Cristina Catallo

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Associate Professor Faculty of Community Services Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing Toronto, Ontario ccatallo@torontomu.ca Office: (416) 979-5000 ext. 552019

Bio/Research

Dr. Cristina Catallo obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2001) and PhD in Nursing (2009) from McMaster University. Her postdoctoral fellowship was with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (World Health Organization) and the Program in Policy Decision-Making, Departmen...

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Bio/Research

Dr. Cristina Catallo obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2001) and PhD in Nursing (2009) from McMaster University. Her postdoctoral fellowship was with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (World Health Organization) and the Program in Policy Decision-Making, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (McMaster University). Dr. Catallo's nursing experience is in public health and health policy. She worked as a senior nursing consultant and provided public health consultation for the Ontario Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care, Children and Youth Services and Health Promotion.

Dr. Catallo's program of research focuses on social media use and knowledge-brokering practices among healthcare organizations whose goal is to target health policymakers and other healthcare decision-makers. Through various quantitative and qualitative approaches, such as systematic and scoping reviews and social media network analysis, Dr. Catallo seeks to support health policymakers' and decision-makers' access to the best available evidence in a format they can utilize.

Dr. Catallo teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing. She is a full member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies. She holds cross-appointments with Policy Studies (Faculty of Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University), the School of Health Services and Management (Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University) and is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Politics (Faculty of Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University).


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