RESEARCH REVIEW COMMITTEE

The RHC Research Review Committee is tasked with reviewing the proposals submitted to the annual research competition, and making recommendations regarding the projects and amount of funding to the CEO, Riverview Health Centre.

RHC Research Committee

2024 – 2025

Prof. Brian Lithgow
Chair, RHC Research Committee
Research Manager, RHC
blithgow@rhc.mb.ca
Research Manager, Riverview Health Center.
Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Hospital
Adj. Assoc. Prof. Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Monash University, Australia
brian.lithgow@monash.edu
Adjunct Professor University of Manitoba
brian.lithgow@umanitoba.ca
https://bme.eng.umanitoba.ca/EVestGlab/index.html

Dr. Ruth Barclay, PhD, PT
Professor
College of Rehabilitation Sciences
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Manitoba
ruth.barclay@umanitoba.ca

Ashley Bowering
Clinical Resource Nurse
Riverview Health Centre
abowering@hsc.mb.ca

Jodi Dusik-Sharpe
Manager, Health Services
Riverview Health Centre
jdusik@rhc.mb.ca

Kristie Peters
Social Worker / Patient Care Manager
Riverview Health Centre
kpeters@rhc.mb.ca

Dr. Sepideh Pooyania, MD, FRCPC
Service Chief, Stroke Rehabilitation
Riverview Health Centre
Associate Professor
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Manitoba

Heidi Struck
Interim Executive Director
Riverview Health Centre Foundation
hstruck@rhc.mb.ca
www.rhcf.mb.ca

Dr. Genevieve Thompson
Professor
College of Nursing
Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
University of Manitoba
gthompson7@rhc.mb.ca or genevieve.thompson@umanitoba.ca

Laura Vandurme
Speech Language Pathologist
Riverview Health Centre
lvandurme@rhc.mb.ca