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Michelle Howard

Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES McMaster Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Biography

Dr. Michelle Howard is a researcher in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. She has an MSc in epidemiology from U of T, and a PhD in health research methodology from McMaster. Her research is in the area of organization of primary care, access, interprofessional teams and quality for chronic conditions.

  • PhD, Health Research Methodology, McMaster University
  • MSc, Epidemiology, University of Toronto
  • BA, McMaster University
  • Health services research
  • Healthcare quality
  • Chronic diseases and conditions
  • Access to healthcare
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
  • Associate Member, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University

ICES Grants

Grant
2024 - 2027

Identifying opportunities for increasing access to palliative care across the health care system

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Howard M
Co-Investigators
Seow H, Pereira J, Baker A, Jaakkimainen L, Gallagher E
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$416,924
Grant
2021 - 2025

Continuity of care at the end of life: describing patterns, experiences and outcomes and finding optimal ways to capture

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Howard MI, Isenberg SR
Co-Investigators
Downar J, Gallagher E, Hsu AT, Jones AT, Manuel DG, Tanuseputro P, Webber C
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$336,600
Grant
2019 - 2024

Improving palliative care in the home and community: building CAPACITI (Community Access to PAlliative Care via Interprofessional primary care Teams Intervention)

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Burge FI, Jakda A, Seow H
Co-Investigators
Barwich DB, Brouwers MC, Howard MI, Kelley ML, Kilbertus F, Kortes-Miller KM, Marshall D, Pond GR, Sinding C, Stajduhar KI, Urquhart RL, Winemaker S
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$1,216,350
Grant
2018 - 2021

Physician care at the end of life: describing patterns of care and evaluating outcomes

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Howard M, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P
Co-Investigators
Bronskill S, Downar J, Hsu A, Manuel D, Shadd J
Grant Type
Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount
$284,006
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Journal Articles

Journal Article
04/12/2024

The association of combinations of social factors and SARs-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective population-based cohort study in Ontario, 2020–2021

Persaud S, Fitzgerald M, Hawken S, Tanuseputro P, Boucher L, Petrcich W, Wellman M, Webber C, Shoemaker E, Ducharme R, Dahrouge S, Myran D, Bayoumi AM, Wanigaratne S, Bloch G, Ponka D, Smith BT, Lofters A, Zygmunt A, Kehoe MacLeod K, Turcotte LA, Sander B, Howard M, Funnell S, Rayner J, Kitagawa K, Ibrahim S, Kendall CE. Dialogues Health. 2024; (5)100197.

Journal Article
29/10/2024

The association of combinations of social factors and SARs-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective population-based cohort study in Ontario, 2020-2021

Persaud S, Fitzgerald M, Hawken S, Tanuseputro P, Boucher L, Petrcich W, Wellman M, Webber C, Shoemaker E, Ducharme R, Dahrouge S, Myran D, Bayoumi AM, Wanigaratne S, Bloch G, Ponka D, Smith BT, Lofters A, Zygmunt A, MacLeod KK, Turcotte LA, Sander B, Howard M, Funnell S, Rayner J, Kitagawa K, Ibrahim S, Kendall CE. Dialogues Health. 2024; 5:100197.

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Twitter
@mhoward101

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