is Founder and Director of the Public Safety Personnel Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (PSPNET) team responsible for delivering and evaluating ICBT for public safety personnel across Canada. Dr. Hadjistavropoulos also leads the Wellbeing Innovation Lab at the University of Regina, and is Founder and Executive Director of the Online Therapy Unit which has been delivering and optimizing ICBT in Saskatchewan since 2010.
