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Anna Tersigni, Director of Quality & Risk, Chief Privacy Officer at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in Waterloo-Wellington is a passionate and lifelong learner, having taken four OsgoodePD Certificate programs. Given her vast professional experience, she has also participated as faculty on a few programs.

If you truly want to be an informed quality/risk/health information management/privacy professional, the OsgoodePD curriculum will not only help you in your role in any healthcare organization – it will lead to much better outcomes for the vulnerable people we support…

Read more on how OsgoodePD’s certificate programs have advanced Anna Tersigni’s career and kept her inspired: osgoodepd.ca/blog-hn

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