Raissa Passos Dos Santos

Raissa is a nurse and researcher interested in advancing care for children with complex needs. She completed her doctoral degree at McGill University in 2021 and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Montreal. Her research program was focused on the diverse perspectives associated with the experiences of children living with medical complexity. During the Ph.D. program, she was the recipient of the David McCutcheon Pediatric Palliative Care Doctoral Fellowship and awarded the Doctoral training scholarship from the Fonds de Recherche Santé du Quebec (FRQ-S). She is presently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Montreal Shriners Hospitals for Children in collaboration with McGill University and a Research Associate in the VOICE team (Views On Interdisciplinary Childhood Ethics) at McGill University. Her research interests include Pediatric Nursing, Health Care of Children with Medical Complexity, Pediatric Palliative Care, Global Health, Ethics and Bioethics in Pediatrics, and Nursing Ethics and Practice.