Program
Open Plenary - The Heart DIS-Ease PlaY: An Artistic Way to Mobilize Research
May 25, 2024 from 9:10am MST to 10:00am MST
Speakers / Panelists
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Symptoms and Signs of Cardiovascular Disease: An Indigenous Research Creation
May 24, 2024 from 11:35am MST to 12:05pm MST -
Open Plenary - The Heart DIS-Ease PlaY: An Artistic Way to Mobilize Research
May 25, 2024 from 9:10am MST to 10:00am MST
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
RN, BScN, MN, PhD, CNCC(C), Associate Professor
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
RN, BScN, MN, PhD, CNCC(C), Associate Professor
Dr. Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, in the Department of Nursing at Brock University. She has been a member of CCCN since 2004 and serves as the provincial chair for Ontario on the National CCCN Research Committee. Sheila is currently the Director of Research on the CCCN Board of Directors since 2019. Sheila is a Cardiovascular and Pain Scientist at the Social Justice Research Institute, the Centre for Research Across the Life Span, and the Brock Functional Inclusive Training (Bfit) Centre. Her current research program is supported by (New Horizons Employment and Social Development Canada-New Horizons for Seniors, e-Campus Ontario, and the New Frontiers in Research Fund) and includes three inter-related areas of focus: 1) to examine and describe cardiovascular disease related pain and associated symptoms: [early cardiac prodromal symptoms and acute/chronic symptom presentations], 2) with use of digital health technology design, develop and evaluate interventions to screen for and/or manage pain and other symptoms, and 3) to create meaningful knowledge mobilization through use of arts-based approaches to research.