Darryn DiFrancesco

I am a medical sociologist with an interdisciplinary background. I completed a BA in Communication from Simon Fraser University, an MA in International Development & Globalization from the University of Ottawa, and a Ph.D. in Sociology through the University of British Columbia and University of Ottawa. My MA research examined community-driven economic development in a Northern BC Indigenous community, while my Ph.D. research was a digital ethnography, exploring the experiences of mothers using Facebook for information about health and parenting. Following my graduate studies, I worked as Qualitative Research Lead at the University of Calgary’s Health Technology Assessment Unit in the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, where I studied clinician experiences and perspectives relating to health technologies/interventions as well as preferences around payment models among rural and remote physicians. In my current role as Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, I am undertaking a research program related to the recruitment and retention of healthcare workers in Northern British Columbia. In am interested in collaborating with researchers and graduate students on a wide range of topics as outlined in my research interests.