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Douglas Manuel

Senior Core Scientist (Full Status) ICES uOttawa Populations & Public Health Research Program

Biography

Doug Manuel is a public health specialist and a senior scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He is a professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a clinician scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute. For the past 25 years, Dr. Manuel has been a primary care clinician in rural and remote Canadian communities. His current practice is with refugees at the Ottawa Newcomer Clinic. He joined ICES in 1999 and is currently a senior core scientist.

  • FRCPC, Public Health
  • MSc, Epidemiology, University of Toronto
  • MD, Dalhousie University
  • BSc, Chemistry, Dalhousie University
  • Health services research
  • Primary care/Clinical practice
  • Chronic diseases and conditions
  • Rural medicine
  • Distinguished University Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
  • Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
  • Professor, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa
  • Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  • Clinician Scientist, Bruyère Research Institute

ICES Grants

Grant
2024 - 2028

Understanding and improving patient safety for older adults in retirement homes

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Backman C, Manuel D
Co-Investigators
Bonares M, Costa A, Dash D, Engel F, Fisher S, Fung S, Isenberg S, Johnston S, Karunananthan S, Kehoe MacLeod K, Kobewka D, Li W, Manis D, Maskerine C, Sinha S, Syrowatka A, Tanuseputro P, Wang T-F, Webber C
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$543,142
Grant
2021 - 2025

Investigating the impact of cannabis retail policies on health harms and benefits

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Perlman CM, Pinto AD, Taljaard M, Tanuseputro P
Co-Investigators
Brown CR, Hobin EP, Manuel DG, Myran D, Wilson K
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$382,500
Grant
2021 - 2025

Continuity of care at the end of life: describing patterns, experiences and outcomes and finding optimal ways to capture

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Howard MI, Isenberg SR
Co-Investigators
Downar J, Gallagher E, Hsu AT, Jones AT, Manuel DG, Tanuseputro P, Webber C
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$336,600
Grant
2021 - 2022

Incidence and risk factors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and related adverse health outcomes among Ontario long-term care residents and marginalized older community-dwelling adults with COVID-19 (I-CARE)

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Daneman N, MacFadden DR, Maxwell CJ, Mishra S, Schwartz KL
Co-Investigators
Brooks JI, Bowdish DM, Bronskill SE, Burrows LL, Langford BJ, Leung E, Leung V, Manuel DG, McGeer AJ, Morris AM, Nott C, Raybardhan S, So M, Soucy J
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$308,904
Grant
2021 - 2022

Connection to perinatal care for the management of maternal non-communicable diseases: the CONNECT Project

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
El-Chaar D, Fell DB
Co-Investigators
Corsi DJ, Dayan N, D'Souza RD, Edwards WJ, Guo Y, Hawken S, Keely EJ, Manuel DG, Muldoon KA, Pham-Huy A, Presseau J, Walker MC, Wen SW, Wise L
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2021 - 2022

Health equity and the post COVID-19 condition

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Hawken S, Kendall C, Tanuseputro P
Co-Investigators
Bayoumi AM, Bloch G, Boucher LM, Dahrouge S, Funnell S, Hsu AT, Kiran T, Kitagawa K, Lofters AK, Manuel DG, Myran D, Ponka D, Rayner J, Shoemaker ES, Smith B, Wanigaratne S, Zygmunt AJ
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$221,728
Grant
2019 - 2021

Understanding and predicting long-term outcomes of older adults undergoing cancer surgery

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Coburn N, Hallet J
Co-Investigators
Chesney T, Davis LE, Gotlib Conn L, Haas B, Mahar AL, Manuel DG, Menjak IB, Wright FC, Zuk V
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$248,625
Grant
2019 - 2020

Development and external validation of a personalized model to predict survival in esophageal cancer patients

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Coburn N
Co-Investigators
Compton CC, Darling GE, Davis LE, Decker KM, Gupta V, Hess K, Hsu AT, Kidane B, Mahar AL, Manuel DG, Ringash J, Turner DC
Grant Type
Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2018 - 2022

Optimizing Canada’s Healthcare for REfugees (OCHRE)

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Glazier R, Guttmann A, Rayner J
Co-Investigators
Evans A, de Oliveira C, Isaranuwatchai W, Kurdyak P, Manuel D, Saunders N, Stukel T, Urquia M, Wiedmeyer H
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$585,224
Grant
2018 - 2021

Physician care at the end of life: describing patterns of care and evaluating outcomes

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Howard M, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P
Co-Investigators
Bronskill S, Downar J, Hsu A, Manuel D, Shadd J
Grant Type
Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount
$284,006
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Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition
01/06/2008

CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health

2008-2013: Awarded to Dr. Doug Manuel for his research on "Population Health Impact Intervention Assessment Tools (PHIIAT)."

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Journal Articles

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Contact Details

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Douglas Manuel

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@doug_manuel

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