Heather Laschinger
Dr. Laschinger is Distinguished University Professor and Associate Director Nursing Research at the 
University of Western Ontario , School of Nursing , Faculty of Health Sciences in London , Ontario . Since 1992 Dr. Laschinger has been Principal Investigator of a program of research at the University of Western Ontario , School of Nursing designed to investigate nursing work environments using Rosabeth Moss Kanter's organizational empowerment theory. This work has resulted in a number of important contributions to policy-making and program development at various levels of government. She has served on many expert panels as a consultant on nursing work life policy task forces, both at the federal and provincial levels. In 2003, in recognition of her extraordinary excellence in nursing research, Dr. Laschinger was awarded the Sigma Theta Tau International Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research, the first Canadian researcher to receive this prestigious award. Dr. Laschinger (with Co-PI, Dr. Carol Wong) recently completed a national study that profiled nursing leadership/management structures, processes, and outcomes in acute care settings across Canada. She is currently leading a large provincial SSHRC funded study in collaboration with Dr. Joan Finegan (Psychology) that will test a multilevel model of the impact of work environments on unit and individual outcomes over time in a sample of staff nurses and their immediate managers.