The People

Dr. Joan Bottorff is a Professor in the School of Nurisng, and Director of the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention at UBC Okanagan, Co-Principal Investigator with the iTAG (Investigating Tobacco and Gender) research team, and a Lead Investigator with NEXUS. She has served as the first Dean of UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Health and Social Development and is named Chair in Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion. Her research interests include health promotion and health behaviour change in the contexts of gender, cancer control, and genetic testing. Since the inception of the FACET research program in 2002, she has led studies focused on understanding the social context of women’s smoking with a specific focus on intimate relationships.

Dr. John Oliffe is an Associate Professor at the UBC School of Nursing, Co-Principal Investigator with the iTAG (Investigating Tobacco and Gender) research group, and a Lead Investigator with NEXUS. He holds a CIHR new investigator award and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research scholar award. His program of research is in masculinities and men’s health; specifically related to the FACET research he is focused on better understanding the intersections between fatherhood and tobacco use as a means to developing men-centered smoking reduction and cessation interventions.

Radhika Bhagat is a Clinical Nurse Specialist with Vancouver Coastal Health’s 0-5 Program. She has worked as nurse, in clinical and then community settings, for over 20 years, coordinating and facilitating a number of programs to support infant and child health. She is interested in developing outcomes measures that illuminate the difference public health nursing can make in the lives of infants, children, and families in the context of their communities, and in increasing the awareness of public health at the systems, policy, programming, and funding levels.

Ann Dauphinee is health promotion leader in Public Health Services Richmond, a part of Vancouver Coastal Health. Her work includes: supporting community based practice in nutrition, dental health, tobacco reduction strategies, and healthy aging; building community capacity and partnerships to address population health concerns; facilitating public health research, and knowledge translation. Specifically related to the FACET research is her interest in fostering practice and research partnerships, particularly those that influence public health nursing practice and community action related to women's health issues and intimate partner violence.

Lorraine Greaves is a Clinical Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, and Executive Director of the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health. She leads the CIHR-funded Intersections of Mental Health Perspectives in Addictions Research Training (IMPART) designed to investigate gender, women's health, addictions, and mental health issues, and is the President of the International Network of Women Against Tobacco. Her primary research interests include tobacco use and addiction among girls and women, and gender and equity in health. Her interest in FACET research centres around the opportunities to translate research on gender and health into enhanced policies, programs and clinical practices.    

Trish Hill is a Senior Tobacco Reduction Coordinator with Interior Health. Based in Nelson, Trish serves the Kootenay region as well as taking a lead role in a number of IH-wide initiatives, the most recent being the implementation of the IH Smoke Free Environments policy. The main focus of her work is to support practice change with regard to tobacco across sectors in IH, and among community partner organizations. Trish is interested in knowledge translation and how to link IH professionals with the evidence-informed interventions developed through the FACET project.

Zahra Hussein is the Senior Tobacco Reduction Coordinator for the Okanagan with the Interior Health Authority. She is involved in initiatives aimed at making environmental and system level changes to reduce the burden of illness and disability due to tobacco addiction. Zahra uses the population health approach which includes a focus on (1) the health of populations, not individuals; (2) addressing the social determinants of health and their interactions; and (3) reducing inequities. For the past two years, Zahra has been working with public health unit staff as well as pregnancy outreach programs.

Nancy is a Research Associate with the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and Provincial Research Consultant on Women’s Substance Use with BC Women’s Hospital. She holds fellowships with IMPART and NEXUS and is the 2009 Healthway Health Promotion Visiting Research Fellow sponsored by Curtin University and the Government of Western Australia. Nancy has extensive experience in research and knowledge exchange relating to policy and service provision for women with tobacco and other substance use problems, and currently leads the province-wide ActNow BC, Healthy Choices in Pregnancy knowledge exchange initiative. She has co-edited a book entitled Highs and Lows: Canadian Perspectives on Women and Substance Use.

Gayl is an experienced educator, entrepreneur and community volunteer, bringing extensive teaching and leadership expertise to the role of Knowledge Broker. Gayl completed her MEd and PhD in Leadership Studies at the University of Alberta and has an insatiable curiosity, a desire to push boundaries and a passion for creativity. She enjoys engaging people and ideas to create new ways of imagining. Prior to joining the FACET team, Gayl held the position of Director, Interprofessional Education and Practice in the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC Okanagan.