Galica | School of Nursing | Queen's University

Dr. Jacqueline Galica PhD, RN, CON(C)

Position(s)

Associate Professor

Contact Information

jacqueline.galica@queensu.ca

(613) 533-6000 ext. 75122

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Teaching

I see myself primarily as a mentor to the students I work with. Most of my teaching experience has focused on nursing research—a subject I am deeply passionate about. My 20 years of clinical and academic research experience have shaped this passion and given me a wealth of insight that I strive to share with students in meaningful ways. Throughout my career, I have seen how research drives practice change, improves patient care, and advances cancer treatments. To illustrate this, I regularly bring real-world examples into the classroom to show the practical and clinical value of research.

My teaching goal is to create an engaging academic environment where learning comes to life through diverse active learning strategies. I aim to foster self-reflection and critical appraisal of beliefs and practices, encouraging students to consider alternative perspectives and approaches.

Affiliations

Full Member, Queen's University Cancer Research Institute, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology.

Core Collaborator, Queen’s Kaleidoscope Institute.

Research Focus

My research program is grounded in my experience as a Clinical Trials Nurse Coordinator at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. In that role, I observed the ongoing need for research to improve cancer treatments and guide practice changes that enhance patient care. For this reason, I am committed to ensuring that the outcomes of my research have meaningful implications for health care providers and the cancer patients and survivors they serve. To achieve this, I prioritize partnerships with clinicians, patients, survivors, and their informal caregivers.

The projects within my research program focus on generating approaches for living through cancer adaptations. To advance this work, my team employs quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and scoping review approaches. We have secured competitive funding from agencies such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the New Frontiers in Research Fund, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

To find out more about specific projects, click here.

To find out more about our Research Group, click here [website under development].

Service

I believe that it is important to contribute to the societies in which I belong and therefore always look for ways to be involved. I have been involved in a variety of service capacities that span local, provincial, and national communities. These communities reflect oncology-specific and broader healthcare system ventures, some of which are identified below.

Publications

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