Samantha Lavallée (BSc BCom) is a Research Associate for Dr. Amrita Roy working on the project “Centering Indigenous perspectives and perspectives and priorities in a Learning Health System: a case study of the new Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team.” Samantha is currently completing her Masters in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research at Dalhousie University, completing her thesis on Haptoglobin phenotype, blood-pressure control and risk of incident cardiovascular disease and stroke within the ACCORD randomized control trial. Samantha also currently works with the Implementation Science Team at Nova Scotia Health as a Research Student Aide.