AGE-WELL Webinar: Understanding Power Dynamics - A discussion on power in research teams

Are you on a research team that includes patients as partners? Understanding the concept of the ‘power dynamic’ or ‘power imbalance’ on research teams is essential to successful collaboration. In this webinar, you will hear from patient partners and facilitators of patient engagement in research to learn how they have navigated power dynamics on research teams. The conversation will explore four areas of power, how to identify these themes on your team, and ways to mitigate or minimize power imbalances. Applying these lessons to your own research will help you collaborate more effectively with your co-researchers and achieve better research outcomes.

By attending this webinar you will be able to:
1. Understand four themes related to power on research teams
2. Identify what these themes can look like on research teams
3. Equip yourself with strategies to mitigate these power imbalances.

Speakers:
Therese Lane brings her lived experiences to different areas of research and healthcare. Living with pain and arthritis since her mid-teens, she is a volunteer on the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance Steering Committee and is involved in CreakyJoints’ Canada-based efforts. She is a patient partner with different research projects and initiatives including CIHR’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research funded Chronic Pain Network and provides her lived perspectives on the Canadian Pain Society’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Dawn Richards, PhD, lives with rheumatoid arthritis. At Five02 Labs Inc., her work combines her analytical chemistry training and her passion to ensure patients, their caregivers and family members inform research and healthcare. She helps people and organizations design and execute their patient engagement initiatives using leading practices and tailoring their approaches to meet their goals and patient partners' needs.