Research Activities
Dr.
Jamie Brehaut is a Senior Scientist within the Methodology and Implementation
Research Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Full Professor in
the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, and
member of the Centre for Implementation Research and the Ottawa Methods Centre.
Dr. Brehaut holds a PhD in Human Perception and Cognition from McMaster
University. His areas of expertise include Knowledge Translation and
Implementation Science, the psychological theories and methods supporting
health care behaviour change, optimizing practice feedback to support improved
care, design of health care decision support, implementing efforts to
counteract health misinformation, and methodological and ethical challenges in
health care research. Much of his work focuses on the application of
psychological theory to improve health and health care. His work spans a wide
range of clinical disciplines (e.g. emergency medicine, critical care,
oncology, lab medicine, public health).