About Us
Principal Investigator
Patrick McGrath OC, Ph.D., FRSC - Patrick trained at the University of Saskatchewan and Queen's University and worked for 10 years at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. He enjoys playing badminton with his daughter and beachwalking.Co-Investigators
Carolyn Watters, Professor, Dalhousie University (Homepage: http://www.cs.dal.ca/~watters/)Catherine Thurston, Director of Cumberland Mental Health Services
Cathy McLean, Undergraduate Director, Dept. of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University
Program Manager
Patricia Pottie BNRN, CCRC - Trish has a Bachelor of Nursing from Dalhousie and is a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator. She has worked at Toronto Sick Kids Hospital and for the past 12 years has been focused in Pediatric Clinical Trials. Trish is currently enrolled in the Interdisciplinary PhD. program at Dalhousie University. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her 3 beautiful children Jacob, Breana, and Madisyn and her husband Daryl.Staff
Heather Robertson, Program Psychologist - Heather came to the Family Help Program with a Masters degree in Psychology, with clinical education and training from institutes in Ontario and Nova Scotia, and with an extensive background in child, adolescent, and family mental health and clinical research. In her recreational time, Heather loves swimming, reading good fiction, baking, eating chocolate, and especially spending quality time with her wonderful fiancé.
Liz Coffin, Data Coordinator - Liz has a Certificate of Office Administration from the St. Lawrence College in Ontario. She has been working for the Family Help Program for 4 years as a Research Assisstant/Data Coordinator. She enjoys going to movies, watching her favourite TV shows (CSI, Law & Order, Lost), playing volleyball and walking.
Lindsay Gillan, Coach - Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Dalhousie University and just recently completed honours research with St. Mary's University. In her spare time she enjoys surfing, yoga, jogging, reading, and dinner with great friends.
Angela Mailman, Coach - Angela has an undergraduate degree in psychology from Dalhousie. She enjoys dancing and outdoor sports such as surfing and snowboarding.
Jillian MacDonald, Coach - Jillian has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from St. Francis Xavier University. In her spare time she enjoys going to the beach, traveling, and painting which is a passion for her.
Christine Sherren, Coach - Christine has an honours undergraduate science degree from Dalhousie University in Microbiology and Immunology and has worked within the IWK Health Centre for the past several years. She is currently in nursing at Dalhousie and enjoys movies and reading in her spare time.Alyson Currie, Research Assistant - Alyson has been working in pain research for over 10 years. Within the Family Help Program, she looks after PR activties, Finance, manning the toll free line and administering the satisfaction measures at the end of the program. In her spare time, she works out, races stock cars and spends time with family and friends.
Claire Reinhardt, Secretary - Claire is responsible for maintaining program databases. She enjoys the beach, travelling, music, gardening, and being with her grandchildren.
Teresa Janz, Web Programmer - Teresa holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Dalhousie and has a background in web development. She enjoys tennis, rock-climbing, biking, hiking, volleyball and reading.