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Sarah J Liva, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor at Trinity Western University's School of Nursing, where she joined in Fall 2018. She teaches courses including Evidence-informed practice (NURS 224), Maternal child Health (NURS 323), Evidence synthesis (NURS 520), Nursing Inquiry 1 (NURS 530), and Knowledge Translation (NURS 692/693).
Her educational background includes a PhD from UBC (2018), MSN from UBC (2011), and BScN from UBC (2005). She also attended the Canadian Obesity Network Obesity Summer School in 2015.
Dr. Liva's research focuses on qualitative inquiry, grounded theory, health decision-making, perinatal health vulnerabilities, postpartum transition, and physical activity health promotion. Her clinical background is in labour and delivery and family practice. She has conducted research on caregiving impacts on health outcomes and patient-centered measurement data application in healthcare practice.
Her scholarly work shows consistent focus on women's health, maternal-child nursing, qualitative research methods, and knowledge translation. Recent publications demonstrate increasing engagement with cardiovascular health in women, contraceptive choices, and implementation science approaches to patient-centered care.
- Advancement of Nursing Knowledge Award, TWU (2021-2023)
- Laura Bassi Scholarship (Junior Academic) (2019)
- Margaret Duncan Memorial Scholarship (2015)
- Better Days, Better Nights Training Award, CIHR (2014)
- Fellowship in Transdisciplinary Primary Health Care Research Award (2014)
- Multiple Graduate Student Awards from UBC (2011-2013)
Dr. Liva serves as a Co-investigator on multiple research grants, including a TWU Internal Grant examining the impact of caregiving on health outcomes of community-dwelling care recipient-caregiver dyads with comorbidity (2021-2023), and a BC SUPPORT Unit project on healthcare providers' application of patient-centered measurement data in practice (2019-2021). She is affiliated with the Women's Health Research Institute as an Affiliate, and is a member of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation, Obesity Canada, Canadian Fitness Professional Association, and the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives.
