EQUIPP Faculty and Mentors:

We have created a team of leaders in qualitative inquiry from all major health science disciplines from Alberta, Canada, and United States. All members of this interdisciplinary team have outstanding records of excellence in conducting qualitative health research, in developing qualitative methods, and teaching qualitative inquiry. All faculty/mentors have also made a substantial contribution to research in understanding illness and illness prevention, and the provision of gender and health perspective.

EQUIPP is a training program intended to prepare health researchers first in methodology, and second in a specific substantive area. The EQUIPP faculty and mentors have been selected using the following criteria:

Outstanding achievement in qualitative inquiry and innovative teaching/mentoring.
All mentors are international leaders in qualitative inquiry—they have published seminal articles in qualitative inquiry, developed methods and refined qualitative techniques, taught qualitative methods and mentored research for a number of years, and have international reputations.

Representation of a diverse cross-section of expertise in the various qualitative methodologies used in contemporary health research and a range of substantive research areas.
The faculty list below shows that the EQUIPP faculty and mentors represent expertise in all of the major areas of qualitative methods: ethnography, narrative inquiry, grounded theory, phenomenology, hermeneutics, participant action research, case study, concept analysis/theory development, qualitative analytic software, qualitative ethology, participant observation, and triangulated, mixed- and multi-method design.

Name and Affilliations	Methodological Expertise	Substantive Areas
Janice Morse, (PhD Anthropology, PhD Nursing), Professor, Faculty Nursing; Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Human Ecology, Center for Health Promotion Studies, Scientific Director, IIQM, University of Alberta; CIHR Senior Scientist, AHFMR Senior Scholar.	concept development theory development mixed methods ethnography grounded theory participant observation	women's health menopause infant feeding childbirth pain/illness nurse-patient interaction comfort suffering normalcy hope cross-cultural health

Maria Mayan, (PhD Human Ecology/ Organizational Analysis). Research Associate, IIQM, University of Alberta	participatory action research ethnography grounded theory	health care practice health care culture vulnerable populations social policy analysis social justice

Wendy Austin, (PhD Nursing). Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing; Canada Research Chair, Relational Ethics in Health Care; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborative Centre for Nursing & Mental Health; member, John Dosseter Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta.	hermeneutics phenomenology	ethics mental health

Michael Agar, (PhD Anthropology). Professor Emeritus University of Maryland; Adjunct Professor, IIQM, University of Alberta.	ethnography participant observation qualitative epidemiology	addictive street drugs tuberculosis

Joan Bottorff, (PhD Nursing). Professor, Nursing UBC, Nursing/Health Behavior Research Unit.	grounded theory phenomenology ethnography video observation mixed methods	health promotion health behavior risk perception cancer prevention cancer screening tobacco communication palliative care

Arthur Frank, (PhD Sociology). Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.	concept development theory development mixed methods ethnography grounded theory video observation	suffering clinician-patient relation medical consumerism illness experience medicine/phenomenology

David Gregory, (PhD Nursing). Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba.	ethnography phenomenology case study narrative inquiry	aboriginal health suffering men's health medical anthropology

Judith Kulig, (DNSc Transcultural Nursing). Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge.	ethnography grounded theory	rural health - women, immigrant health - women

Lynn Meadows, (PhD Sociology). Family Medicine/Community Health, University of Calgary; Adjunct Professor, IIQM, University of Alberta	mixed methods ethnography grounded theory use of qualitative analytic software	women's health midlife seniors immigrant women aboriginal women vulnerable populations

Judith Wuest, (PhD Nursing). Professor & CIHR/UNB Investigator, Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick	feminist theory grounded theory critical theory participatory action research	women's health social determinants intimate partner violence caregiving health promotion policy

ASSOCIATE MENTORS
Juliet Corbin, (DNSc). Adjunct Professor, IIQM, University of Alberta.	grounded theory	chronic illness trajectory

Ross Gray, (PhD Psychology). Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Psychology, York U; Co-Director Research Unit, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre	narrative inquiry arts-based approaches mixed methods participatory action research dissemination strategies	women's cancer experience men's health - cancer male sexuality

Viviene Hollis, (PhD Medical Sciences). Chair, Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta	ethnography program evaluation research	rehabilitation issues health professional education

Marilyn Mardiros, (PhD Anthropology). Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Okanagan University College	participatory action research	aboriginal health childhood disabilities

Karin Olson, (PhD Ed Psych). Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Oncology Faculty of Medicine; Scientist IIQM, University of Alberta,	case study ethnoscience grounded theory concept development	breast cancer support women's health behavior breast self examination addiction depression fatigue stress symptom management palliative care

Peter Rothe, (PhD Education/ Evaluation). Professor, Center for Accident Prevention, University of Alberta	phenomenology ethnomethodology critical theory knowledge to practice transfer	vehicular injury vehicular safety vehicule/alcohol vehicular violence aboriginal injury prevention suicide

Rita Schreiber, (DNS Nursing). Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria	grounded theory	gender and equity women's mental health nursing practice

Jude Spiers, (PhD Nursing). Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta; IIQM;	qualitative ethology video analysis	professional-patient interaction communication adolescence compliance diabetes home care

Sally Thorne, (PhD Nursing & Anthropology). Professor/Director of Nursing, UBC.	interpretive description grounded theory ethnography metasynthesis secondary analysis	women's health chronic illness cancer health beliefs

Max van Manen, (PhD Sec. Ed.). Professor Faculty of Education, University of Alberta; Curriculum/Pedagogy Institute; Senior Scientist, IIQM.	phenomenology hermeneutics qualitative epistemology pedagogical inquiry	health topics phenomenology of the body pedagogy theory curriculum child studies professional practice

Olive Yonge, (PhD Clinical Psychology). Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta	narrative inquiry	mental health

EQUIPP is a CIHR/IGH Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research