SLHDP Research Program Staff

MARY MAMAKEESICK, RPN

Since 2000, Mary has played a pivotal role in the design and operation of the SLHDP research studies.  She assisted in the development of the protocol and instruments used in the ongoing complications and follow-up studies.  She is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the project, including directly supervising the data collection and project staff, drawing and processing blood samples, and coordinating other measurements.  Mary has given presentations on the methods used in the project, including oral presentations and workshops at the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association Conferences in Winnipeg in 2001 and 2006 and at the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association Conference in Quebec City in 2003.

Mary was born and raised in Sandy Lake First Nation, where she resides presently. Mary graduated from the Nursing Assistant program of Confederation College, Thunder Bay in 1994-95. From 1997-2000 she worked as a Registered Practical Nurse at the Sandy Lake Nursing Station. Her research work in diabetes and its complications is motivated by her clinical experiences with community members who are suffering from this horrible disease.

TINA NOON

Community Surveyor

Sandy Lake Health and Diabetes Project Research Program

Box 36

Sandy Lake, Ontario

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Tina worked with the SLHDP during the original baseline community survey (1993-95), and served as the community intervention in the late 1990's. She joined the SLHDP research team again in 2003.  She has been involved in promotion of the project and in recruiting of study participants, and she performs many of the day-to-day aspects of the research, including anthropometric measurements, fitness testing and questionnaire administration.

Tina was born in Sandy Lake and has resided there as well as in surrounding communities in northwestern Ontario, including Red Lake, where she worked for a time at the Red Lake Indian Friendship Centre.

EDITH FIDDLER

Community Surveyor

Sandy Lake Health and Diabetes Project Research Program

Box 36

Sandy Lake, Ontario

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Edith has worked with the SLHDP since 2001, and has been involved in the pilot testing of the research procedures and instruments, as well as in the promotion of the project and in the recruiting of study participants. She performs many of the day-to-day aspects of the research, including anthropometric measurements, fitness testing and questionnaire administration.

Edith was born and raised in Sandy Lake. In the 1980's she was a volunteer at the nursing Station for the diabetes chronic clinic.