Sharon Roman
Sharon Roman is a patient-partner and writer for the British Medical Journal group. Roman is a member of the Patient Advisory Board for the Canadian Medical Association Journal and Co-Chair of the Brain Wellness Program at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. She also served a full term on the Patient Editorial Board for the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry from 2018-2020 and is a past MS Society of Canada webinar host.
In addition to magazines and newspapers, (e.g., The Globe and Mail), Roman has been published 11 times in 3 medical journals to date; 7 in British Medical Journal (BMJ), 2 in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP) and 2 in Multiple Sclerosis Journal (MSJ).
Research Related to Team
A Spoonful of Sugar: The risks of negative health outcomes of polypharmacy in MS is a bitter reality https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YIPFNTGBAVKXEUGSCXES/full
The Importance of the Prodomal Stage in Multiple Sclerosis Prevention https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/the-importance-of-the-prodromal-stage-in-multiple-sclerosis-prevention/
Making research accessible to people affected by MS and why that matters on Real Talk MS https://realtalkms.com/episode-265-making-ms-research-accessible-to-people-affected-by-ms-and-why-that-matters-with-sharon-roman/
Other Research and Accomplishments
The real p(atient) value | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/90/4/371
I am the girl next door: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2016/10/21/sharon-roman-i-am-the-girl-next-door/
For Sharon Roman, the story is personal in this DMCBH feature article, https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/2017/12/19/sharon-roman-story-personal
