Hannah Wunsch

Adjunct Scientist (Full Status)

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Phone
416-480-6100 Ext. 5022

Assistant
Meredith Malloy, Administrative Manager, 416-480-6100 Ext. 2895

Biography

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Education

MD, Washington University School of Medicine
MSc, Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
AB, Biology, Harvard University

Research Focus

Intensive care medicine
Health services research
Outcomes research

Other Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Associate Professor (Status), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Recent ICES Grants

Sedatives newly prescribed following intensive care unit admission among sedative-naive elderly patients: Understanding the risk of falls and determining targets for deprescribing (SNOW-FALL)

Principal investigator: Wunsch H
Co-investigators: Bell C, Fowler R, Martin C, Scales D
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2018-2020; $130,151

Recent Awards & Recognition

Canada Research Chair

2020: Dr. Hannah Wunsch named Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Organization and Outcomes.
12/21/2020
Presidential Scholar Award

2016: Awarded to Dr. Hannah Wunsch by the American Society of Anesthesiologists for her outstanding career in research.
10/24/2016

Recent ICES Publications

8/10/2022

Opioid initiation and the hazard of falls or fractures among older adults with varying levels of central nervous system depressant burden

Guan Q, Men S, Juurlink DN, Bronskill SE, Wunsch H, Gomes T. Drugs Aging. 2022; Aug 10 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-022-00970-x

6/29/2022

Location and outcomes of rehospitalizations after critical illness in a single-payer healthcare system

Hill AD, Scales DC, Fowler RA, Fu L, Hua M, Wunsch H. J Crit Care. 2022; Jun 29 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154089

5/10/2022

Trends in postoperative opioid prescribing in Ontario between 2013 and 2019: a population-based cohort study

Jivraj NK, Ladha K, Goel A, Hill A, Wijeysundera DN, Bateman BT, Wunsch H. Can J Anaesth. 2022; 69(8):974-85. Epub 2022 May 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-022-02266-5

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