ship and strategic clinical expertise within the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and across the Ontario Public Service. As part of her new role, she’s providing technical and clinical advice on a range of nursing issues. Dr. Acorn is also co-chairing the Joint Provincial Nursing Committee and representing Ontario on the
Principal Nursing Advisors Task Force. Michelle is one of the few nurse practitioners to have dual certification; she is registered as both a primary care NP and an adult health care NP. She is a past-president of the Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario and most recently practised at Lakeridge Health Whitby.
Tieghan Killackey
Michelle Acorn
PHOTO: DEREK ATTEWELL
CLASS OF 2015 Tieghan Killackey, MN, has received U of T’s Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award in recognition of her outstanding academic excellence and extracurricular leadership. In her third year of our doctoral program, Tieghan is investigating how to best support people living with chronic illness to make end-of-life decisions. Tieghan is a research trainee with the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and Toronto General Research Institute, and a staff nurse with the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital.
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