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Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

The Primary Care and Health Systems Research Program investigates the accessibility, timeliness, equity and effectiveness of the primary and acute care systems.

Program Overview

Program Lead: Liisa Jaakkimainen
Program Coordinator: [email protected]

Program scientists collaborate with data partners and researchers across Ontario, and have developed analytic methods to examine the patient experience, evaluate chronic disease management within primary care, measure the delivery, integration and coordination of care across the healthcare system and identify team structures that support quality primary care and care transitions.

ICES Scientists for
Primary Care & Health Systems Research

Explore our directory of ICES Scientists who support province-wide research collaboration.

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Publications

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Grants

Grant
2024 – 2028

Access to primary care services, preventive care, chronic disease management and patient outcomes in alternative primary care remuneration models

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Sarma S
Co-Investigators
Clemens K, Jaakkimainen L
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$596,700
Grant
2024 – 2028

Interprofessional primary care teams and quintuple-aim outcomes: Longitudinal investigation

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Sarma S
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$520,200
Grant
2024 – 2027

Identifying opportunities for increasing access to palliative care across the health care system

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Howard M
Co-Investigators
Seow H, Pereira J, Baker A, Jaakkimainen L, Gallagher E
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$416,924
Grant
2024 – 2027

Multi-Provincial Surveillance Systems for Post-COVID-19 Condition and Outcomes (MSPCo)

Granting Agency
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Principal Investigators
Janjua N
Co-Investigators
Quinn K
Grant Type
Program Grant
Grant Amount
$1,924,365
Grant
2023 – 2024

Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) in the prevention of long-term cardiovascular outcomes: The paxloviD Effectiveness For the prEvention of loNg coviD (DEFEND) clinical trial

Granting Agency
Long COVID Web
Principal Investigators
Quinn K
Co-Investigators
Verma A, Razak F
Grant Type
Innovation Fund
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2022 – 2023

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physician supply of virtual and in-person mental healthcare services across reformed primary care payment models in Ontario

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Some N
Co-Investigators
Agic B, Ali S, Anderson K, de Oliveira C, Wells S
Grant Type
Catalyst Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2022 – 2023

Monitoring inequities in the utilization of preventative services at the local decision-making level: developing a practical approach using cancer screening data in Ontario

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Ali S
Co-Investigators
Asaria M, Cookson R, Hajizadeh M, Stranges S, Wilk P
Grant Type
Catalyst Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2022 – 2023

Formation of Ontario Health Teams and quadruple-aim outcomes: quasi-experimental evaluation

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Sarma S
Co-Investigators
Garg A
Grant Type
Catalyst Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2021 – 2025

Development of a validated method to identify patients with chronic pain in electronic medical records and administrative health data to advance clinical research and patient care

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Gilron I, Green ME
Co-Investigators
Barber D, Choinière M, DeBow C, Greiver M, Jaakkimainen RL, Khan JS, Lacasse A, Simpson A, Slater MB, Williamson T, Wong ST
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$673,200
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Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition
02/12/2024

CIHR-ICRH/CCCS Distinguished Lecturer Award in Critical Care Sciences

2024: Awarded to Dr. Robert Fowler for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of critical care sciences in Canada.

Awards & Recognition
16/10/2023

Canada Research Chair in Primary Healthcare and Health Equity (CIHR Tier 1)

2023: Awarded to Dr. Maria Mathews for the project “Enhancing health equity through primary health-care research.” Read more

Awards & Recognition
25/09/2023

Ontario Medical Foundation Award

The Foundation awarded $42,500 to Dr. Ivers to study physician burnout. Dr. Ivers work will look at training family physicians to act as peer guides for their colleagues to help them address practice issues.

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Awards & Recognition
31/12/2022

Polanyi Prize

2022: Dr. Kieran Quinn awarded Polanyi Prize in Physiology and Medicine. The prizes are awarded annually to early-career researchers making significant, ground-breaking contributions to Ontario’s research sector.

Awards & Recognition
29/12/2022

Officer of the Order of Canada

2022: Dr. Andreas Laupacis named a Fellow of the Order of Canada for his contributions to the field of medicine and to healthcare initiatives in Canada and internationally.

Awards & Recognition
14/01/2022

AMS Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence

2022: Awarded to Dr. Bridget Ryan by AMS Healthcare in partnership with the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit. Read more.

Awards & Recognition
06/01/2022

Graham Farquaharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship

2022: Awarded to Dr. Imaan Bayoumi by the PSI Foundation. This fellowship provides salary support for a new investigator who has demonstrated the ability to successfully complete high impact knowledge translation research. Read more.

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Discover ICES Research Programs

ICES’ wide-ranging research is organized into eight major programs. These programs support province-wide research collaboration and networking, as well as strategy development and resource planning.

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