Samer Ghazi (L) and Lisa Cranley (supplied images)
Lisa Cranley and Samer Ghazi recognized with COUPN awards
Published: July 9, 2025
Lisa Cranley and Samer Ghazi – associate professor and a 2024 PhD graduate, respectively, of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing – have been recognized with Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing (COUPN) Awards.
The COUPN Awards acknowledge innovation, dedication and leadership in Ontario nursing education programs and are offered by the Council of Ontario Universities.
Cranley was honoured with the Scholarship into Practice Award for her research into improving health care delivery in long-term care (LTC) facilities, which included designing a communication tool for LTC residents and families.
“Receiving this award is a real honour and demonstrates the impact of nurse-led research as well as the urgent need to focus on older adults and the quality of care they receive in LTC homes,” says Cranley. “It is my hope that we will continue to develop new models of care in the LTC sector as our population steadily ages.”
Ghazi earned the Doctoral Dissertation Award for his PhD thesis on the quality of life of people with sickle cell disease (SCD) after receiving a non-myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant.
“It is an honour to receive such an award, and to be selected and recognized by COUPN,” says Ghazi. “In presenting my results at various conferences in Europe and elsewhere, it has been rewarding to see many healthcare providers are interested in this innovative work that aims to support improvements in the suffering of patients with SCD.”
