Beth Payne, PhD
Dr. Beth Payne is the Project Manager for Digital Health Research at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) and a Research Associate in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Beth brings 15 years’ experience as a research program manager and academic in the fields of global health and digital health focused on maternal and child health. She is well versed in research project management, partnership development, user experience design, health systems research, and implementation science using mixed methods. She has published over 75 peer-reviewed papers with over 3,400 citations.
Sally Chen, MFS
Sally Xuanping Chen is the Digital Health Research Coordinator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Women’s Health Research Institute. She holds a Master of Food Science and a Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition, and Health from the University of British Columbia. With a diverse background, Sally has managed national health projects, supported provincial public health initiatives, and led a municipal health and wellness program in her previous roles. In addition to her broad experience, Sally is proficient in communication, project management, UX/UI design, responsive design, wireframing, prototyping, HTML, CSS, and some JavaScript.
Joint BCCHR/WHRI Digital Health Steering Committee
The Digital Health Research Steering Committee (DHRSC) provides leadership and advice on Digital Health priorities and activities to all members of the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) community. For the purpose of this committee, digital health is defined as the use of information technology/electronic communication tools, services and processes to deliver health care services or to facilitate better health.
The DHRSC serves as a forum for diverse parties involved and interested in digital health to come together in the spirit of learning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration to enable existing projects and create capacity to catalyze new digital health research and implementation focused on women’s and/or children’s health across British Columbia.
Steering Committee Members
Beth Payne, Digital Health Manager
Chair
Tibor van Rooij, Director, Research Informatics
Vice-chair
Lori Brotto, Executive Director, Women’s’ Health Research Institute
Vice-chair
Melanie Hanson, Interim Director, Customer services, PHSA IMITS
Patient partner
Gina Ogilvie, Senior Advisor, Research, BC Women’s / Assistant Director, WHRI
Academic partner
Matthias Gorges, Associate Professor, UBC, BCCHR
Academic partner
Mark Ansermino, Professor, UBC, BCCHR, IGH
Academic partner
AJ Murray, Knowledge Translation Specialist, Population and Global Health, BCW
KT
Nicole Prestley, Knowledge Translation Manager, WHRI
KT
Hospital admin rep, TBD
Hospital admin
Tina Costa, Senior Leader, Office of Virtual Health, PHSA
PHSA
Holly Longstaff, Director, Research integration and Innovation
PHSA
John Jacob, Director, Digital Lab
PHSA
Josh Stevens, Regional Director, Optiv Canada
Industry rep/patient partner
Rachel Bartholomew, CEO Hyivy / Femtech Canada
Industry rep
Jonathan Jafari, Entrepreneur in residence, UBC Innovation
UBC