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Ian Graham, PhD
igraham@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-948-2318
Fax: 613-954-1800

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
160 Elgin Street, Place Bell
9th Floor, AL 4809A
Ottawa, ON

Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Vice-President, Knowledge Translation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, (cross-appointment)

Research

My current research interests tend to be focused on 6 areas: 1) identifying the determinants of clinician use of research, 2) developing and evaluating methods to facilitate the local adaptation of clinical practice guidelines, 3) understanding how to increase implementation of practice guidelines and decision support tools, 4) synthesizing theories and models of knowledge translation or planned action, and 5) the KT activities of research funding agencies and researchers.

Major Awards/Affiliations

2003-2004 Young Researcher Award, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences
2003 The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal
1999-2005 Medical Research Council of Canada Scholar/CIHR New Investigator
1999-2000 Medical Research Council of Canada Research Allowance

Current Funding

Group Grants
2004-2009 Group grant in decision support tools for clinicians and patients.
Principal Investigators: A O'Connor, ID Graham, J Grimshaw, I Stiell
Co-investigators: J Brehaut, H Clark, A Cranney, A Forster, A Lapaucis, P Tugwell, C van Walraven
Funding: $1,376,560 CIHR

2003-2008 Building capacity: Development of a transdisciplinary team for improving the quality of health care. (KT ICEBeRG- Knowledge Translation Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Behavioral Research Group)
Principal Investigators: J Grimshaw, ID Graham
Co-investigators: L Lemyre, DE Angus, MP Eccles, MB Harrison, et al
Funding: $750,000 CIHR($150,000)/Ontario Ministry of Health

2003-2008 Translating genetics discoveries into appropriate health policy and services: Enhancing research capacity and developing an interdisciplinary approach. (ICE Grant)
Principal Applicant: BJ Wilson, T Caulfield, GA Wells
Co-investigators: JE Allanson, DM Avard, L Bouchard, M Cappeli, JC Carroll, DA Coyle, ER Gold, ID Graham, J Grimshaw, L Lemyre, JR Simard Funding: $999,970 CIHR

2003-2005 Developing an international transdisciplinary knowledge translation project.
Principal Investigator: J. Grimshaw
Co-investigators: ID Graham, D Angus, P Cappeliez, M Driedger, M Harrison, L Lemeyre, J Logan, M-P Pomey
Funding: $24,474 University of Ottawa International Creative Research Initiatives
$24,474 University of Newcastle upon Tyne

2002-2007 Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly (CanDRIVE)
Principal Investigator: M Man-Son-Hing
Co-investigators: S Marshall, F Molnar, ID Graham, K Wilson, I Stiell
Funding: $1,250,000 CIHR New Emerging Team (NET)

Operating and Other Grants
2006-2009 The Life Cycle of Evidence in Health Care
Principal Investigator: J Grimshaw and ID Graham
Co-investigators: K O'Rourke, M Reaume, M Trudeau, M Brouwers, S Hanna, E Grunfeld, DSY Lee, P Liu, E Crighton
Funding: $327,654 CIHR

2006-2010 Research Program on Implementing Patient Safety Practices in Pediatrics and Adult Health Care
Principal Investigators: K Shojania, S Strauss, and S Richardson
Co-investigators: DE Angus, CMG Cronin, A Forster, ID Graham, M Harrison, S Huynh, J King, S Lee, J Logan, A Matlow, D Moher, W Nicklin, J Plourde, , David U, T Wrong
Funding: $790,000 (CHSRF, $210,500; Co-sponsorship Funds: CPSI $284,500; Co-sponsorship CIHR $150,000, inkind co-sponsorship $790,000)

2006-2010 Evidence-Informed Nursing Service Delivery Models.
Principal Investigator: N Edwards
Co-investigators: B. Whitney, W. Smyth, T Virani, S Lappan-Gracon, S Block, S Perdigao, P Marck, M Friedman, K Iiguchi, J Ritchie, J. Ploeg, J Skelly, I Bajnok, ID Graham, H McConnell, F. Spataro, E. Chiu, Grinspun D, D Sharp, C Michaud, B Davies, A Lang, A Lynch, A Joyce, A Downey, A Dastmalchian, P Atieno.
Funding: $864,093 (CHSRF, $499,094; Co-sponsorship Funds: Nursing Research Fund $300,000; Other co-sponsorship funds $64,999)

2005-2006 Identification, Concept and Bibliometric Analyses of Organizational Change Theories/Frameworks.
Principal Investigators: ID Graham, J Logan, MB Harrison
Co-investigators: DE Angus, M Brouwers, B Davies, SM Driedger, M Eccles, J Grimshaw, et al
Funding: $70,522 CIHR

