Researcher Profile Detail
Josie d'Avernas
M.Sc. (University of Waterloo)
Associate Director, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
BIOGRAPHY
Josie d'Avernas began her role as Associate Director of the Research Institute for Aging on July 1, 2006. Josie has a Master of Science degree from the Department of Health Studies and Gerontology at the University of Waterloo. She divides her time between the RIA and her consulting company, Health Promotion Consulting Inc. This is a Kitchener-based company specializing in strategic planning, training and consultation, facilitation, policy analysis, literature synthesis, knowledge transfer, evaluation and research.
In her 16 years as a private consultant, she has worked on numerous projects at the provincial and national level in the area of health promotion, disease prevention and policy development. Some of the organizations she has worked with include: The National Cancer Institute of Canada (Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative), The Program Training and Consultation Centre, The Canadian Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute of Canada, Health Canada, Department of National Defense, and Corrections Canada. She has won several awards for her work in tobacco control, including two community champion awards, the Heather Crowe Award, and the Mary Jane Ashley Award for Lifetime Outstanding Achievement in tobacco control.
Josie's wealth of experience in the field of health promotion, disease prevention and policy development assist the RIA in the development and implementation of training programs, policies, and research proposals.
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Riley, BL, Edwards, NC & d'Avernas, JR. People and money matter: investment lessons from the Ontario heart health program, Canada.
Health Promotion International, in press, 2008.
Nykiforuk, C., d'Avernas, JR, Viehbeck, S., Filsinger, S., Cressman-Zehr, W., McGrath, H. Smoke-Free Spaces:Lessons from a Better Practices Review of a Population Health Intervention. Presented at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington, July 2006.
d'Avernas, JR & Wilson, EA. A Working Model for a Coordinated Systems Approach to Smoking Cessation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 16 (Supp B), 2000.
RELATED LINKS
Program Training and Consultation CentreCONTACT INFORMATION
| Email: | davernas@ria.uwaterloo.ca |
| Phone: | 519.571.1873 ext. 127 |
| Address: |
Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging 325 Max Becker Dr., Suite 201 Kitchener, ON CANADA N2E 4H5 |