Cheryl Heykoop

Dr. Cheryl Heykoop is an associate professor with the School of Leadership Studies at Royal Roads University and program head of the Master of Arts in Leadership – Health Specialization. Her research and teaching interests focus on participatory action research, process ethics, patient-centred care, and health systems transformation. She is particularly interested in how the meaningful engagement of patients in research can better inform research, leadership, and practice.

Heykoop’s program of research applies the principles of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Patient-Oriented Research (POR) to meaningfully engage patients, healthcare professionals, and decision makers to better understand and transform care and support. She holds a Scholar Award focused on adolescents and young adults (AYAs) cancer care and support and this C2 award supports Heykoop to work with a post-doctoral fellow to expand her research to focus in the area of pregnancy loss and support.

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