Research Focus

Elderly

Systemic review/meta-analysis

Comparative effectiveness research

Drug safety

Adverse drug effects

Geriatrics and aging

Outstanding Junior Research Manuscript Award

2021: Awarded to Dr. Jennifer Watt by the American Geriatrics Society for the paper “Comparative efficacy of interventions for aggressive and agitated behaviors in dementia.”

8/13/2021

CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Rising Star Award

2019: Awarded to Dr. Jennifer Watt for the paper "Comparative risk of harm associated with trazodone or atypical antipsychotic use in older adults with dementia: a retrospective cohort study."

6/10/2019

Thomas & Edna Naylor Memorial Award

2019: Awarded to Dr. Jennifer Watt for the best paper based on thesis in health services and health care research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.

5/15/2019

Recent ICES Publications

8/15/2020

Fall‐related hospitalizations in nursing home residents co‐prescribed a cholinesterase inhibitor and beta‐blocker

Watt JA, Campitelli MA, Maxwell CJ, Guan J, Maclagan LC, Gomes T, Bokhari M, Straus SE, Bronskill SE. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020; 68(11):2516-24. Epub 2020 Aug 15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16710

7/20/2020

Trends in the medical use of synthetic cannabinoids among older adults in Ontario, Canada

Sommer DM, Zipursky JS, Giannakeas V, Watt JA, Rochon PA, Stall NM. Ann Intern Med. 2020; 13(7):589-91. Epub 2020 Jul 20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0598

11/26/2018

Comparative risk of harm associated with trazodone or atypical antipsychotic use in older adults with dementia: a retrospective cohort study

Watt JA, Gomes T, Bronskill SE, Huang A, Austin PC, Ho JM, Straus SE. CMAJ. 2018; 190(47):E1376-83. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

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