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Edith Hillan is a Professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, where she has served since 2001. She previously held a Personal Chair in Midwifery at the University of Glasgow (UK) and served as Associate Dean (2002-2004) and Vice-Provost (2004-2014) at U of T in academic personnel roles. Her work bridges clinical practice, research, and education, with a focus on global maternal and neonatal health.
- Education: PhD (1990) and MPhil (1994) from University of Glasgow, MSc in Pharmacology (1983) from University of Strathclyde.
- Awards:
- Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2017)
Her research interests center on technologies to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes in rural/remote settings, including:
- Low-cost 'Clinic-in-a-Box' for emergency obstetric care
- Point-of-Care assays for lab-quality diagnostics in field settings
- Field-based education programs to reduce birth complications
- Intersectional analysis of maternal cardiovascular risks among African/Caribbean/Black women
Key scientific contributions include studies on:
- Workplace violence against nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Developmentally supportive care for preterm infants in LMICs
- Historical evolution of maternal physical activity recommendations
- Structural racism's impact on perinatal cardiovascular outcomes
Grants include sponsored research agreements for projects on:
- Portable fever diagnostics for dengue/chikungunya
- Mental health nurse practitioner program design
- Nursing workforce spatial diffusion
- Determinants of post-childbirth women's health
She actively serves on the Governing Board of Massey College (Toronto) and chairs its Governance & Nominating Committee.
