Trainees – Postdoctoral Fellows – Centre for Implementation Research

Postdoctoral Fellows

Laura Boland

CIR Mentor

Ian Graham

Research interests

Integrated knowledge translation
Shared decision making
Pediatrics

Project Titles

Using integrated knowledge translation to advance pediatric shared decision making.

Jacob Crawshaw

CIR Mentor

Justin Presseau

Research interests

Health psychology
Behavioral science
Implementation science
Healthcare-provider behavior change
Treatment adherence
Intervention development

Project Titles

Understanding decision-making in organ donation: a national study

Janet Jull

CIR Mentor

Ian Graham

Research interests

Community partnered research
Shared decision making
Integrated knowledge translation
Ethics
Equity

Project Titles

Tailoring and field-testing the implementation of a knowledge translation peer support shared decision making strategy to facilitate participation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in decisions about their cancer care

Sathya Karunananthan

CIR Mentor

Jeremy Grimshaw

Research interests

Epidemiology
Systematic reviews
Meta-analysis
Replication
Aging
Physical function
Frailty

Project Titles

Living review of diabetes quality improvement strategies;
When should systematic reviews be replicated and when is it wasteful?

Alvin Li

CIR Mentor

Jeremy Grimshaw

Research interests

Design and evaluation of complex interventions
Behavior change
Knowledge translation
Organ donation
Administrative database research

Project Titles

Developing and testing an intervention to increase registration for deceased organ donation in family physician offices

Nicola McCleary

CIR Mentor

Justin Presseau, Jeremy Grimshaw

Research interests

Health Psychology
Behavioural Science
Health Services Research
Implementation Science
Dual process theories
Healthcare professional decision-making and behaviour
Design and evaluation of interventions to change healthcare professional behaviour
Process evaluation
Systematic reviews

Project Titles

Testing feedback message framing and comparators to address prescribing of high-risk medications in nursing homes: theory-based process evaluation alongside a pragmatic, factorial, cluster-randomized trial.
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the Ottawa Depression Algorithm in primary care: an implementation diagnostic study.