Our Team

Jack Romanelli is an experienced editor with three decades in journalism and newsroom leadership. He has been the managing editor at Healthy Debate for the past six years and previously led several Canadian news organizations including the Montreal Gazette the Halifax Daily News, and held a series of roles with Postmedia News and the National Post. He is a dedicated mentor who thrives on collaborating with writers to help achieve their best work.

Robert Cribb is founder and director of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, where he leads investigations carried out alongside student and professional reporters, and he teaches investigative reporting at the University of Toronto. His work on offshore tax evasion, human trafficking, dangerous doctors, and public safety has earned national and international awards, including a share of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Panama Papers investigation. He also founded the National Student Investigative Reporting Network.

Dr. Joshua Landy is a critical care and internal medicine physician at Scarborough Health Network, where he is a scientist with the SHN Research Institute, and a clinician teacher and lecturer with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research examines artificial intelligence, clinical reasoning, and assessment. He leads Summer of Vibes, an interdisciplinary program where students build and evaluate AI-enabled tools for healthcare and medical education — work that reflects his broader focus on the future of health professions education.

Dr. Colin Whaley is an internal medicine resident physician at the University of Toronto and incoming respiratory medicine fellow at the University of Ottawa. He holds research appointments with SPARC and SickKids, where he studies physician advocacy in postgraduate medical education. Within SPARC, he leads research projects and builds the digital infrastructure that connects the community and advances its educational mission: work that reflects his broader focus on innovation in medical education.

Elizabeth M. Wooster is a clinical and medical education researcher focused on guideline implementation, physician communication, and research across the medical education continuum (UGME, PGME and CPD), with particular expertise in student experience, adult education, and qualitative research. She holds an MEd in Adult Education and Community Development and is a PhD Candidate in Higher Education, and serves as Research Associate at SPARC and Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine.

Simran Arora is a PhD student at York University's School of Social Work, with clinical, research, and evaluation experience in youth mental health. She has developed youth-friendly evaluation frameworks and knowledge mobilization tools with youth, including Photovoice projects on cancer and sexual health. She has helped organize national academic conferences and led community-based health workshops. At SPARC, she will support a community of practice connecting academic, healthcare, and community stakeholders to strengthen health communications and address misinformation.