Peter Kellett PhD, RN – Team Lead/Lead Researcher
Over the past 26 years, Peter Kellett has worked as a registered nurse, nurse educator and manager in both provincial and federal (FNIHB) health systems in three Canadian provinces and one U.S. State in the areas of medical/surgical care, emergency care, primary health care, community health, and First Nations health. Peter is an Assistant Professor the nursing faculty in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. He holds a Master of Nursing degree in population nursing/epidemiology, and a Ph.D in demography. His research interests include: transgender health, masculinities and health, migration and health, LGBTQ2+ health, men in nursing, social demography, social epidemiology, social inequality and health, and nursing pedagogy.
Md Kamrul Islam PhD is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, University of Lethbridge. Kamrul obtained MA and PhD in Sociology with specialization in Demography from the University of Alberta. He has received extensive training on quantitative analysis and longitudinal data analysis from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the University of Zurich. He is currently working in areas of population health and aging, and South Asian Demography
Evans Oppong B.Sc. (Environmental and Health Education), M.Sc. (Health Sciences. Supervised by Dr, Jean Harrowing and Dr. Peter Kellett, Evan’s master’s thesis research examined the health care choices of Ghanaian adult immigrants to Alberta. A qualitative exploratory descriptive approach was applied to explore the relevant problems faced by this immigrant population, and how decision dynamics related to cultural beliefs, health status, and social determinants influence health choices.
Emmanuel Ato Desbordes B.A. (Honours) Political Science and the Study of Religion, M.Sc. (Health Sciences Graduate Student). Completed a master’s thesis entitled “Exploring shifting Power Dynamics within Intimate Partnerships among African Immigrants to Canada” in January 2021 which examined the gender and other intersectional factors that impact the power-dynamics between couples following migration to Canada.
Graduate Students
Zohreh Hosseinpour M.Sc.N. RN, M.Sc. Student Health Sciences. Zohreh joined the GAPSinHealth team in January 2021 . Her MSc thesis compared the professional confidence of nursing students an clinical nurses in Iran, and she is currently the copy editor and executive director at the Evidence Based Care Journal, published by Mashhad Universiy of Medical Sciences. She plans to study Muslim immigrant women’s mental health.
Daniel Agyapong B.Sc. (Honours) Integrated Science Education, M.Sc. (Health Sciences) Graduate Student – beginning in September 2020). Daniel plans to engage in research in the area of African immigrant men’s mental health
Nikkolas Leavitt BHsc (Public Health). MSc. (Health Sciences -Public Health Specialization) Student. Nikk is joined the GAPSinHealth team in January 2021 and plans to study men’s mental health.
Brianna Rogers BHsc (Public Health). MSc. (Health Sciences -Public Health Specialization) Student. Brianna joined the GAPSinHealth team in January 2021 and plans to study queer students expereince in university residences.
Benjamin Asante B.Ed. (Health Sciences), M.Sc. (Health Sciences) Student. Benjamin will be joining the GAPS in Health research team soon and plans to research the intersection of men’s sexual and mental health.