Mary-Ann Standing is the Director of the Centre and the Secure Island Data Repository. She is currently completing her Master of Science in Health Management – Epidemiology (University of Prince Edward Island) and previously earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honours (University of Prince Edward Island).
Before joining the Centre in 2016 as a Data Analyst, Mary-Ann worked in the PEI Chief Public Health Office (Department of Health and Wellness) as a Chronic Disease Epidemiologist and worked as a Health Information Specialist in the Health Information Unit of Health PEI.
She brings more than fifteen years of experience working in research and evaluation in diverse areas including agriculture, mental health and addictions, corrections, public health, and applied health research. She specializes in research utilizing administrative data.
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Robyn Kydd holds a Master of Science in Community Health and Epidemiology (College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan), a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan), and a Bachelor of Science in Biology (University of Victoria).
Robyn has conducted research and taught in the field of public health epidemiology for over fifteen years. She has experience conducting and contributing to research studies and evaluation projects on a wide variety of topics including applied health research, social epidemiology, alcohol epidemiology, reproductive and sexual health, and zoonotic diseases.
Before joining the team in 2017, Robyn worked as an Epidemiology Research and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine (University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ) for seven years. During this time, she collaborated on research projects with the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development (Cohort) Study, co-authored a report describing the alcohol-attributable burden of disease and injury in New Zealand, and taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate epidemiology classes.
She brings to the team considerable knowledge in epidemiology, public health, program evaluation, survey development, systematic and scoping reviews, comparative risk assessment methodology, data analysis and biostatistics.
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Kaleigh is the Administrative Assistant at the UPEI Center for Health and Community Research. She supports the coordination of administrative operations and research projects for the team.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from UPEI and a master’s degree in Global Affairs from UPEI and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. During her studies, she placed an emphasis on climate change and adaptation and hopes to explore further the negative implications of climate change when considering various social determinants of health.
Kate Kelly holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (University of New Brunswick), a Master of Arts in Cognitive Psychology (University of Toronto, funded by a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship), and Bachelor of Arts (Honours Psychology) from the University of PEI. Her doctoral work investigated the use of social media-based patient navigation to support caregivers of children with complex care needs.
Prior to joining the team in 2024, Kate was a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at UPEI, where she led two projects on vaccine confidence (funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada) and the development of a province-wide community navigation program for families with young children. Her research interests include patient navigation, patient-oriented research, knowledge syntheses, and knowledge translation.
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Alexandra (Alex) is the Data Scientist at UPEI’s Centre for Health and Community Research (CHCR), where she provides guidance and support related to the use of administrative data from the Secure Island Data Repository.
Before joining CHCR, Alex worked as an epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada and an environmental health analyst at ICES Western. Her areas of work included: spatial epidemiology, health services use and access to care research, and public health surveillance of child welfare.
She holds a MSc in Health Geography from the department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics (University of Ottawa), a certificate in Population Health Data Analysis (University of Victoria) and a BSc in Biology (Saint Mary’s University).
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