Matthew MacDonald
Research Coordinator

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Biography

Matthew joined HALO in September 2022 as a Research Coordinator to work on a number of HALO research projects with Dr. Mark Tremblay’s team. Before joining HALO, Matthew has worked in several different areas of healthcare research and technology. Matthew has worked in clinical trials including investigational medicinal gene therapy products treating rare congenital neuromuscular disorders such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at CHEO and gastrointestinal cancer therapeutics trials at The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre. Prior to this, he was part of the Epic health information system implementation (Project Fusion) for The Ottawa Hospital and Atlas Alliance hospitals, focusing on launching the Epic research module for Coordinators and Clinicians at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He has previously worked in magnetoencephalography functional neuroimaging research at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto on various research questions including developmental sensorimotor spatiotemporal dynamics, neurophysiological representation of bilingualism, PTSD and mTBI in Canadian Veterans, and pre-operative cortical localization of motor and language function for pediatric neurosurgery candidates. Outside of work, Matthew enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and dog, resistance training, and riding his motorcycle.