Lavern Bourne
MLT, PhD

Research and expertise

• Background and interests

  Lavern Bourne has a Medical Laboratory Technology diploma from the University of Technology in Kingston, Jamaica, and the Michener Institute for Applied Science in Toronto, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Health Services Management degree from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. She has a Master of Health Sciences in Community Health degree from Ontario Tech University. Her thesis is entitled Approaches to Accountability in the Medical Laboratory Sector. Supervisor Dr. Brenda Gamble. She has a PhD in Public Health from Walden University. Her Doctoral Thesis Topic: Strengthening Mental Health Awareness of University Students Using an Online Training Module. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Dunn

  Before joining the university, she worked in clinical practice as a registered medical laboratory technologist in Jamaica and Ontario. She currently teaches in the university's Medical Laboratory Science program.

   

• Education
  • Doctor of Public Health: Walden University, USA  2020
  • Master of Health Science: Ontario Tech University Oshawa, ON  2014
  • Bachelor of Health Services Management: Ryerson University in Toronto, ON  2005
  • Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science: The Michener Institute of Education at UHN in Toronto, ON  1999
  • Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology: University of Technology in Kingston, Jamaica  1989
• Courses taught
  • Clinical Hematology I
  • Clinical Hematology II
  • Foundations in Microbiology and Immunology
  • Microanatomy and Histotechnology
  • Transfusion Immunology & Hemostasis
  • Simulated Clinical Practicum
  • Transfusion Science
  • Prof Practice in Clinical Lab I and II
  • Clinical Project I and II
• Publications

  Gamble, B., Bourne, L., Deber, R., 2014. Ontario’s Quality Management Program-Laboratory Service, Healthcare Policy (Longwoods).

• Grants
  • Name of Agency: Ontario Government
    Title of Grant: Micro-credential badges: Virtual interprofessional education for Medical Laboratory (ML) learners.
    Date of Award: December 2021
    Total Amount:  $186,716.00
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Brenda Gamble
    Role: Collaborator 

  • Career Ready Fund (CRF) Stream 2
    Title of the Grant: The Use of Interprofessional Simulations to Improve Collaboration and Problem
    Solving Among Undergraduate Medical Laboratory Science and Nursing Students
    Date of Award: May 29, 2018
    Total Amount: $34,036
    Principal Investigator: Helene Goulding
    Role: Collaborator 

  • Teaching Innovation Fund (UOIT-TIF)
    Title of the Grant: Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education for Nursing and Medical Laboratory Students
    Date of Award: April 13, 2018
    Total Amount: $7,300.00
    Principal Investigator: Helene Goulding
    Role: Collaborator 

  • Mental Health Grant (CSMLS)
    Title of the Grant: CSMLS-Boosting Mental Health Grant
    Date of Award: September 19, 2018
    Total Amount: $250.00
    Principal Investigator: Helene Goulding
    Role: Collaborator 

  • Name of Agency: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
    Title of the Grant: Establishing a Durham Regional Resuscitation Research Collaborative
    Date of Award: June 2013-June 2014(extended until March 2016)
    Total Amount: $20,328.00
    Principal Knowledge User: Dr. Randy Wax
    Role: Collaborator