Our Team

The Centre for Implementation Research includes professionals from multidisciplinary fields. The interdisciplinary and complementary nature of our expertise promotes the application of a range of theories, methods and tools to a variety research areas and healthcare priorities and ensures every project is considered from multiple perspectives. 

Multidisciplinary Fields

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • Health economics
  • Health psychology
  • Health services research
  • Knowledge translation science
  • Medical sociology
  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Population health
  • Statistics
  • Other health and behavioural sciences

Scientists

Angel Arnaout

Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor of Surgery, University of Ottawa
Surgical Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital

Sylvain Boet

Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
Anesthesiologist, The Ottawa Hospital

Jamie Brehaut

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Melissa Brouwers

Director and Full Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Ian Graham

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Jeremy Grimshaw

Senior Scientist Emeritus, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full Professor, University of Ottawa

David Moher

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Krystina Lewis

Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
Affiliate Researcher, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Justin Presseau

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
Program Director, Methodological and Implementation Research, OHRI

Janet Squires

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Dawn Stacey

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Monica Taljaard

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

Kednapa Thavorn

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

Visiting Scientists

Noah Ivers

Visiting Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Family Physician, Women's College Hospital

Holly Witteman

Visiting Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor, Université Laval

Jill Francis

Visiting Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor Implementation Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Staff

Kelly Carroll

Research Coordinator

Dr. Jacob Crawshaw

Senior Methodologist

Chloé Desjardins

Research Coordinator

Mackenzie Dowson

Research Assistant

Dr. Cole Etherington

Senior Research Associate

Emily Gibson

Research Coordinator

Alyssa Grant

Research Assistant

Dr. Natasha Hudek

Research Associate

Stefanie Linklater

Research Program Manager

Dr. Alexander Lithopoulos

Research Coordinator

Chris McCutcheon

Manager, Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network

Sameh Mortazhejri

Research Coordinator

Dr. Jen Olson

Senior Methodologist

Amelia Palumbo

Research Assistant

Alfonso Ortiz

Research Coordinator

Zack van Allen

Research Coordinator

Min Xi

Research Assistant

Sharlini Yogasingam

Research Coordinator