BONIFACE HARERIMANA

I am a public health expert, mental health scholar, and university teacher. I obtained a PhD degree in Nursing focusing on Leadership in health promotion and advanced practice from Western University, a MSc degree in Addiction sciences conferred by King’s College London in the UK, in addition to BSc degree in Public Health and an advanced diploma in Mental health Nursing from the Congolese Open University and University of Rwanda, respectively. I have a combined experience of over 15 years and a proven track record of success in clinical team readership, university teaching, healthcare professional’s mentorship, and program management in Low resourced settings, such as Rwanda and High-income countries including the UK and Canada. Through such a vast hand-on experience, I have acquired solid expertise in interdisciplinary collaboration, community partnership building, team performance management, program preparedness for accreditation processes and creation and testing innovative solutions to issues facing healthcare systems globally, and in Canada in particular. For examples, . In addition to academic qualifications, vast experience, I am adept at utilizing complex quantitative and qualitative methods and advanced statistical analyses, including structural equation modelling over 30 peer-reviewed articles with academic English and French skills that enable communication with wider audiences.

Knowledgeable health and social services quality evaluator with strong background in research methodologies and data analysis. Successfully contributed to several high-impact projects, providing valuable insights and supporting decision-making processes. Demonstrated proficiency in statistical software and effective communication of complex findings.

• Registered member of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP, No. 8098-G)
• Holder of active NIDA Clinical Trials Network certificate

Awards/Activities: Fastest Graduate Program Completion Record, 2020

the young professional award at the 2014 Washington Convention, American Psychologist Association.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• 1.Ugirase, S., Harerimana, B., Munyanza, E. (2024). Application of Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Rwandan Healthcare System Experience. In: Matsushita, H., Orchard, C. (eds) Innovative Collaboration in Healthcare. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 33. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4566-5_4.
• 2.Harerimana, B., & Forchuk, C. (2022). Smartphone Technology to Optimize Psychiatric Care in the Community. In Handbook on Optimizing Patient Care in Psychiatry (pp. 405-414). Routledge.
• 3.Harerimana, B., Gyamfi, S., & Forchuk, C. (2021). Implementation of a transitional discharge model: Clients, health professionals, and peer supporters’ perspectives. In C. Forchuk (Ed.), From therapeutic relationships to transitional care: A theoretical and practical roadmap (pp. 94-99). Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
• 4. Forchuk, C., Martin, M.-L., Corring, D., Sherman, D., Srivastava, R., Harerimana, B., & Cheng, R. (2021). Cost- effectiveness of the implementation of a transitional discharge model for community integration of psychiatric clients: Practice insights and policy implications. In C. Forchuk (Ed.), From therapeutic relationships to transitional care: A theoretical and practical roadmap (pp. 100-104). Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

SELECTED PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

• Forchuk, C., Kralt, B., Peters, A., & Harerimana, B. (under-review). Preventing Discharge to No Fixed Address: Youth (NFA Y): A Collaboration Between Hospital and Community Agencies to Prevent Discharge from Hospital to Homelessness among Youth. The International Journal on Homelessness.
• Stevenson, A., Grima, A., Kitafuna,K. B., Harerimana, B., Koenen, K., Seedat, S. (2024). Serious mental health conditions and exposure to adulthood trauma in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health. 2024;11:e112. doi:10.1017/gmh.2024.123.
• Harerimana, B., Kerr, M., Ciernik, R., Ng, L. C., Rutembesa, E., & Forchuk, C. (2022). Predicting the contribution of age at first substance use and posttraumatic stress disorder to later addiction severity in a clinical sample from sub- Saharan Africa: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-020-00449-z.
• Baiden, P., LaBrenz, C. A., Thrasher, S., Asiedua-Baiden, G., & Harerimana, B. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and household food insecurity among children aged 0-5 years in the USA. Public Health Nutrition, 24(8), 2123-2131.
• Forchuk, C., Gyamfi, S., Martin, M., Corring, D., Srivastava, R., & Harerimana, B. (2021). Transitional discharge model for community mental health integration: A Focused ethnographic study of clients’ perspectives. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12821.
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., Walsh, J., Fogarty, J., & Borrie (2020). Brain health: A concept analysis. Journal of Issue in Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2020.1787981.
• Harerimana, B. (2020). Developing and evaluating the integrated addiction recovery model for the persons’ engagement and retention in the recovery process among clinical populations from Rwanda (Doctoral dissertation, Western University in London, Ontario, Canada). Available from: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6989
• Forchuk, C., Martin, M. L., Sherman, D., Corring, D., Srivastava, R., O’Regan, T., … & Harerimana, B. (2020). An ethnographic study of the implementation of a transitional discharge model: peer supporters’ perspectives. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 14(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-020-00353-y.
• Forchuk, C., Martin, M. L., Sherman, D., Corring, D., Srivastava, R., O’Regan, T., … & Harerimana, B. (2020). Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of the implementation of the transitional discharge model for community integration of psychiatric clients. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 29(3), 498-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12687.
• Harerimana, B., Ciernik, R., Kerr, M., & Forchuk, C. (2020). Extrinsic factors influence the persons’ motivation for engagement and retention in the addiction recovery process. A Systematic Literature Review. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 3(1), 93-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/rjmhs.v3i1.11
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., & O’Regan, T. (2019). The use of technology for mental healthcare delivery among older adults with depressive symptoms: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 28(3), 657-670.

