Nancy's Story - Community [PaCER]

The Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER) program, as part of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary and in partnership with Alberta Health Services through the Strategic Clinical Networks ™, is committed to transforming the role of patients in health care and health culture through engagement research.

Dr. Nancy J. Marlett, Director, PaCER, works with the Advisory Board, the PaCER team, the University of Calgary, Health Researchers, Health Systems and Associations, Government Agencies and Communities to change patient roles and relationships in their health and health care. The challenge is to build and spread training in patient research and leadership and to incubate new approaches to health research within a sustainable social enterprise that incorporates small business offerings, ongoing partnerships and grants.