Our Team

Mary-Ann M. Standing

Director, CHCR & SIDR
 mmmacswain@upei.ca

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Robyn Kydd

Senior Research Scientist 
rkydd@upei.ca

Kaleigh Duffy

Administrative Assistant
kcduffy@upei.ca

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Kate Kelly

Research Scientist
kjkelly@upei.ca

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Alexandra Ouedraogo

Data Scientist 
aouedraogo@upei.ca

Mary-Ann MacSwain Standing

Director, CHCR & Secure Island Data Repository (SIDR)

BA (Honours), M.Sc. (in progress)

Robyn Kydd

Senior Researcher

B.Sc., M.Sc., DVM

Kaleigh Duffy

Administrative Assistant

BBA, MGA

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

Research Scientist

PhD, MA, BA(Honours)

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.

Publications

  • Kelly, K., Montelpare, W., Campbell, A., Salijevic, A., Doak, S. & Michael, L. (2023). Evaluation of the readability, understandability, and actionability of COVID-19 public health messaging in Atlantic Canada. Frontiers in Communication, Health Communication. 
  • Kelly, K., Mears, K., Doak, S., Macartney, G., Burns, M., Loo, J., Michael, L., Jia, B. & Montelpare, W. (2023). Characteristics of immunisation support programmes in Canada: a scoping review and environmental scan. BMJ Open, 13:e070400. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-070400
  • Kelly, K., Doucet, S., Luke, A., Azar, R. & Montelpare, W. (2022). Experiences, motivations, and perceived impact of participation in a Facebook-based support group for caregivers of children and youth with complex care needs: Qualitative descriptive study. JMIR Pediatrics & Parenting. doi: 10.2196/33172
  • Kelly, K., Doucet, S., Luke, A., Azar, R. & Montelpare, W. (2022). Exploring the use of a Facebook-based support group for caregivers of children and youth with complex care needs: Qualitative descriptive study. JMIR Pediatrics & Parentinghttps://dx.doi.org/10.2196/33170
  • Kelly, K., McDuffee, L. & Mears, L. (2021). The effect of human–horse interactions on equine behaviour, physiology, and welfare: a scoping review. Animals, 11(10). doi:10.3390/ani11102782
  • Kelly, K., Doucet, S. & Luke, A. (2019). Exploring the roles, functions, and background of patient navigators and case managers: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 98(October), 27-47.

Presentations

  • Kelly, K., Davies, P., Connolly, MC., Ling, J., Nadeau, N, & Montelpare, W. (2024, September). Addressing the social care needs of at-risk primary care patients through community navigation in Prince Edward Island. Social Prescribing Conference, Canadian Red Cross. Toronto, Ontario.
  • Kelly, K., Doak, S., Salijevic, A., Singh, A., Nadeau, N., Bentley, E. & Montelpare, W. (2024, June). Using motivational interviewing to address vaccine confidence in Prince Edward Island: A community-based approach. Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Workshop. Dalhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
  • Kelly, K., Salijevic, A., Ling, J., Doak, S., Singh, A., Nadeau, N. & Montelpare, W. (2024, April). Supporting vaccine confidence among families in Prince Edward Island using motivational interviewing: A community-based approach. Public Health 2024, Canadian Public Health Association Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
  • Kelly, K., Salijevic, A., Baidoobonso, S., Hudson, A., Ling, J., Burns, M., Campbell, A., Loo, J., Doak, S. & Montelpare, W. (2023, May). Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine update in Prince Edward Island, Canada: A population survey. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR). Montreal, QC.
  • Kelly, K., Doucet, S., Luke, A., Azar, R. & Montelpare, W. (2022, April). Peer-to-peer support on Facebook for caregivers of children with complex needs. Canadian Healthcare Navigation Conference (CHNC). Virtual.  

 

Alexandra Ouédraogo

Data Scientist

B.Sc., M.Sc.

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).

Publications

  • Pollock, N. J., Ouédraogo, A. M., Trocm, N., Hovdestad, W., Miskie, A., Crompton, L., … & Tonmyr, L. (2024). Rates of out-of-home care among children in Canada: an analysis of national administrative child welfare data. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice, 44(4), 152.
  • Crighton, E. J., Ouédraogo, A. M., Sawada, M., & Mestre, T. A. (2024). Patterns and determinants of health care utilization among people with Parkinson’s disease: A population-based analysis in Ontario, Canada. Plos one, 19(6), e0305062.
  • Mathews, M., Ouédraogo, A. M., Lam, M., Gozdyra, P., & Green, M. (2023). A cross‐sectional study of community‐level physician retention and hospitalization in rural Ontario, Canada. The Journal of Rural Health, 39(1), 69-78.
  • Clemens, K. K., Ouédraogo, A. M., Li, L., Voogt, J. A., Gilliland, J., Krayenhoff, E. S., Leroyer, S. & Shariff, S. Z. (2021). Evaluating the association between extreme heat and mortality in urban Southwestern Ontario using different temperature data sources. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87203-0
  • Radhakrishnan, D., Ouédraogo, A., Shariff, S. Z., McNally, J. D., Benchimol, E. I., & Clemens, K. K. (2020). The association between climate, geography and respiratory syncitial virus hospitalizations among children in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study. BMC infectious diseases, 20(1), 1-9. doi:10.1186/s12879-020-4882-6
  • Ouédraogo, A. M., Crighton, E. J., Sawada, M., To, T., Brand, K., & Lavigne, E. (2018). Exploration of the spatial patterns and determinants of asthma prevalence and health services use in Ontario using a Bayesian approach. PLoS One, 13(12), e0208205. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208205 · View the full list here.

Presentations

  • Ouédraogo, A. M. (2024, February). Rates of out-of-home care among children in Canada: an analysis of national administrative child welfare data [Presentation]. Kids Count: 3rd National Child Welfare Data Exchange Meeting.
  • Ouédraogo, A. (2021, February 25). Impact of Ontario’s Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System on emergency department visits for heat-related illness in Ontario, Canada [Webinar]. Canadian Heat Health Community of Practice (HCoP) Webinar: Canadian Developments in Heat Health Science.
  • Ouédraogo, A. (2020, October). Heat warning information systems: do they protect the health of Canadians? – Methods [Webinar]. Western Ambient Temperature Health Research (WeATHeR).
  • Ouédraogo, A. (2017, September). New opportunities for weather and health research – ICES research [Presentation]. Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE).
  • Ouédraogo, A. (2016, November) Spatial analysis of asthma patterns [Presentation]. Research and Analysis rounds, ICES Western; (2016, December) ICES Western Scientific meetings, ICES Western.
  • Ouédraogo, A. (2016, April) An analysis of spatial patterns of asthma outcomes and health services use in Ontario [Presentation]. Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) conference; (2015, May) Population Health Student Conference, University of Ottawa, ON; (2014, November) Multidisciplinary Symposium in Geography, University of Ottawa, ON.
  • Ouédraogo, A. (2015, August). Graduate studies experience and thesis research methods [Lecture]. Research Methods class, University of Ottawa, ON