2005-2007 Evaluating maps and mapping software as innovative tools for knowledge transfer: A study of knowledge producer/user pairs in Ontario early years centres
Principal Investigators: Michelle Driedger, Anita R Kothary
Co-investigators: Graham ID, Morrison JB, Sawada MC
Funding: $186,521 ($93,262/yr + equip 2,988) Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2005-2007 AGREE Next Steps: Continuous Quality Improvement in the Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Principal Investigator: Melissa Brouwers
Co-investigator: Browman GP, Burgers JS, Cluzeau FA, Davis DA, Feder G, Fervers B, Graham ID, Grimshaw J, et al.
Funding: $149,246 ($72,036/yr + equip $5,174) Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2005-2007 Identifying barriers to preconception care in women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Principal Investigator: Keely, Erin
Co-investigators: H Clark, A Karovitch, E Valcourt, ID Graham
Funding: $75,000 Canadian Diabetes Association, Applied Research

2005-2008 Approaches to considering social, ethical, and legal issues in Health Technology Assessment: Application to Neonatal Screening Programs for Cystic Fibrosis.
Principal Investigator: Potter, Beth
Supervisors: Wilson, B and Graham ID
Funding: $135,000 ($45,000/yr) CIHR Research Fellowship

2005-2006 Knowledge management in health care communities: Identifying, describing, and evaluating the use of communities of practice for knowledge exchange and creation among health care professional and decision makers.
Principal Investigator: JM Grimshaw
Co-investigators: LC Li, PC Coyte, ID Graham, M Judd, CP Nielson
Funding: $84,646 Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2005-2006 Using information technology to identify older individuals with low-trauma fractures.
Principal Investigators - A Cranney and A Forster
Co-Investigators: Graham ID
Funding: $74,654 Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2005-2006 A review of approaches to considering social, ethical, and legal issues in health technology assessment.
Principal Investigator: B Wilson and DM Avard
Co-investigators: TA Caulfield, PK Chakraborty, VA Entwistle, ID Graham, GG Griener, CA Kennedy, MD Montgomery, MD Montgomery, EK Potter, GA Wells. Funding: $83,943 CIHR

2004-2007 Management of Pressure ulcers in community dwelling individuals with Spinal Cord Injury using an interdisciplinary wound care program including Electrical Stimulation therapy (EST).
Principal Investigator: Pamela Houghton
Co-investigators: Woodbury G, Graham ID, Hayes K.
Funding: $300,000 ($50,000/yr Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation/$50,000/yr Industrial partners)

2004-2007 Improving Decision Quality in People with Arthritis
Principal Investigator: J Brehaut
Co-investigators: P Tugwell, A O'Connor, G Lindgaard, A Cranney, I Graham Funding: $450,000 CIHR

2004-2006 Canada PRIME: PRocess modeling in ImpleMEntation research: Selecting a theoretical basis for interventions to change clinical practices.
Principal Investigator: J Grimshaw
Co-investigators: M Brouwers, G Godin, F Legare, E Walker, P Cappeliez, ID Graham, L Lemyre, M Zwarenstein, S Driedger, S Hanna, J Logan, M Eccles, M Harrison, M Pomey Funding: $361,367 CIHR

2003-2006 The development of a strategy for ongoing dissemination and integration of current research on physiotherapy management of knee osteoarthritis and low back pain.
Principal Investigator: Li, Linda Supervisors: Graham ID and Grimshaw J
Funding: $143,000 CIHR Research Fellowship

2003-2007 Evaluation of an Active Strategy to Implement the Canadian CT Head Rule: Phase III
Principal Investigator: IG Stiell
Co-investigators: R Brison, D Coyle, ID Graham, J Grimshaw, J Lee, H Lesiuk, J Perry, B Rowe, M Schull, GA Wells
Funding: $538,656 CIHR

2003-2007 Community randomised control trial of the effectiveness of two compression bandaging technologies
Principal Investigator: MB Harrison
Co-investigators: ID Graham, NA Cullum, E Nelson, K Lorimer, C Harris Funding: $618,405 CIHR (MCT-110636)

2003-2006 Evaluation of the impact of a multifaceted intervention to enhance the delivery of genetics services by family physicians
Principal Applicants: JC Carroll, JE Allanson, B Wilson
Co-investigators: S Blaine, D Davis, M Evans, ID Graham, J Grimshaw, W Meschino
Funding: $282,964 CIHR

2003-2006 Optimal management of older women with distal forearm fractures
Principal Applicants: AB Cranney
Co-investigators: ID Graham, MB Harrison, R Brison, M Godwin, Mark Harrison, J Grimshaw, Y Lam
Funding: $209,907 CIHR

