My CHEO Story
With two of our three children having complex medical needs, my family considers ourselves to be frequent flyers at CHEO. Over the years, we have experienced countless trips to the emergency department, neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology and respirology. The Child Life Specialists are an integral part of our journey at CHEO and have provided fantastic support to all of us. My children have and continue to receive life-sustaining interventions on an annual basis at CHEO.


Why I'm involved
We are very fortunate to live in this community and it is my pleasure to give back through my involvement in the CHEO-RI Family Leader program.
My Role
- Reviewer – Respirology RGA 2021
- Provided feedback on the Patient Oriented Child Health Curriculum training content
- Research Project Reviewer: “Patient-oriented research priorities for pediatric hospital care: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership”
- Letter of Support -“Patient-oriented research priorities for pediatric hospital care: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership”
- Provided Feedback on Patient Oriented Child Health Curriculum-Usability Testing
- Research Project Reviewer: Understanding the significance of scaphoid fractures in children: using health administrative data to evaluate the epidemiology and risk of poor outcomes in pediatric scaphoid fractures
- Research Project Reviewer: COVID-19 in pregnancy: An investigation of the characteristics and management of affected women and risk to maternal, fetal and newborn health
- Research Project Reviewer: Parenting children with mental health problems during the COVID-19 outbreak
- Research Project Reviewer: Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the clinical outcomes and placental pathology of pregnant women and their infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Research Project Reviewer: Validation of an asthma knowledge tool to assess the efficacy of comprehensive pediatric asthma education delivered in person and in the virtual setting
- Reviewer: Fall Research Growth Awards -2021
- Reviewer: Fall Research Growth Awards -2021
- Spring RGA 2022 Reviewer
- Clinical Research Reviewer