Jennifer Foster is a pediatric intensivist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, an Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Care at Dalhousie University, and director for pediatric critical care transport in the Maritimes. She trained in pediatric critical care at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, and at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Foster’s areas of research and clinical interest focus on improvement of the patient and family experience in PICU through enabling of family presence at the bedside of critically ill children and promotion of healthy sedation practices. She has been working closely with other researchers through the COVID-19 pandemic to document the experiences and impact of restricted family presence in PICU on families and healthcare providers.