Dzifa Dordunoo

Dzifa Dordunoo PhD, RN, a native of Dzodze, Ghana, is associate professor at the University of Victoria, school of nursing. As a clinician, Dzifa has over 20 years of varied clinical practice experience working in general medicine and coronary care units as well as outpatient clinics (Heart failure and Sickle Cell). As a scholar and researcher, she has a strong research interest in improving access and quality of health services. Her program of research leverages dissemination and implementation science with patient-centered lens to address factors that influence quality and safety of care and outcomes, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Her recent projects have focused on metal hypersensitivity, racism as predictors of health outcomes and nurse practice environment. She earned her bachelor’s degree (with distinction) from University of Victoria (Canada) and holds a master’s degree from Duke University (USA) with post-master’s certificate in clinical research management and teaching. She completed her doctoral education at the University of Maryland Baltimore (USA).