 Saunia Ahmad
Saunia Ahmad is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology, Clinical Area. Her research interests include understanding cross-cultural differences in marital relationships, as well as conducting psychotherapy process-outcome studies. Ms. Ahmad’s training and experience include both qualitative and quantitative analysis using SPSS and NVivo. She also works as a consultant for the Statistical Consulting Service.
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 Renée Elsbett-Koeppen
Renée Elsbett-Koeppen received her MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Western Ontario. She manages research projects at the Institute for Social Research, primarily in the area of health. She has responsibility for a very large monthly health survey conducted for more than 20 public health units in the province, known as the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS). Her other recent projects include studies of barriers to diabetes care, access to primary health care, a survey on nutrition, and Canada’s participation in an international study on gender, alcohol and culture.
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 Lisa Fiksenbaum
Lisa Fiksenbaum is a doctoral candidate in Social/Personality Psychology at York University. She also received her BA and MA from York. Her training and experience in statistics includes a Teaching Assistantship for the honours thesis course (Psych 4170) and she has been involved in several research projects, both within the university and the private sector. Her research interests include organizational issues, work-family relationships, stress and coping. Ms. Fiksenbaum is proficient in SPSS, and regularly consults with graduate and undergraduate students for SCS.
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 Raymond Garrison
Raymond Garrison is a Senior Supervisor in the Telephone Interviewing Lab at ISR. He holds a Specialized Honours BA (magna cum laude), an MA in Geography from York University, and is pursuing a PhD in Geography, also at York. Mr. Garrison has presented and published several academic papers related to qualitative research methodology. In addition, he has designed and implemented questionnaire surveys. He has extensive experience with interviewing techniques and textual analysis.
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 Professor Bryn Greer-Wootten
Bryn Greer-Wootten is Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies and Professor Emeritus of Geography at York University. In 2002 he joined the consulting staff in the Statistical Consulting Service, where he is currently an Associate Coordinator, and in 2004 was appointed an Associate Director in the Institute for Social Research. He has taught and carried out both quantitative and qualitative research, with a particular interest in survey research, especially for environmental and social policy.
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 Liza Mercier
Liza Mercier is a Project Manager at ISR, where she manages a variety of mail and Web-based surveys. She has a BSc in Health Studies from the University of Waterloo, with a background in public health, mainly in the areas of health education and health promotion.
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 Professor Michael Ornstein
Sociologist Michael Ornstein, Director of the Institute for Social Research, has more than 30 years experience in the design and analysis of surveys. He is author of two books and more than fifty articles and book chapters, almost all based on surveys. He leads ISR’s Summer Program in Data Analysis and consults on questionnaire design, sampling and data analysis.
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 John Pollard
John Pollard received his MA in Sociology from York University. He also holds a BA in French from the University of Toronto and a BA (Honours) in Sociology from York. Mr. Pollard manages research projects at the Institute for Social Research and consults with faculty, students, staff and external clients on survey research administration and questionnaire design. He has been involved in qualitative research projects, including focus group studies, for many years. His research interests focus on health-related social research.
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 Nikolai Slobodianik
Nikolai Slobodianik is a PhD student in Applied Statistics at York University. He has a Specialist degree from St. Petersburg, Russia. His current research is in statistical analysis of stem cell development, in collaboration with a group of biologists from the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Nikolai is a consultant with the Statistical Consulting Service and is highly proficient in SAS; he has recently completed a major re-design and implementation of the course evaluation SAS programming for the Faculties of Arts and Education at York.
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