Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, RN, BScN, DSW

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Roberts Scholar

Dr. Camille Burnett earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Alberta, a Master of Public Administration Political Science degree and a PhD in Nursing, Health Promotion and Healing Stream from Western University. Before joining the University of Virginia School of Nursing as a tenure track assistant professor, Dr. Burnett taught in the undergraduate BScN program at Western University. She brings extensive professional nursing experience within the Canadian health care system in the areas of public health, public health management, public health provincial Board of Directors Board member, and as a researcher and private health administration consultant. Her involvement in nursing research activities include involvement in a national longitudinal Intimate Partner Violence Health Effects Study, research coordination of the Managers Span of Control Study of Ontario Academic teaching hospitals, and developing a program of research using a critical feminist lens to conduct discourse analysis of policies to examine the impact that contextual influences have in shaping policy as written and enacted, particularity related to violence against women.

• NIH BioSketch

Research Focus

Examining Policy and how it determines health outcomes, Intended and Unintended Policy Impacts, Structural Violence and Social Justice, Violence against Women, Public Heath.

Clinical Focus

Public Health

Teaching Focus

Research and Biostatisics, Health Policy

Publications

Awards & Honors

• Deans Honour List, (1998)
• Certificate of Outstanding Achievement Red Deer College, (2000)
• Certificate of Registration College of Nurses of Ontario, (2001-2012)
• Sigma Theta Tau Honour Society of Nursing, (2005-2012)
• Ontario Tobacco Network Veterans Honour Role, (2006)
• Graduate Research Award, (2006-2011)
• Kathleen Howe Registered Nurses Foundation of Ontario Scholarship Award, (2009)
• Sigma Theta Tau Honour Society of Nurses Iota Omicron Chapter Research Award, (2010)
• Community Health Nurses Interest Group Research Award, (2010)
• Faculty of Health Sciences Western University Travel Award, (2010)

Awards & Honors

• Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, (2006)
• Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, (2007)
• USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, (2007-2008)
• Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, (2008)
• USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, (2008-2009)
• USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, (2009-2010)
• Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, (2009)
• Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, (2010)
• USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, (2010-2011)
• Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, (2012)

Presentations

• Examining the Effects of Policies on the Delivery of Shelter Services to Women who have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence. (June 27, 2012)
  Papers presented at the Final PhD Dissertation Defense, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
• The Day to Day Reality of the Delivery of Shelter Services in the Context of System and Policy Demands. (March 6, 2012)
  Papers presented at the International Conference of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International, sponsored by the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
• Experience of completing Oral PhD Examination. (October 13, 2011).
  University of Western Ontario to Doctoral Students
• Examining the Effects of Policies on the Delivery of Shelter Services to Women who have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence. (February, 2011).
  Papers presented at the International Conference of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International, sponsored by the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Experience of completing Oral PhD Examination and PhD proposal writing. (October 13, 2011).
  University of Western Ontario to Doctoral Students

Public Service

• Member, Board of Directors Ontario Public Health Association (2005-2010)
• Member, Community Health Nurses Interest Group (2007-2012)
• Member, Board of Directors, Nurses Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI) (2009-2012)
• London Homelessness Outreach Network (2010-2012)
• Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan Research Network: A WHO CIHR Centre for Research Development on Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan. (2011-2012)
• Faculty of Health Sciences Distinguished Lecturer Committee. (2011-2012)
• Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing Envisioning 2020 Committee (2012-2013)
• Member: ACHNE, ANA, APHA, CANS, ONS and SNRS,