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The development of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: creating capacity through connection
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, literature review, supplied data, wrote the first draft, designed the project, contributed to drafts
position: Associate Professor, Nursing and Community Health Programs
Canada
I am a Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia. I undertake health services research, focusing on professional practice and its development, particularly in rural and remote settings.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts
position: Director, Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health/Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture
qualifications: DNSc
contribution: supplied data, contributed to drafts
position: Professor, School of Health Sciences
Canada
Judith Kulig is a Professor in the Nursing Program within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. She has devoted her research program to understanding rural health issues specifically addressing unique groups who live in rural areas, nursing practice in rural and remote Canada and community resiliency in rural communities. Judith is past Chair of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society for which she was one of the founding members.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Career Scientist, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
I am a registered nurse. My research interests are rural nursing practice, rural health care, maternity and midwifery, and collaborative education
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