2002-2007 Agency for Health Care Research and Policy, USA, Evidence-based Centre.
Principal Investigator: D Moher, M Schachter
Co-investigators: J Grimshaw, ID Graham (133 Co-investigators in total)
Funding: FRP-No. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ-02-003) $5 million

2003-2005 The Stroke Canada Optimization of Rehabilitation through evidence (SCORE) Project ($415,000) and Interventions used by rehabilitation specialists in the treatment of individuals with stroke ($246,500).
Principal Investigator: R Teasell, S Wood-Dauphinee, (Research Priority), M Bayley, MB Harrison (Knowledge Transfer) (Project Leaders);
Co-investigators: S Barreca, S Black, L Brosseau, J Desrosiers, J Grimshaw, ID Graham, J Jutal, N Korner-Bitensky, M Lewis, R Lyons, R Martino, N Mayo, C Richards. Funding: $890,800 Canadian Stroke Network

Selected Publications

Morris DB, Wilson KG, Clinch JJ, Ammerman DJ, Fergusson D, Graham ID, Porath AJ Offman A, Boland I, Watters J, Hebert PC. Identification of domains relevant to health-related quality of life in patients undergoing major surgery. Qual Life Res 2006 Jun;15(5):841-54.

.Brehaut JC, Graham ID, Visentin L, Stiell IG. Print format and sender recognition were related to survey completion rate. J Clin Epidemiol 2006;59:635-641.

Graham ID, Logan J, Harrison MB, Straus SE, Tetro J, Caswell W, Robinson N. Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map? J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2006 Winter;26(1):13-24. (PA)

Straus SE, Graham ID, Mazmanian PE. Knowledge translation: Resolving the confusion. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2006 Winter;26(1):3-4.

Legare F, O'Connor A, Graham I, Saucier D, Cote L, Cauchon M, Pare L. Family physicians' views on supporting patients facing a difficult health care decision and on use of the Ottawa Decision Support Framework. Can Fam Physician 2006;52:476-477. http://www.cfpc.ca/cfp/2006/Apr/vol52-apr-research-3.asp

Evans WK, Graham ID, Cameron D, Mackay JA, Brouwers M. Practitioner feedback on lung cancer practice guidelines in Ontario. J Thorac Oncol 2006;1:10-18.

Brehaut JC, Stiell IG, Graham ID. Will a new clinical decision rule be widely used? The case of the Canadian C-Spine Rule. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13:413-420.

O'Donnell S, Cranney A, Jacobsen MJ, Graham ID, O'Connor AM, Tugwell P. Understanding and overcoming the barriers of implementing patient decision aids in clinical practice. J Eval Clin Pract 2006;12(2):174-181.

Zarkadas M, Cranney A, Case S, Molloy M, Switzer C, Graham ID, Butzner JD, Rashid M, Warren RE, Burrows V. The impact of a gluten-free diet on adults with celiac disease: results of a national survey. J Hum Nutr Dietet 2006;19:41-49.

Brosseau L, Wells GA, Finestone HM, Egan M, Dubouloz C-J, Graham ID, Casimiro L, Robinson VA, Bilodeau M, McGowan J. Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation Top Stroke Rehabilitation 2006;13(1):1-116.

Fitzgibbon E, Samant R, Meng J, Graham I. Awareness and use of the Rapid Palliative Radiotherapy Program by family physicians in Eastern Ontario: a survey. Current Oncology 2006;13(1):1-6. (SA)

Cranney A, Harrison A, Ruhland L, Vaidyanath C, Graham I, Hing M, Jaffey J, Towheed T, Anastassiades T, Dwosh I. Driving with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatology 2005 Dec;32(12):2337-2342.

Rashid M, Cranney A, Zarkadas M, Graham ID, Switzer C, Case S, Molloy M, Warren RE, Burrows V, Butzner JD. Celiac Disease: Evaluation of the diagnosis and dietary compliance in Canadian children. Pediatrics 2005 Dec;116(6):e754-9.

Stacey D, Graham ID, O'Connor AM, Pomey M-P. Barriers and Facilitators Influencing Call Center Nurses' Decision Support for callers facing values-sensitive decisions: A mixed methods study. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, Fourth Quarter 2005;2(4):184-195. (SA)

Graham ID, Carroli G, Davies C, Medves JM. Episiotomy rates around the world: an update. Birth 2005 Sep;32(3):219-23. (PA)

Brehault JC, Stiell IG, Visentin L, Graham ID. Clinical Decision Rules "in the Real World": How a widely disseminated Rule is used in everyday practice. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:948-957.

