Call for papers - Stroke management

Jason Philip Appleton, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, UK

Dr Jason Philip Appleton is a consultant stroke neurologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and honorary assistant professor at the University of Nottingham. Dr Appleton completed his PhD during his tenure as a Clinical Research Fellow at the Stroke Trials Unit, University of Nottingham and continues to collaborate on research projects with colleagues regionally, nationally, and internationally.
 

Jessalyn K Holodinsky, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada

Dr Jessalyn K Holodinsky is an assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Calgary, with cross-appointments to the departments of community health sciences and clinical neurosciences. She is a faculty member of the Centre for Health Informatics, the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute at the University of Calgary, Canada. Dr Holodinsky received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Calgary modeling prehospital stroke transport and triage for accessing advanced stroke treatment. Here she also gained expertise in emergency department workflow processes for acute stroke patients. She has trained at centers of excellence around the world including in Calgary (Calgary Stroke Program), Toronto (Sunnybrook Research Institute & ICES), Melbourne (Melbourne Brain Centre), and Dublin (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). 

Dr Holodinsky's research focuses on resource utilization and optimization in the emergency department. She is highly skilled in administrative and big data use, complex modeling techniques including machine learning, and health system level research. Dr Holodinsky is an advocate for using data to make change in the healthcare system and profoundly believes that Data Saves Lives.