Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Research News

	Honouring our top researchers of 2024 November 7, 2024 - Each year, The Ottawa Hospital and its Research Institute honour a small number of outstanding researchers for discoveries and innovations that are improving patient care at TOH and advancing science around the world.
	Power over Pain Portal supports patients living with chronic pain August 22, 2023 - Dr. Patricia Poulin, working with colleagues and patient partners across the country, has launched a first-in-Canada virtual chronic pain management portal.
	Men and women process pain signals differently March 22, 2022 - A new study published in the journal BRAIN shows for the first time that neurons in the spinal cord process pain signals differently in women compared to men. The finding could lead to better and more personalized treatments for chronic pain, which a
Show more news stories
	Can behavioural science help reduce unnecessary medical tests? March 11, 2019 - Up to one in three medical tests and treatments in Canada are not needed, and can expose patients to harm, stress, and longer wait times.
	Study could help manage pain in delirious patients March 23, 2016 - A study led by Drs. Salmaan Kanji and Heather MacPhee is the first to show that a behaviour-based tool for assessing pain works even for delirious patients who are unable to say how they’re feeling. Up to 80 percent of patients in the Intensive C

Researchers

Name	Scientific appointment	Diseases, conditions and populations of interest	Research and clinical approaches
Austin, Michael MD, FRCPC, DRCPSC (PTM)	Clinician Investigator (ACR)	Asthma, Cardiac arrest, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diabetes, Pain, Population health, Stroke	Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Emergency medicine, Palliative care, Risk assessment
Dennis, Kristopher MD FRCPC PhD	Clinician Investigator (CR)	Cancer, Colorectal cancer, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, Gastric cancer, Liver cancer, Pain, Pancreatic cancer	Behaviour, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Palliative care, Pragmatic trials, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Finestone, Hillel MD, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (ICD)	Chronic pain, Musculoskeletal conditions, Pain, Stroke	Rehabilitation
Harrison, Denise RN, PhD	Affiliate Investigator (MIR)	Newborn and child health, Pain	Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Knowledge translation and implementation research
McIsaac, Daniel MD, MPH, FRCPC	Scientist (ACR)	Aging, Frailty, Health in older peoples, Pain, Population health	Anesthesiology, Artificial intelligence and data science, Big data, Biostatistics, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Digital and mobile health, Epidemiology, Health services research, Patient engagement, Peri-operative medicine, Public health, Quality Improvement, Risk assessment, Surgery, Systematic reviews
Poulin, Patricia C. Psych.	Associate Scientist (NS)	Addiction, Anxiety, Cancer, Chronic pain, Depression, Health equity, Musculoskeletal conditions, Pain	Anesthesiology, Behaviour, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Palliative care, Patient decision aids, Patient safety, Peri-operative medicine, Pragmatic trials, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews

Related Resources

Search for clinical trials at The Ottawa Hospital related to this disease or condition.