RISE team

RISE works as part of the Ontario Health-led implementation supports to Ontario Health Teams and their Primary-Care Networks (PCNs). RISE brings together a distributed group of RISE team members and draws on McMaster Health Forum staff. Connect with us by emailing rise@mcmaster.ca or find our personal contact information in our profiles. To connect with RISE’s coaches, please contact Leslie McGeoch.

RISE team

Our team includes two co-leads (John Lavis based at the McMaster Health Forum, and Rob Reid, now retired and formerly at Trillium Health Partners’ Institute for Better Health) and one associate lead (Brianne Wood based at the Centre for Social Accountability at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine). The team also includes a RISE leadership coach (Bill Tholl) and two RISE coaches (Mike Hindmarsh and Leslie McGeoch), as well as the Forum’s managing director (Kaelan Moat) and senior scientific lead for evidence support (Kerry Waddell).

Forum staff

McMaster Health Forum staff support the work of RISE as part of their broader Forum work.

RISE alumni

Our RISE alumni have been important contributors to the development of the program and the many supports it provides.