ABSTRACTS, POSTERS AND/OR PAPERS READ AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

• Baiden, P., LaBrenz, C. A., Thrasher, S., Asiedua-Baiden, G., Harerimana, B., & Graaf, G. Adverse childhood experiences and food insecurity among children zero-to-five years in the United States. Abstract accepted for presentation at the 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Public Health Association, October 24th - 28th, 2020, San Francisco, USA.
• Harerimana, B., Kerr, M., Ciernik, R., Ng, L. C., Rutembesa, E., & Forchuk, C. Predicting Contributions of Age and Motives for First Substance Use, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders to Later Addiction Severity in Clinical Sample from a Sub-Saharan Country, Rwanda. Mental Health Research and Innovation Day: Expanding Partnerships and Impact. St Joseph’s Healthcare London & Lawson Health Research Institute. London, Canada; 24 October 2019.
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., Booth, R., Burhan, A., Vasudev, A., Isaranuwatchai, W., Seth, P., Ramsey, D., Rudnick, Heisel, M., & Reiss, J. TELEPROM-G: A Study Evaluating Access and Care Delivery of Telehealth Services among Community-Based Seniors with Depressive Symptoms. Canadian Frailty Network 2019 Annual National Conference, Toronto; 26 - 27, September 2019.
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., Ciernik, R., & Kerr, M. Developing and evaluating an addiction care model of patients’ motivation for engagement and retention in the recovery process. 2018 Health Research and Policy Day Conference 2018. 24th August 2018. Rwanda BioMedical Centre and the Clinton Innovation Initiatives. Kigali, Rwanda, Africa.
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., Ciernik, R., & Kerr, M. Extrinsic factors influencing the patients’ motivation for engagement and retention in the addiction recovery process. A systematic literature reviews. London Joint Mental Health Research Day. Western University’s Department of Psychiatry, Lawson Health Research Institute - Mental Health Group, Research and Innovation - St. Joseph’s Health Care London Mental Health Care Programs. Thursday, 21 June 2018. London, Ontario, Canada.
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., Ciernik, R., & Kerr, M. Developing and evaluating an addiction care model of patients’ motivation for engagement and retention in the recovery process. London Health Research Day Conference 2018. 10th May 2018. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
• Forchuk, C., Vasudev, A., Burhan, A., Seth, P., O’Regan, T., Booth, R., Cassidy, K., Chambers, M., Flint, A., Harerimana, B., Heisel, M., Hoch, J., Wanrudee, I., Lewis, M., Lizotte, D., Looper, K., Nolan, F., Oliver, C., Ramsey, D., Reiss, J., Rei, S., & Rudnick, A. TELEPROM-G: A Study Evaluating Access and Care Delivery of Telehealth Services among Community-Based Seniors with Depressive Symptoms. The Third International Conference on Universal Accessibility in the Internet of Things and Smart Environments. Smart Accessibility 2018. March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018 - Rome, Italy.
• Harerimana, B., Forchuk, C., Booth, R., Burhan, A., Vasudev, A., Isaranuwatchai, W., Seth, P., Ramsey, D., Rudnick, Heisel, M., & Reiss, J. TELEPROM-G: A study evaluating access and care delivery of telehealth services among community-based seniors. Canadian Frailty Network 2017 Annual National Conference, Toronto; 04/2017.
• Ng, L.C., Dukoshe, P., Nkubili, C., Harerimana, B. Developing and implementing mental health and substance abuse treatment in Rwanda. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington DC; 08/2014.

• 2011-2014 (EURO 430,000): By Misereor, the German Catholic Bishops’ Organisation for Development Cooperation, to fight poverty. Mozartstrasse 9 52064 AACHEN GERMANY. Project title: Integration of drug addiction care in the Ndera neuro-Psychiatric hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
• 2012 - 2013 (US$ 20,000) Funding from the World Bank and Girls Hub through IMbuto Foundation Project title: Deployment of the psychosocial component of the project ‘Capacity empowerment of young women and girls who dropped out of school due to undesired pregnancies.
• 2016 (4-year scholarship) The Western Doctoral Research Scholarship, University of Western Ontario.
• 2018 (CAD$ 10,000) Parkwood Institute Research Scholarship, the Best Summer Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Project. Project title: Cognitive Vitality and Brain Health Concept Analyses.
• 2018 (CAD$ 2,500) Graduate Thesis Project by the Western University African Institute. Title: Developing and testing an integrated addiction model for addiction recovery.
• 2018 (CAD$ 3,000) The Irene Nordwich Foundation to a PhD student for excellent contribution to the advancement of the Nursing profession.