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Argerie Tsimicalis

Title: 
Associate Professor
Argerie Tsimicalis
Contact Information
Email address: 
argerie.tsimicalis [at] mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Argerie Tsimicalis RN PhD is an Associate Professor, Ingram School of Nursing and Program Director, Global Oncology, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Associate Member, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, and a Junior 2 Research Scholar (2024-2028), Fonds de recherche Québec-Santé.

Dr. Tsimicalis holds two scientific appointments in Clinical Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children®-Canada and Injury Repair Recovery Program, Montreal University Health Centre Research Institute (MUHC-RI). Further, Dr. Tsimicalis serves as Lead of the Knowledge Mobilization, Réseau Québécois de recherche intersectorielle en santé buccodentaire et osseuse durable (RiSBOd); Co-lead of the Knowledge Mobilization Hub, Advancing Childhood Cancer Experience, Science & Survivorship (ACCESS); National Collaborator, Pain in Child Health (PICH); and Mentor, Empowering Next-Generation Researchers in Perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH). Her program of research strives to collaboratively create new programs, structures, and resources to transform to delivery of children`s health services locally and globally.

In 2021, Dr. Tsimicalis was ranked Top 0.33% in the world for her expertise in the care of children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and their families by ExpertScape in 2021.

Degree(s): 

PhD

Areas of expertise: 

Child health, global health, global oncology Nursing Rare diseases, Cancer and Osteogenesis Imperfecta Health Economics Digital Health and Virtual Reality Patient Engagement and Partnerships Knowledge Mobilization

Courses: 

NUR 312

Invited lectures

Office: 
1805, 680 Sherbrooke West
Research areas: 
Population Oral Health
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

2019-2023 Junior 1 Research Scholar, FRQS

2024-2028 Junior 2 Research Scholar, FRQS

2023 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, Northeastern Association of Graduate Studies

2022 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

Selected publications: 

1. Cleary, B., Linds, W., Carnevale, F. A., Thorstad, K., Rauch, F., & Tsimicalis, A. (2024). The School of No Fun and No Play: Learning How to Create Supportive Environments from Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Journal of Disability Studies in Education, 1(aop), 1-25.

2. Tsimicalis, A., Stinson, J., Thorstad, K., Rauch, F., Hamdy, R., Chougui, K., Addab, S., Palomo, T., Bernstein, M., Dahan-Oliel, N., Veilleux, L. N., Massochin Nunes Pinto, L., & Passos Dos Santos, R. (2023). The Design, Development, and Usability Testing of an eHealth Program for Youths With Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Protocol for a 2-Phase User-Centered Mixed Methods Study. JMIR research protocols, 12, e47524.

3. Tsimicalis, A., Gasse, M., Morand, M., & Rauch, F. (2022). Use of Netnography to Understand GoFundMe® Crowdfunding Profiles Posted for Individuals and Families of Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 10(8), 1451.

4. Amarante, C. (2023). The Dream Machine (A. Tsimicalis, Ed.; D. Reed, Illus.). Tellwell Publishing.

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