MentorLink: Building a Professional Network in Digital Health with Shannon O’Connor

Calling all Digital Health Canada Student Members! MentorLink mentoring sessions foster meaningful connections between a selected mentor and a small group of up to seven Digital Health Canada Student Members. Each session focuses on a specific topic and offers a supportive space for open discussion, shared experiences, and practical advice and guidance.

Register to join Building a Professional Network in Digital Health hosted by Shannon O’Connor, Manager of Data Standards, CIHI.

Shannon O’Connor has over 15 years of experience in digital health, health data analytics and data standards development. An enthusiastic, forward-thinking leader, Shannon is passionate about using data standards to advance interoperability and improve health equity. As the Manager of Data Standards at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), she works collaboratively with federal, provincial and territorial partners to develop and advance digital health standards, including those related to social determinants of health.

Shannon is a member of the Digital Health Canada Board of Directors, the HL7 Canada Council and is co-chair of Canada Health Infoway’s Sex and Gender Working Group. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Queen’s University, a Master of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Ottawa and is a certified Prosci Change Practitioner. Shannon is the proud mother of two young children and in her spare time, loves to spend as much time as possible outdoors, enjoying all that Canada has to offer.