Hsien Seow

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status)
Site Director

ICES Affiliation

ICES McMaster
Cancer Research Program

Phone
905-387-9711 Ext. 67175

Recent ICES Grants

The development of a tailored melanoma survivorship program in Ontario

Principal investigators: Francescutti V, Look Hong N
Co-investigators: Goldberg M, Lee L, Lounsbury J, McWhirter E, Pond G, Seow H, Shaw E, Wright F

Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre Foundation (JHCCF), Project Grant
2022-2024; $70, 000

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

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

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2024; $1,216,350

Predictors of pediatric palliative care involvement and impact on healthcare intensity, utilization, and cost

Principal investigators: Jakda A, Widger K
Co-investigators: Earle CC, Gupta S, Lysecki DL. Mchardy M, Moretti M, Nelson KE, Rapoport A, Seow H, Tanuseputro P, Vadeboncoeur CM, Zelcer S

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2022; $271,576

Recent Awards & Recognition

CIHR Canada Research Chair

2016: Awarded to Dr. Hsien Seow for palliative care, cancer and health system innovation.

2/9/2016

Canadian Cancer Society’s Top 10 Research Impact Stories of 2015

2016: A study by ICES scientists is one of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Top 10 Research Impact Stories of 2015. The study, “Quality indicators of end-of-life care in patients with cancer: what rate is right?” was led by ICES senior adjunct scientist Dr. Lisa Barbera. ICES adjunct scientist Dr. Hsien Yeang Seow and ICES senior scientist Dr. Rinku Sutradhar were co-authors.

1/4/2016

CIHR New Investigator Award

2013: Awarded to Dr. Hsien Seow for "Improving home and community-based palliative care through primary health care innovations".

12/15/2013

Recent ICES Publications

11/24/2022

Quality of end-of-life care in gastrointestinal cancers: a 13-year population-based retrospective analysis in Ontario, Canada

Lees CSR, Seow H, Chan KKW, Gayowsky A, Sinnarajah A. Curr Oncol. 2022; 29(12):9163-71. Epub 2022 Nov 24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29120717

11/15/2022

Cardiovascular outcomes in children with Kawasaki disease: a population-based cohort study

Robinson C, Chanchlani R, Gayowsky A, Brar S, Darling E, Demers C, Mondal T, Parekh R, Seow H, Batthish M. Pediatr Res. 2022; Nov 15 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-022-02391-3

10/15/2022

Identifying very low risk patients for future myocardial infarction or death

Kavsak PA, Cerasuolo JO, Hewitt MK, Mondoux SE, Perez R, Seow H, Ainsworth C, Ma J, Worster A, Ko DT. Can J Cardiol. 2022; Oct 15 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2022.10.014