Our Investigators

The Bruyère Health Research Institute is home to researchers with expertise in aging and long-term care, palliative care, primary care, rehabilitation, medically complex care, health equity, and more.

Appointments

Senior Investigators typically hold a PhD, PharmD, MD, and/or licensure under Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) with at least six years of research experience and dedicate at least 20% to 50% of their time to research. Senior Investigators hold peer reviewed grants as a principal investigator or co-investigator, can supervise graduate and post-doctoral students, and hold an appointment with the University of Ottawa or another eligible post-secondary institution.

Investigators typically hold a PhD, PharmD, MD, licensure under RHPA, and/or a clinical appointment with Bruyère with at least three years of research experience and dedicate at least 20% to 50% of their time to research. These individuals hold peer reviewed grants as a principal investigator or co-investigator, and can supervise graduate students at their affiliated post-secondary institution.

Affiliate Investigators typically hold a PhD, PhD equivalent, Masters, MD, and/or licensure under RHPA with an academic appointment at the University of Ottawa or other post-secondary institution. Affiliate Investigators have a primary research appointment at another institution or are in the initial stage of their career path as an investigator.

Clinical Research Affiliates typically hold a PhD, PhD equivalent, Masters, MD, and/ or licensure under the RHPA. Clinical Research Affiliates have a clinical position/affiliation or are involved in the provision of care at Bruyère and spend less than 20% of their time on research.

