Association of preoperative beta-blocker interruption on postoperative morbidity and mortality: a historical cohort study
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ICES Western
ICES Western launched in December 2012 as a collaborative initiative of the Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Healthcare London to foster partnerships between researchers, healthcare providers, patients and healthcare administrators.
Key Contacts at ICES Western
Site Director: Kristin Clemens
Associate Director: Salimah Shariff
Privacy, Risk and Compliance Analyst: Theresa FitzGerald
Local Lead Analyst: TBA
Facility Administrator: Anisa Aden
Mailing Address
- 800 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario N6A 5W9
Grants
Grant
2025 – 2029
Youth-emerging mental disorders: Comprehensive analysis of long-term health, mortality, and socioeconomic outcomes across 4 Canadian provinces
- Granting Agency
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Principal Investigators
- Orri M, Anderson K, de Oliveira C, Gadermann A, Wang J
- Co-Investigators
- Colman I, Côté S, Georffroy M, Gifuni A, Iyer S, Lepage M, Palaniyappan L, Platt R, Sauvé G, Uher R
- Grant Type
- Project Grant
- Grant Amount
- $868,276
Grant
2025 – 2029
Understanding the evolution of psychotic disorders and related outcomes among first-generation migrant groups
- Granting Agency
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Principal Investigators
- Anderson K
- Co-Investigators
- Chiu M, Edwards J, Kurdyak P, Lizotte D, Rotenberg M, Wylie L
- Grant Type
- Project Grant
- Grant Amount
- $604,352
Grant
2025 – 2027
In-hospital management of glycemic emergencies and 30-day outcomes among patients experiencing homelessness
- Granting Agency
- Lawson Health Research Institute
- Principal Investigators
- Shariff S
- Co-Investigators
- Dixon S, Clemens K, Booth R, Verma A, Razak F, Yan J
- Grant Type
- Operating Grant
- Grant Amount
- $20,000
Grant
2025 – 2026
Healthy cities, healthy minds: Investigating the role of neighbourhood social fragmentation and gentrification on the risk of psychotic disorders
- Granting Agency
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Principal Investigators
- Anderson K, Rotenberg M
- Co-Investigators
- Abraham Z, Edwards J, Graffi J, Ku B, Kurdyak P, Rodrigues R
- Grant Type
- Operating Grant
- Grant Amount
- $100,000
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
Closing cardiovascular care gaps in women with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease
- Granting Agency
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Principal Investigators
- Clemens K
- Co-Investigators
- Shariff S, Zinman B, Woodward M, Hockham C, Ahmed S, Vinson A, Moist L
- Grant Type
- Operating Grant
- Grant Amount
- $276,812
Grant
2024 – 2026
Sociodemographic disparities in epilepsy care in children: A long-term outcome comparison between those who have or have not undergone epilepsy surgery
- Granting Agency
- Children's Health Research Institute
- Principal Investigators
- Nouri MN
- Co-Investigators
- Guarasci E
- Grant Type
- Internal Research Grant Fund (IRGF)
- Grant Amount
- $30,000
Grant
2024 – 2026
Osteoporosis management and fracture risk in Parkinson’s disease
- Granting Agency
- Western University Bone and Joint Institute
- Principal Investigators
- Fleet J
- Co-Investigators
- Cadarette S, Holmes J, Shariff S
- Grant Type
- Project Grant
- Grant Amount
- $34,449
Awards & Recognitions
Awards & Recognition
16/08/2024
CIHR Health System Impact Program Early Career Researcher Award
2024-28: Awarded to Dr. Danielle Nash by CIHR-IHSPR. The award enables Dr. Nash to collaborate with the Ontario Renal Network to conduct research focusing on improving the quality of care for patients living with chronic kidney disease and to advance the Ontario Renal Network’s learning health system.
Awards & Recognition
31/12/2023
Western IDI
2023: Awarded to Dr. Sheikh Abdullah for projects on high-throughput computing and machine learning, highlighting its impact and innovation in large-scale data analysis.
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
04/10/2023
American Society of Mineral and Bone Research Young Investigator Award
Awards & Recognition
08/05/2023
Dean’s Award of Excellence
2023: Awarded to Dr. Kristin Clemens by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Dr. Clemens is the recipient of the 2023 Dean's Award of Excellence for early career faculty in research and innovation.
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
31/12/2021
MITACS Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
2021: Awarded to Dr. Sheikh Abdullah for the project Identifying high-risk medications associated with kidney diseases in older patients: a visual analytics approach.
Awards & Recognition
14/05/2021
Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research
2021: Awarded to Dr. Amit Garg by Western University. The prize is the university’s highest distinction for sustained excellence in research.
Awards & Recognition
21/12/2020
Canada Research Chair
2020: Dr. Kelly Anderson named Canada Research Chair in Public Mental Health Research.
Scientists at
ICES Western
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ICES Sites & Contacts
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