Brooks D, Solway S, MacDermid J, Switzer-McIntyre S, Brosseau L, Graham ID. Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Physical Therapy. Physiotherapy Canada 2005;57(2):123-134. (SA)

Graham ID, Harrison MB, Lorimer K, Piercianowski T, Friedberg E, Buchanan M, Harris, C. Adapting National and International Leg Ulcer Practice Guidelines for Local Use: The Ontario Leg Ulcer Community Care Protocol. Advances in Skin and Wound Care 2005;18(6):307-318. (Co-PA)

Graham ID and Harrison MB. Evaluation and adaptation of clinical practice guidelines. Evid Based Nurs. 2005 Jul;8(3):68-72. (PA)

MacDermid JC, Brooks D, Solway S, Switzer-McIntyre S, Brosseau L. Graham ID. Reliability and validity of the AGREE instrument used by physical therapists in assessment of clinical practice guidelines. BMC Health Serv Res 2005;5(1):18. (SA)

Wilson KG, Aaron SD, Vandemheen KL, Hebert PC, McKim DA, Fiset, Graham ID, Sevigny E, O'Connor A. Evaluation of a decision aid for making choices about intubation and mechanical ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patient Education and Counseling 2005;57(1):88-95.

Harrison MB, Graham ID, Lorimer K, Friedberg E, Pierschianowski T, Brandys T. Leg-ulcer care in the community, before and after implementation of an evidence-based service. CMAJ 2005;172(11):1447-52. (Co-PA)

Wilson K, Tinmouth A, Hebert P, Fergusson D, Graham ID, Amin M, MacDougall L. Reducing the amount of blood transfused: A systematic review of Behavioral Interventions to change physicians' transfusion practice. Arch Int Med 2005;165:845-852.

Tinmouth A, Macdougall L, Fergusson D, Amin M, Graham ID, Hebert PC, Wilson K. Reducing the mount of blood transfused: a systematic review of behavioral interventions to change physicians' transfusion practices. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Apr 25;165(8):845-52.

Bissonnette J, Logan J, Davies B, Graham ID. Methodological issues encountered in a study of hospitalized COPD patients. Clin Nurs Res. 2005 Feb;14(1):81-97.

Hebert PC, Fergusson DA, McIntyre L, Martin C, Doucette S, Blajchman M, Graham ID, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Revisiting transfusion practices in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2005 Jan;33(1):7-12.

Brosseau L, Graham ID, MacLeay L, Cleaver S, Dumont A, Gravel M, March A, McGowan J. What is the quality of clinical practice guidelines accessible on the World Wide Web for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions in physiotherapy? Physiotherapy: Theory and Practice. 2004;20(2):91-105. (SA)

Graham ID, Logan J, Davies B, Nimrod C. Changing the use of electronic fetal monitoring and labor support: a case study of barriers and facilitators. Birth 2004;31(4):293-301. (Co-PA)

Brouwers M, Graham ID, Hanna SE, Cameron DA, Browman GP. Clinicians' assessments of practice guidelines in oncology: the CAPGO survey. Int J of Technol Assess Health Care 2004 Fall;20(4):421-426. (Co-PA)

Egan M, Dubouloz CJ, Rappolt S, Polatajko H, von Zweck C, King J, Vallerand J, Craik J, Davis JA, Graham ID. Enhancing research use through on-line action research. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 2004 Oct;71(4):230-237.

Graham ID, Logan J. Innovations in knowledge transfer and continuity of care. Can J Nurs Res. 2004 Jun;36(2):89-103 (Co-PA)

Wilson Keith G, Graham Ian D, Viola Raymond A, Chater Susan, de Faye Barbara J, Weaver Lynda A, Lachance Julie A. Structured Interview Assessment of Symptoms and Concerns in Palliative Care. Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Jun;49(6):350-8.
Zitzelsberger L, Grunfeld E, Graham I. Family physician perspectives on practice guidelines related to cancer control. BMC Family Practice 2004;5:25. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/5/25

Nemeth, K, Harrison, M, Graham ID, Burke, S. Understanding venous leg ulcer pain: Results of a longitudinal study. Ostomy Wound Management 2004 50(1):34-46.

Wilson K, Code C, Dornan C, Ahmad N, Hebert PC, Graham ID. The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. BMC Public Health 2004;4:1. www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/4/1(SA)

Graham ID, Harrison MB, Shafey M, Keist D. Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Care of Leg Ulcers: Survey of family physicians. Canadian Family Physician 2003 49:896-902.

Graham ID, Beardall S, Carter A, Tetroe J, Davies B. The State of the Science and Art of Practice Guidelines Development, Dissemination and Evaluation in Canada. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (May) 2003 9(2): 195-202.