Registered Nurse, Dr. Tracey, completed PhD in Nursing, University of Toronto, with a Collaborative PhD in Global Health and an International Nursing PhD Collaborative from the University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain. 

She currently holds sessional faculty positions (lecturer/clinical instructor) with the Trent Fleming School of Nursing. Trent University. Dr. Tracey’s area of research focuses on the role and impact of North American NGO (non-governmental organizations) led Short- Term Medical Missions in LMICs (low- and middle-income countries) with a focus on improving quality and safe medication practices.  She completed a 4-year PQMD/Americares sponsored initiative in Malawi, Honduras and the Philippines to promote the development and implementation of best practice guidelines by host countries. During the final year of the project, the feasibility of guidelines were evaluated (study results below). Biannually, she provides clinical instruction to undergraduate nursing students who wish to complete an International Community Health placement in Central America.

 

Dr. Tracey led the GARDaccess Guidelines workstream and delivered the development of Guidelines for Rare Diseases https://www.pqmd.org/pillars/donation-guidelines/

 

Tracey, P., Rajaratnam, E., Varughese, J. et al. Guidelines for short-term medical missions: perspectives from host countries. Global Health 18, 19 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00815-7