Bruyère Health Research Institute Investigators and Affiliates

Name	Appointment	Research Interests
Archibald, Doug	Senior Investigator	programme evaluation, educational technology, survey research, interprofessional education, education data linkages, adult learning
Backman, Chantal	Affiliate Investigator
Bezzina, Kathryn Ann	Clinical Research Affiliate
Bilodeau, Martin	Senior Investigator	aging and mobility, postural control, exercise, neuromuscular fatigue
Boisgontier, Matthieu	Investigator
Bouchard, Martin	Affiliate Investigator
Bouka, Aimée-Angélique	Affiliate Investigator
Bromwich, Matthew	Investigator	medical devices, innovation and entrepreneurship, hearing testing and rehabilitation, mobile health, ehealth, digital health, pediatric otolaryngology
Bush, Shirley	Investigator	delirium management in palliative care patients, experiential impact of delirium on patients, family and professional caregivers, guideline implementation, mixed methods research
Campbell, Mark	Investigator	osteoarthritis, cartilage regeneration, joint health, rehabilitation
Cassol, Edana	Affiliate Investigator
Chambers, Larry	Senior Investigator	dementia prevention and post-diagnostic support, dementia clinical guidelines, evidence-based medicine in medical undergraduate education, production of publishable lay summaries of research issues in medicine
Chan, Adrian	Affiliate Investigator	biomedical signal processing, biomedical image processing, sensor systems, artificial intelligence, assistive devices, accessibility
Chandler, Jennifer	Affiliate Investigator
Chasen, Martin	Investigator	palliative care, cancer survivorship, cancer cachexia, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, digital care, cancer rehabilitation, home care
Chouinard, Jean	Affiliate Investigator
Conklin, James	Investigator	implementation science, knowledge translation, organizational change, systems change, organization development, planned change
Corral, Janet	Affiliate Investigator	medical education, learning analytics, artificial intelligence for education
Dahrouge, Simone	Senior Investigator	primary care, health services delivery
Davidson, Patrick	Affiliate Investigator
DeZeeuw, Katrina	Clinical Research Affiliate	neurospinal rehabilitation, chronic wound, spinal cord injury, Sublesional Osteoporosis (SLOP), quality improvement
Downar, James	Senior Investigator	communication, decision-making and suffering in seriously ill patients; bereavement and complicated grief; palliative care for the critically ill and for non-cancer illness
Druce, Irena	Affiliate Investigator
Edwards, Jodi	Investigator	novel cardiac markers of stroke and dementia risk, heart-brain connections, cardiovascular comorbidity
Farrell, Barbara	Senior Investigator	deprescribing guidelines, polypharmacy, interprofessional care, prescribing cascades
Finestone, Hillel	Senior Investigator	multidisciplinary pain care in family medicine, opioids and pain, mind-body issues, virtual reality stroke rehabilitation technology, optimal ways of educating patients and physicians about stroke rehabilitation, driving and stroke
Flowers, Heather	Investigator
Frank, Andrew	Investigator	Alzheimer's Disease, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, therapeutics, technology
Fraser, Sarah	Affiliate Investigator
Freeman, Ellen	Affiliate Investigator
Gagnon, Bruno	Affiliate Investigator
Goubran, Rafik	Affiliate Investigator
Hébert, Paul	Senior Investigator	transfusion and resuscitation, frailty, palliative care and social prescribing, clinical research, evaluative epidemiology
Heer, Carrie	Affiliate Investigator
Howcroft, Jennifer	Affiliate Investigator	driving fitness assessments, gait analysis and wearable sensors, clinical and rehabilitation engineering, pedagogical research
Hsu, Amy	Investigator, Chair	long-term care, health care needs of people living with dementia, palliative care, primary care, research using health administrative data, prediction modelling, health economics
Isenberg, Sarina	Investigator, Chair	access to palliative care for marginalized and non-cancer populations, hospital-to-home transitions near end of life, mixed methods, qualitative methods, patient and caregiver engagement, arts-based knowledge translation
Karunananthan, Sathya	Investigator
Kendall, Claire	Senior Investigator	family medicine, primary care delivery for marginalized populations, patient and stakeholder engagement, community-based participatory research methods, social accountability
Kessler, Dorothy	Affiliate Investigator	stroke rehabilitation, participation in valued activities, occupational performance coaching, self-management
Knoefel, Frank	Senior Investigator, Chair	dementia, cognitive aging, technology, supportive smart homes
Kobewka, Daniel	Investigator	decision making for people with frailty, decision support intervention, predictive algorithms, long term care, administrative data analysis, advance serious illness preparation
Kondreddy, Srikanth	Affiliate Investigator
Kousaie, Shanna	Affiliate Investigator
Krentel, Alison	Senior Investigator	health equity and effectiveness, global public health, implementation research, infectious disease control programs, community engagement, health systems strengthening
Lawlor, Peter	Senior Investigator	cognitive dysfunction (particularly delirium in palliative care), cancer pain assessment and management, psychosocial distress in palliative care
Liddy, Clare	Senior Investigator	primary care, electronic consultation, telemedicine, access to care, wait times, referral, specialist care, health services accessibility
Mai, Andrew	Clinical Research Affiliate
Maniate, Jerry	Affiliate Investigator	health equity, accessibility, social justice, higher/medical education, leadership
Manis, Derek	Affiliate Investigator	health services and policy research, home and long-term care, causal inference, administrative data
Manuel, Douglas	Senior Investigator
Marek, Jonah	Clinical Research Affiliate	quality of life, wound care, complex continuing care
Marshall, Shawn	Investigator	rehabilitation, brain injury, concussion, driving and disability, older driver, epidemiology
McCarthy, Lisa	Affiliate Investigator
Mcloughlin, Paul	Clinical Research Affiliate
Menezes, Anjali	Affiliate Investigator
Molnar, Frank	Affiliate Investigator
Myran, Daniel	Investigator	public health policy, population health, mental health, substance use, physician health, health services research, primary care access, socially accountable care, big data
Nkangu, Miriam	Affiliate Investigator	health equity, health systems, health policy, global health, digital health and innovation, health financing, community and stakeholder engagement, implementation research, reproductive maternal newborn child and adolescent health
Nickerson, Jason	Investigator	public health, population health, long-term care, complex-continuing care, respiratory therapy, health policy
O'Neil, Jennifer	Affiliate Investigator	global health, health equity and access to rehabilitation services, innovation, digital health, sensors, wearables, telehealth, mobility, balance, falls, neurology, clinical research and implementation
Petkovic, Jennifer	Affiliate Investigator	health equity, systematic reviews, knowledge translation, engagement methods
Ponka, David	Affiliate Investigator	global health, vulnerable populations, integrated primary care, medical education, spatial analysis, home visits, end of life care
Pottie, Kevin	Affiliate Investigator	health equity, refugees and other migrants, deprescribing, guidelines
Rabheru, Kiran	Senior Investigator	ageism, mentalism, ableism, intersectionality, human rights of older persons, healthy aging, human rights based care and support, scientific advocacy, age friendly environments, UN decade of healthy aging, sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Radhakrishnan, Arun	Investigator	knowledge translation, primary care, mentorship, continuing professional development, digital health, artificial intelligence
Rajabiyazdi, Fateme	Affiliate Investigator	patient-centered care, e-health
Riddle, Alison	Investigator
Sachs, Adam	Affiliate Investigator
Santos, Octavio	Affiliate Investigator
Shea, Beverley	Investigator
Sheehy, Lisa	Investigator	stroke and geriatric rehabilitation, virtual reality (VR), technology for aging in place, use of arts and technology to improve quality of life
Spilg, Edward	Affiliate Investigator
St. John, Ronald	Affiliate Investigator	global data mining to identify unusual health events that can expand into the next pandemic
Stinchcombe, Arne	Investigator
Sveistrup, Heidi	Senior Investigator
Taler, Vanessa	Senior Investigator	aging, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, cognition, language, memory, neuropsychology, event-related potentials
Thomas, Neil	Affiliate Investigator	cognitive impairment and dementia, home-based technology and digital biomarkers, caregiver burden
Tremblay, Francois	Senior Investigator
Tugwell, Peter	Senior Investigator	clinical epidemiology, interventions to reduce health inequities, systematic reviews
Turcotte, Luke	Affiliate Investigator
Wallace, Bruce	Affiliate Investigator	technology-based solutions for aging in place and independence of aging adults
Watt, Christine	Investigator	palliative care in neurological diseases, personalized medicine in palliative care, health services research, delirium, mixed methodology research
Webber, Colleen	Affiliate Investigator
Webber, Gail	Affiliate Investigator
Welch, Vivian	Senior Investigator	health equity, guideline development, healthy aging, evidence synthesis, evidence mapping
Whitney, Krista	Investigator	dementia, aging in place, technology, functional assessment, interprofessional collaboration
Wilson, Kumanan	Investigator	digital health, immunization, pandemic preparedness, public health policy, innovation, blood safety and newborn screening, health ethics, law and policy
Yamin, Stephanie	Investigator