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Jessica Widdifield

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES Central Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Biography

Jessica Widdifield is an adjunct scientist at ICES Central. She is a scientist with the Holland Musculoskeletal Research Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and an assistant professor at the Unversity of Toronto, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. She completed her PhD in health services research at the University of Toronto in 2013, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical epidemiology at McGill University. Her research is focused on measuring and improving the health and quality of care provided to Canadians with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.

  • PhD, Health Outcomes and Evaluations, Health Services Research, University of Toronto
  • Musculoskeletal and joint diseases
  • Health services research
  • Electronic medical records
  • Outcomes research
  • Comparative effectiveness research
  • Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Holland Musculoskeletal Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

ICES Grants

Grant
2021 - 2023

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to rheumatology services and treatment

Granting Agency
CIORA - Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care
Principal Investigators
Widdifield J
Co-Investigators
Eder L, Hofstetter C, Kuriya B, Kwok T, Thorne C
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$115,000
Grant
2021 - 2023

Safety immUnogenicity of COVID-19 vaCcines in systEmic immunE mediated inflammatory Diseases (SUCCEED)

Granting Agency
COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF)
Principal Investigators
Bernatsky S, Widdifield J
Co-Investigators
Avina-Zubieta A, Barnabe C, Boire G, Bowdish D, Chandran V, Colmegna I, Colwill K, Cook R, Durocher Y, Fortin P, Garner S, Gingras A, Haroon N, Hazlewood G, Hitchon C, Inman R, Kaplan G, Kuriya B, Kwong J, Lacaille D, Larché M, Marshall J, McGeer A, Nazy I, Piguet V, Rahman P, Silverberg M, Watts T, Wood H
Grant Type
Operating grant
Grant Amount
$3,131,216
Grant
2021 - 2023

Evaluating outcomes of total joint arthroplasty in immigrant populations in Ontario

Granting Agency
The Arthritis Society
Principal Investigators
Ravi B
Co-Investigators
Fowler R, Hawker G, Paterson M, Pincus D, Shah B, Widdifield J
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$126,000
Grant
2019 - 2020

Derivation and validation of a disease-specific cardiovascular risk prediction score for psoriatic disease using patient registry and population-based data

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Eder L
Co-Investigators
Chandran V, Cook RJ, Gladman DD, Harvey PJ, Piguet V, Rochon PA, Rosen CF, Tu K, Widdifield J
Grant Type
Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2018 - 2023

Air pollution and systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Bernatsky S
Co-Investigators
Awadalla P, Chen H, Widdifield J
Grant Type
Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount
$772,650
Grant
2018 - 2021

Enhancing the use of rheumatology EMRs to evaluate and optimize care

Granting Agency
The Arthritis Society
Principal Investigators
Widdifield J
Co-Investigators
Jaakkimainen L.
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$300,000
Grant
2018 - 2020

Raising awareness of the burden of giant cell arteritis occurrence healthcare use costs

Granting Agency
CIORA - Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care
Principal Investigators
Barra L, Widdifield J
Co-Investigators
Jaakkimainen L, Paterson M
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$115,000
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Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition
19/12/2019

Stars Career Development Award

2019: Awarded to Dr. Jessica Widdifield for the project “Using real world data to enhance patient care and outcomes, and health system performance for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases” by the Arthritis Society.

Awards & Recognition
10/01/2015

CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

2015: Awarded to Dr. Jessica Widdifield for the project "An international integrative approach to leveraging electronic health databases for outcomes research in rheumatology"

Awards & Recognition
11/09/2014

Arthritis Society Postdoctoral Award

2014: Awarded to Dr. Jessica Widdifield for her exploration into the causes and contributors of early death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Journal Articles

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