Dec. 6, 2016

Nursing welcomes new staff members this past fall

New team members join nursing’s CSLC, grad programs and research office
Clockwise from top left, Arfan Afzal, Leanne Doppler, Sladana Kovacevic and Roger de Weerd.

Clockwise from top left, Arfan Afzal, Leanne Doppler, Sladana Kovacevic and Roger de Weerd.

This fall, we welcomed some new faces to the Faculty of Nursing.

Arfan Afzal comes to the Faculty of Nursing as a statistical associate/biostatistician in the Research Office team. He previously worked as a research assistant/biostatistician for the Faculty of Medicine.  Arfan is currently completing his PhD in Statistics.

Leanne Doppler is our new monitor of the Clinical Simulation Learning Centre. This position encapsulates a lot of Leanne’s previous occupations.  She has also worked as a nurse’s aid and EMT and is very active in arts and theatre.

Roger de Weerd joined as the technical support specialist for the Clinical Simulation Learning Centre.  Roger transferred from University of Calgary Qatar where he worked for the past 3.5 years as their clinical technical specialist. 

Sladana Kovacevic is our new graduate programs administrative assistant in a temporary position.  Sladana is currently a UCalgary student majoring in computer science.  She also holds an MBA and a bachelor degree of business administration focusing on management information systems.