Meet the Team
Qian Wu is the Lead Researcher at the CFD and an Adjunct Scientist with the Applied Education Research Operatives (AERO) at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.A. in Applied English Linguistics from The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Qian brings to the CFD academic expertise as a qualitative educational researcher and practice experience as a teacher and teacher developer in higher education. Driven by the question of how faculty development can foster a culture of clinical teaching excellence, Qian leads research initiatives that explore targeted, individualized interventions for teaching improvement, and examine how faculty development nurtures a culture of teaching within community settings. Qian is committed to mobilizing knowledge between practice and research to seek innovative approaches that support clinical teaching excellence.