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Donna Strickland
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of ScienceAshley Rose Mehlenbacher
Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of ArtsMary Wells
Dean, Faculty of EngineeringCatherine Burns
Professor, Associate Vice President, Health Initiatives, Canada Research Chair in Human Factors in Healthcare SystemsTrevor Charles
Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Mary Culham
Research Project Coordinator, TRuST
Lai-Tze Fan
Canada Research Chair in Technology and Social Change, Sociology and Legal Studies, Faculty of Arts
Carla Fehr
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of ArtsJonathan Fugelsang
Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of ArtsChris Houser
Dean, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of ScienceGeorge Lamont
Continuing Lecturer, Associate Chair, University Communication Requirement Group, Faculty of Arts Teaching FellowLili Liu
Dean, Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health
Kate Mercer
Engineering & Research Services Librarian, Adjunct Assistant Professor Systems Design Engineering
Dr. Kate Mercer graduated with a Master of Information from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Waterloo, focusing on communicating health information. Kate is the liaison librarian for Systems Design Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Waterloo where her job includes collaborating with faculty, staff, and students to effectively provide instruction and support and conduct research. At the University of Waterloo, Kate works on strategies related to information and misinformation, understanding the research landscape, and building innovative partnerships that span disciplines.
Kate is passionate about understanding how health information and technology interact, how people are accessing, understanding, and disseminating information, and how to better support students through their undergraduate degrees and beyond. Kate also researches in how engineering and science students navigate information seeking, and how to understand how framing critical appraisal can facilitate both learning and professional practice in the real world. Kate publishes on a range of topics including information literacy, misinformation, scientific communication, artificial intelligence, and empathy in engineering teaching and learning.