Welcome to Tracey Gairns-Brioux and Jonathan Smith

Tracey Garins-Brioux has recently joined CVER as an Administrative Assistant (part-time basis). Tracey is an alumnus of UPEI and while at UPEI, played on the Panthers field Tracey Gairns Briouxhockey team. Following graduation, Tracey took over as coach of the team and was named the Atlantic University Coach of the Year in each of 2005, 2006 and 2007. Tracey is also very active in fitness training in Charlottetown.

Tracey will be providing administrative support for all aspects of CVER's activities and will be in peridoic contact with CVER members as she is responsible for the CVER web site. You can read a bit more about Tracey's background and activities at: http://cver.upei.ca/tracey

Jonathan Smith has recently joined CVER as an epidemiology technician. Jon is an alumnus of UPEI and has an MSc in statistics from the University of Guelph. Most recently,Jonathan Smith Jon was working in Edmonton but we are delighted that we have been able to attract him back to the Island.

Jon will be providing a wide range of support services for population based research and will a valuable addition to our group. You can read a bit more about Jonathan's background and activities at: http://cver.upei.ca/johnathan

We are delighted to have both Jon and Tracey as contributors to the CVER team.

Ian Dohoo
Director, CVER