Zoe Portelance

Zoe is a Registered Nurse and a pediatric research coordinator. Her current area of focus is coordinating all aspects of pediatric clinical trials at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. This includes multi-country studies specializing in rare diseases including Crohn’s Disease, ulcerative colitis, biliary atresia, and ANCA-associated vasculitis. Previously, she supported pediatric critical care research, focusing on screening and consenting families to research studies and monitoring study procedures. She has contributed to several research projects including a study summarizing current research on pain and agitation in pediatric ICU patients. She is also working on a qualitative analysis project looking at caregiver perceptions and views on deferred consent in the Pediatric ICU. She is exploring the mindset of families during ICU admissions, and trying to understand how consent could best be approached in these high acuity environments.