Kate Nelson

Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Life Stage Research Program

Phone
416-813-7654 Ext. 309412

Assistant
Sabrina Jeffs, Administrative Assistant, 416-813-7654 Ext. 224637

Biography

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Education

PhD, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto
Fellowship, Pediatric Palliative Care, Children's Hospital Boston
MD, Harvard University
BA, English, University of Missouri-Columbia
BSc, Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia

Research Focus

End of life/palliative care
Pediatric care
Children and youth

Other Affiliations

Staff Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Scientist-track Researcher, SickKids Research Institute

Recent Awards & Recognition

Andrew Sass-Kortsak Award

2017: Awarded to Dr. Kate Nelson. The award is given annually to the most outstanding young scientist in training at a post MD/PhD level at The Hospital for Sick Children based on publications, research projects and contributions to their programs.
5/13/2017
Claire Bombardier Award

2016: Platinum level awarded to Dr. Kate Nelson. This award is given to outstanding students at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto whose field of research is clinical epidemiology and health care research.
6/15/2016

Recent ICES Publications

1/24/2019

Survival and health care use after feeding tube placement in children with neurologic impairment

Nelson KE, Rosella LC, Mahant S, Cohen E, Guttmann A. Pediatrics. 2019; 143(2):e20182863. Epub 2019 Jan 24. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-2863.

1/22/2018

Predictors of specialized pediatric palliative care involvement and impact on patterns of end-of-life care in children with cancer

Widger K, Sutradhar R, Rapoport A, Vadeboncoeur C, Zelcer S, Kassam A, Nelson K, Liu Y, Wolfe J, Earle CC, Pole JD, Gupta S. J Clin Oncol. 2018; 36(8):801-7. Epub 2018 Jan 22.

6/8/2017

The validity of using health administrative data to identify the involvement of specialized pediatric palliative care teams in children with cancer in Ontario, Canada

Widger K, Vadeboncoeur C, Zelcer S, Liu Y, Kassam A, Sutradhar R, Rapoport A, Nelson K, Wolfe J, Earle C, Pole JD, Gupta S. J Palliat Med. 2017; 20(11):1210-6. Epub 2017 Jun 8.

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