Lynne Sinclair is a Physiotherapist and the Senior Consultant: Partnerships & Innovation at the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE), University of Toronto (UT). She holds an Assistant Professor appointment with the Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at UT. Lynne was one of the founding leaders that helped create the Centre for IPE in 2009 and one of the original faculty developers of the ehpic™(Educating Health Professionals in Interprofessional Care) program in 2005. Lynne has been honoured with multiple awards for teaching and health care education excellence and from 2017-2024 she was appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia. She also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) from 2018-2024. Lynne is passionate about supporting leaders and teams at the interface between practice and education. She has wide expertise and publications in quality improvement, patient safety, intersectoral communication, and team-based practice. Outside of work, Lynne can be found at her cottage with her large extended family and friends, including three granddaughters, plus her energetic dog Kayla.

Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER), Stepping Stones Program, Atelier

Scientist  & Associate Director of  Training Programs - The Wilson Centre
Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Curriculum Scientist, MD Program & Medical Psychiatry Alliance (MPA)
Program Director, Health Professions Education Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

Maria’s research program explores the development and maintenance of expertise, with a particular focus on how health professionals deal with uncertainty, novelty and complexity in their daily clinical problem solving. The aim of her research is to evolve understanding of the knowledge and capabilities that underpin this facet of expertise as it occurs in real-world contexts using theoretical frameworks of clinical reasoning and adaptive expertise. The ultimate goal of her research is to translate this understanding to educational design that promotes the development of exceptional clinicians who are able to handle the complexities and challenges of the healthcare workplace. 

Outpatient Psychiatrist & Lead for Collaborative Care, General Psychiatry Program, Mount Sinai Hospital
Site Director, Postgraduate Program, Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Mark Halman completed his medical school and residency in psychiatry at the University of Toronto and then completed fellowships in Medical psychiatry and HIV psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. From 1994 to 2014, he worked at The Wellesley and then St. Michaels Hospital in the field of HIV Psychiatry. He developed a collaborative clinical and education program with Casey House and worked as a consultant to the World Health Organization on the three by five and IMAI capacity building projects. In 2014, he moved to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he leads the program in collaborative care, aiming to better integrate mental health and psychiatric care into primary care. In 2016, the program was awarded the joint CPA/CCFP award for excellence in collaborative mental health care.

Mark is the Site Director for Postgraduate Education in Psychiatry and teaches the Mount Sinai Resident Interviewing Skills course. Mark has won several awards for his teaching and education including a 2016 Wightman-Berris Academy individual teaching excellence award, the 2012 Casey Award in recognition of his contributions to HIV care and social justice, and the 2011 St Michael’s Physician Social Responsibility in Education award. In 2014, he completed the Education Scholars Program at U of T’s Centre for Faculty Development. His interests in education include working with learners in difficulty.

CFD Program Faculty: Stepping Stones

New & Evolving Academic Leaders Program

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto

Mary Gospodarowicz is professor of radiation oncology at the University of Toronto. She is the past Medical Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and past Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto and Chief of the Radiation Medicine Program at Princess Margaret. Mary holds specialty certifications in internal medicine, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. She retired from clinical practice in December 2019. She has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and letters. Her academic interests included clinical trials; she is past chair of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Genitourinary Committee. Currently, her major interest are global cancer control and cancer centre organization and performance. She continues to hold a consultant appointment at the Princess Margaret where she advises in the global cancer program, young leaders program, and mentorship. She is engaged in several international NGOs including the UICC and City Cancer Challenge.

Mike has over 20 years of experience in Higher Education, working as an educational developer, instructional designer and teacher. Currently, he is Assistant Director at the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation for the Teaching Assistants' Training Program. He works closely with graduate students and faculty exploring a range of teaching-related issues such as teaching presence in online learning, intersection of UDL and decolonization, leadership in educational development, students as partners, and accessibility.

New & Evolving Academic Leaders Program

Theme Lead, New & Evolving Academic Leaders Program, Centre for Faculty Development
Breast Surgical Oncologist & General Surgeon, Scarborough Health Network
Executive Board Member, Black Physicians of Ontario

Dr. Mojola Omole is a breast surgical oncologist and general surgeon at Scarborough Health Network in Toronto. She is an executive board member of the Black Physicians of Ontario and a consultant for anti-Black racism and anti oppression training. She is the chief medical officer and device consultant for the Stage Zero Collection, the first educational bra garment designed to teach people about breast cancer symptoms in darker skin tone. Her fellowship in global surgery was the catalyst for her work as a global surgical oncologist. She has worked in Nigeria, Rwanda and Nicaragua. Her fellowship in global journalism at the Munk School at University of Toronto has lead her to work as a freelance journalist and currently she is the co-host of the CMAJ podcast.

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy 
Education Investigator, The Institute for Education Research (TIER) at UHN 
Pharmacotherapy Specialist, University Health Network

Dr Naomi Steenhof is a pharmacist, an assistant professor in the teaching stream at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and a centre researcher at The Wilson Centre. Naomi holds a Masters degree from Maastricht University, and a PhD in health professions education research from the University of Toronto. Naomi’s research in education explores the crucial role of failure in learning and understanding how conceptual knowledge development supports novice health professional students in clinical problem-solving.

New & Evolving Academic Leaders Program

Senior Director, Philanthropy, Women's College Hospital

Navaz Mistry has worked in executive education and not-for-profit management for seventeen years.

At the Rotman School of Management, she worked with faculty to design and deliver leadership programs, focusing on innovation, collaboration, and leading through change. She worked with corporate and public sector clients in Toronto, across Canada, Australia, UAE, the UK, and the US.

Inspired by the leaders she met through this work, she transitioned to leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector. She currently leads a fundraising team at Women’s College Hospital and continues to facilitate sessions on leadership development, focusing on productive conversations. She believes all great work – strategy, innovation, culture – comes from productive conversations.