Iris Epstein is an assistant professor at the school of Nursing, Faculty of Health at York University. Iris teaches graduate and undergraduate nursing research, ethics and practice-based skills courses at York University and is a faculty member in the graduate program in Critical Disability Studies at York University. She is also the co-founder of the I.R.I.S lab. Iris program of research focuses on outcomes emerging from the intersect between health, technology and place using critical theory, mixed methods design; disability as pedagogy, video-based practices, and storytelling methods. In particularly, iris program of research co-develops knowledge translation strategies for inclusive education in health professional and interdisciplinary practices. She led the Smartphone Accommodation Resource Toolbox (SmART) an interdisciplinary tool for accommodating teaching and learning practice-based skills.