Cheryl Forchuk
{{short description|Professor of mental health and ageing}}
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Wayne State University
University of Windsor
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Cheryl Forchuk is a professor of mental health and ageing at the Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/psychiatry/divisions_programs/general_psychiatry/Faculty%20Biographies/cheryl_forchuk_rn_phd.html|title=Profile of Professor Cheryl Forchuk}}
Early life
Forchuk studied Psychology and Nursing at the University of Windsor from 1972-1976. In 1980, she received a master's degree in nursing from
the University of Toronto. In 1992, she received a Ph.D. degree in nursing from Wayne State University, USA.{{cite web|url=https://www.lawsonresearch.ca/scientist/dr-cheryl-forchuk|title=Profile of Cheryl Forchuk, Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada|date=27 January 2016 }}
Career
Forchuk joined University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Center, as a nurse specialist/nurse scientist and associate professor in 1994. In 2009, she became an assistant director at Lawson Health Research Institute and Associate Director Nursing Research at Western University. Currently, she is distinguished university professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Western Ontario.{{cite web|url=http://publish.uwo.ca/~cforchuk/CherylForchukCV.pdf|title=CV of Cheryl Forchuk, University of Western Ontario}} and the Beryl and Richard Ivey Research Chair in Aging, Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Recovery.
Awards
Forchuk was elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2015. She was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2017 for her contributions to addressing issues on mental health, poverty and homelessness.{{cite web|url=https://www.lawsonresearch.ca/news/dr-cheryl-forchuk-appointed-order-ontario|title=Dr. Cheryl Forchuk appointed to the Order of Ontario, 2017|date=12 January 2017 }} In 2020, she received the Hellmuth Prize.{{cite web|url=https://news.westernu.ca/2020/07/cheryl-forchuk-jeremy-mcneil-earn-2020-hellmuth-prizes/|title=Cheryl Forchuk, Jeremy McNeil earn 2020 Hellmuth Prizes, WESTERN NEWS, Canada|date=2 July 2020 }}
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