Dr. Dawn Stacey elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
September 13, 2023 - Dr. Dawn Stacey, head of TOH’s internationally renowned Patient Decision Aids Research Group, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. |
Drs. Dawn Stacey and Ian Graham named Distinguished University Professors
July 27, 2022 - Senior scientists Drs. Dawn Stacey and Ian Graham have both received the title of Distinguished University Professor from the University of Ottawa in recognition of their exceptional scholarly achievement, pre-eminence in their fields and solid ... |
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital awarded 17 CIHR grants worth $7.5 million
March 10, 2021 - Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are playing a lead role in 17 new projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). |
Should I leave my retirement or long-term care home due to COVID-19? New tools can help with tough decisions
April 22, 2020 - Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital, the University of Ottawa, the Champlain Local Health Integration Network?and the National Institute of Ageing have developed tools to help seniors decide if they should temporarily move out of their ... |
Ottawa-led team stands out for patient decision aids research
October 8, 2019 - Dr. Dawn Stacey has earned the distinction of having her Cochrane systematic review cited more than any other Cochrane Review published in 2018. |
Drs. David Moher and Dawn Stacy inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
October 2, 2019 - Drs. Dawn Stacey and David Moher were recognized among Canada’s top-ranked health and biomedical scientists during their induction as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. |
Dr. Dawn Stacey co-hosts International Shared Decision Making Conference
August 14, 2019 - Dr. Dawn Stacey co-hosted the International Shared Decision Making Conference in Quebec City with Dr. France Légaré. More than 400 people from 22 countries participated in the conference, which focused on Patient-Oriented Shared ... |
Dr. Dawn Stacey one of Canada’s top nurse academics
March 29, 2019 - Dr. Dawn Stacey has been ranked as one of the most cited nurse academics in Canada. According to a paper published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, Dr. Stacey’s research has been cited 7241 times in the Scopus database over her career, putting ... |
Clinicians at The Ottawa Hospital launch 14 innovative projects to improve health-care delivery, thanks to funding from TOHAMO and The Ottawa Hospital’s Research Institute
March 22, 2019 - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization (TOHAMO) has awarded $1.169 million in Innovation Grants to 14 teams, with supporting funds provided by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. |
Researchers to advance science and improve health with new CIHR funding
February 14, 2019 - Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, affiliated with the University of Ottawa, are playing a lead role in nine new projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). These projects will advance science and improve health in ... |
Top Research Papers from The Ottawa Hospital 2015-2017
June 7, 2018 - Did you know that researchers at The Ottawa Hospital publish an average of four new scientific papers every single day? Our research is advancing science and improving health on a massive scale – both at home and around the world. The list below ... |
Finding better ways to bring health research to life: World-leading Centre for Implementation Research opens at The Ottawa Hospital
January 18, 2018 - Researchers regularly make discoveries that have the potential to improve patient care and quality of life. However, getting those findings adopted by health-care systems can be a challenge.
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are already world l |
Top journal recognizes Ottawa expertise in patient decision aids
August 17, 2017 - Dr. Dawn Stacey and her colleagues were invited by the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to submit a summary of their recent Cochrane systematic review on patient decision aids. The review reports on the effectiveness |
Ottawa-led team gets top rank for patient decision aids research
September 21, 2016 - Dr. Dawn Stacey has earned the distinction of having her Cochrane systematic review cited more than any other review in 2015. According to The Cochrane Library, of more than 1,800 reviews published in 2013-2014, “Decision aids for people facing h |
Decision aid helps people with rectal cancer make tough choices
July 6, 2016 - The good news about rectal cancer is that it is often curable through surgery. The bad news is that depending on which kind of surgery is performed, patients can either end up with a significant risk of incontinence or a permanent colostomy (in w |
Decision aids help patients weigh options and make choices
September 25, 2015 - “This process is not to second guess the doctor,” explained Brian Cullen, reflecting on his experience with using a decision aid. “It’s about having information to make an informed choice.”
Brian Cullen had just retired when a routine annual p |
Dr. Greg Knoll awarded $3.9 million to create and translate knowledge in kidney transplantation
September 16, 2015 - Dr. Greg Knoll is one of a seven scientists at The Ottawa Hospital recently awarded Foundation Grants by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Knoll’s team will receive $3.9 million over seven years to undertake patient-centred research rel |
Manosilah Yoganathan recognized for outstanding research in Co-op Program
April 15, 2015 - uOttawa’s Faculty of Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies has named Manosilah Yoganathan the Best Co-op Student of 2014. Working under the mentorship of Dr. Dawn Stacey, Ms. Yoganathan developed one-page patient decision aids based on research evidence |
