Welcome New MMRC Centre Scientists: Dr. Ginny Brunton and Dr. Karen Lawford!
Karen Lawford and Ginny Brunton have joined the MMRC as Centre Scientists, alongside Beth Murray-Davis and Liz Darling.
Centre Scientists are selected for their research excellence and commitment to advancing midwifery focussed research. They have an active program of research, the training and experience to initiate, supervise, and complete research projects, and a strong interest to mentor junior researchers and learners. Centre Scientists participate in activities that are consistent with the Centre’s mission and vision, including improving perinatal outcomes, advocating for health service provision to women, childbearing people and newborns, and advancing health profession education.
Welcome Karen and Ginny! The MMRC team and friends look forward to working with you both!
Dr. Ginny Brunton, RN, RM RGN (UK), BScN, BA (Hons) Midwifery, MSc, PhD
- Centre Scientist, McMaster Midwifery Research Centre (MMRC)
- Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Bio: Ginny’s research interests arise from their clinical training and experience as a nurse and midwife in community health and birth settings. In Canada and the UK, they have worked extensively as a research methodologist specializing in systematic reviews used for health policy knowledge exchange. With others, they have developed innovative methods of research synthesis that bring together different types of research on effectiveness, implementation and people’s perspectives. These research synthesis methods have included the use/development of meta-analysis and meta-regression, framework synthesis and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). Ginny’s research focuses on the fit between health policy, health promotion and public health issues, and community involvement in health intervention development, implementation and evaluation. Ginny has studied issues in parent-child health, including reviews of teenage pregnancy and parenthood, women’s experiences of becoming a mother, the impact of fathers’ involvement on family mental health outcomes, and core outcome set development for neonatal ICU care that used an innovative mixed methods approach. These have all been commissioned by national health policymakers to inform their understanding and decisions. Ginny’s research interests include: evidence-informed maternal health care; mixed methods research synthesis, health policy; health promotion, wellbeing and salutogenesis; the epidemiology of spontaneous birth; interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary working; and methods of community engagement in maternal health research.
https://healthsciences.ontariotechu.ca/people/faculty/ginny-brunton.php
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=jfZVVBkAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Karen M. Lawford, HBSc, BHSc, MA, PhD, RM, AM, RSC
- Centre Scientist, McMaster Midwifery Research Centre (MMRC)
- Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Midwifery Education Program, McMaster University
- Aboriginal Midwife, Namegosibiing, Lac Seul First Nation, Treaty 3, and Registered midwife (Ontario)
Bio: Karen is an Aboriginal Midwife (Namegosibiing, Lac Seul First Nation, Treaty 3) and a Registered Midwife (Ontario). Her research focuses on comprehensive, gender-inclusive sexual and reproductive healthcare for Indigenous Peoples with a particular focus on the provision of maternity care for those who live on reserve. Dr. Lawford seeks to identify the barriers to achieving equitable health services for Indigenous Peoples. She was the 2020 Indspire Laureate in Health for her research and policy work on mandatory evacuation for birth. Her research interests also include Maternity care on reserves, Medical evacuation, Midwifery, Indigenous feminist theories and methodologies, Indigenous women and Two Spirit Leadership, Indigenous health and wellness, and Health care. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Midwifery Education Program at McMaster University, and holds an Adjunct Research Professor position with the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZhQTFiYAAAAJ
https://obgyn.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/divisions/midwifery/
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