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| Dawn Munroe |
Welcome to our new HR Lead, Research- Dawn Munroe!
Dawn joined Research in January 2019 after Judi Thompson’s retirement. Dawn comes to Research after joining NSHA in 2017 following 10 + years in the non-profit sector as a Director of HR.
As HR Lead, Research, Dawn assists in recruitment, screening & selection of new employees, facilitates performance management, advises managers on organizational policy and legislation and provides continued support in all areas of human resources.
Dawn loves being active outdoors and enjoys meeting new people. If you haven’t yet, stop by her office and say hi!
We welcome our new Finance Clerk- Steven Cromlish!
Steven joined NSHA in December 2017 as a member of the Research Finance team. He is available to help with any questions relating to general account inquiries from invoicing, revenues, expenses, reimbursement requests, and account openings.
Prior to joining NSHA, Steven worked with the Municipal Group of Companies and CBMAS Inc. He studied at Mount Allison University graduating with a degree in Commerce/Accounting and Math. He is currently enrolled in a CPA program and hopes to challenge the CFE exam in September 2018.
In addition to all things finance, Steven enjoys golfing, hanging out with friends, watching sports (HABS, DOLPHINS) and going hiking.
Please join us in welcoming Steven to NSHA!
We welcome our new RMU Health Economist- Prosper Koto!
Prosper Koto joined NSHA in early November 2017 as a member of the Research Methods Unit (RMU). He graduated
from the University of Manitoba with a PhD in Economics specializing in Applied
Econometrics and Applied Microeconomics, and also has an MSc. from the University of
Guelph.
Prior to joining the RMU, he taught in the Department of Economics at
the Dalhousie University for a year. He also has extensive teaching experience from
the University of Manitoba. His experience in health economics research comes
from conducting independent research on multivalued treatment effects analysis using
observational data and he also was part of a team working on a Manitoba Research
Alliance project evaluating the effect of the availability of Video Lottery
Terminals on the health and economic outcomes of individuals in various
communities in Manitoba. He has additional research experience from
single-authored peer-reviewed journal publications.
He is available for
consultation on economic evaluation of health care
programs/treatments/interventions, including research design, cost
effectiveness and cost utility analysis, either as part of a clinical trial,
using observational data or using decision analytic models. He is also
available for consultation on multivalued treatment effect analysis using econometric
techniques, and econometric analysis of health data including longitudinal
data.
Please join us in welcoming Prosper to NSHA!
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| Dr. Thomas Marrie |
We welcome Dr. Thomas Marrie as the interim Vice President Research, Innovation & Knowledge Translation at NSHA.
Dr. Thomas Marrie is an accomplished researcher, administrator and infectious disease specialist. Having studied pneumonia for more than 4 decades, Dr. Marrie came full circle as the 14th Dean of Dalhousie Medical School (2009-2014) – the very institution where he studied medicine.
As Dean, he ended his tenure with several significant accomplishments. The first class of the expansion of Dalhousie Medical School (Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick) graduated in 2014 and an increased number of African-Nova Scotians now are enrolling in medical school.
A priority as Dean was to increase research capacity and in 2013 Canada’s First Endowed Occupational Medicine Research Chair was established with J.D. Irving.
Dr. Marrie is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and served as the President of the board from 2011-2013.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Marrie to NSHA!
