Interim Steering Committee
The Interim Steering Committee undertook analysis and comparison of options that undergirds the QMNC Research Alliance structure. We are responsible for launching a collective action following the roadmap laid out in the 2019-2021 Strategic Plan.
Organization Structure
Several options for the organizational structure were considered by the working group. These models’ attributes were assessed against the above criteria, and a model developed that combined aspects of several that seemed most likely to support our organizational aims.
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Research Alliance Interim Steering Committee Members (2020-04-02)
- Ayiepola, Abigail (Equity & Inclusion)
- Byrom, Sheena (Communications Co-lead)
- Cheyney, Melissa (Finance/Funding Co-lead; Research Capacity Building co-lead, Priority 3)
- Chhugani, Manju (Priority 1 Co-lead)
- Cummins, Allison (Priority 1, 3)
- Declercq, Eugene (Priority 3)
- Downe, Soo (Priority 2 Co-lead)
- Homer, Caroline (Priority 3 Co-lead)
- Houston, Jane
- Kabakian-Khasholian, Tamar (Diversity & Inclusion Lead)
- Kennedy, Holly (Priority 2 Co-lead; Research Capacity Building Co-lead)
- McConville, Fran (WHO Representative)
- McFadden, Alison (Priority 1 Co-lead; Communications)
- Newburn, Mary (Equity & Inclusion; Maternity Service Users & Advocates co-lead)
- Renfrew, Mary (Equity & Inclusion)
- Sakala, Carol (Communications; Maternity Service Users & Advocates co-lead)
- Sandall, Jane (Priority 1; Expanding Research co-lead)
- Shimpuku, Yoko (Priority 2)
- Stevens, Jennifer (Communications Co-lead)
- Stones, William
- Symon, Andrew (Priority 1)
- ten Hoope-Bender, Petra
- Vedam, Saraswathi (Priority 3 Co-lead)
- Zhai, jinguo-Helen (Expanding Research co-lead)