Life Stage Research Program

The Life Stage Research Program focuses on understanding health, care needs and outcomes throughout the life course, including infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and later life. Program scientists examine the trajectories and transitions of individuals among care providers and across care settings, as well as the development of health conditions throughout life. As such, there are opportunities for us to share theoretical, methodological, and policy approaches across interdisciplinary projects. These include not only developing methodological approaches for longitudinal analysis, but also considering contextual issues of health services and systems such as socioeconomic conditions, families, communities and social relationships. The scope of our research includes:

Recent Publications

1/23/2023

Can patients with dementia be identified in primary care electronic medical records using natural language processing?

Maclagan LC, Abdalla M, Harris DA, Stukel TA, Chen B, Candido E, Swartz RH, Iaboni A, Jaakkimainen RL, Bronskill SE. J Healthc Inform Res. 2023; Jan 23 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41666-023-00125-6

12/29/2022

Postsurgery paths and outcomes for hip fracture patients (POST-OP HIP PATHS): a population-based retrospective cohort study protocol

Backman C, Shah S, Webber C, Turcotte L, McIsaac DI, Papp S, Harley A, Beaulé P, French-Merkley V, Berdusco R, Poitras S, Tanuseputro P. BMJ Open. 2022; 12(12):e065599. Epub 2022 Dec 29. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065599

11/28/2022

Interprofessional primary care and acute care hospital use by people with dementia: a population-based study

Sourial N, Schuster T, Bronskill SE, Godard-Sebillotte C, Etches J, Vedel I. Ann Fam Med. 2022; 20(6):512-8. Epub 2022 Nov 28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2881

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Recent ICES Grants

Evaluating palliative and end-of-life care for Canadians living with schizophrenia

Principal investigators: Fiedorowicz JG, Tanuseputro P
Co-investigators: Bolton JM, Bonares M, Buchman D, Bush S, Chochinov HM, Downar J, Edwards JD, Franck C, Hatcher S, Isenberg SR, Kurdyak PA, Lawlor PG, Li W, ; Mahar AL, Solmi M, Webber C, Wellman MK

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2025; $428,400

Prescribing cascades: putting the pieces together to optimize prescribing

Principal investigators: Hillmer M, Rochon PA
Co-investigators: Austin PC, Bell CM, Giannakeas V, Gruneir A, Hayes A, McCarthy L, Savage R, Stall NM

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2024; $493,425

The impact of inter-hospital transfer on aortic dissection outcomes

Principal investigator: McClure S
Co-investigators: Brogly S, Payne D, Ribeiro I, Rommens K

Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Internal Grant
2021-2022; $22,237

Recent Awards & Recognition

Early Career Researcher of the Year Award – Public Health and Epidemiology

2022: Awarded to Dr. Sarina Isenberg by the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Read more

11/28/2022

Canada Research Chair

2022: Dr. Marcelo Urquia Canada Research Chair in Applied Population Health renewed.

6/7/2022

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair

2022: Dr. Astrid Guttmann awarded Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Applied Child Health Services and Policy.

6/6/2022

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