Sarina Isenberg

Dr. Sarina Isenberg is the chair in mixed methods palliative care research at Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa, Canada. She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, adjunct professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, affiliate investigator in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and an adjunct scientist at ICES uOttawa.

Dr. Isenberg’s mixed methods research focuses on examining access to palliative care for marginalized and non-cancer populations, and testing ways to improve access and quality of care. She often uses the following methods: cohort studies using large health administrative datasets; cost effectiveness analysis using administrative and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) data; systematic reviews and meta-syntheses; qualitative and mixed methods studies with patients, caregivers, and health professionals; participatory design; and arts-based knowledge translation.

Dr. Isenberg has been a co-principal and a co-investigator on 41 research projects (totaling $12 million) supported by national and international grant funding agencies. She has published over 73 peer-reviewed publications (30 articles as first/last author). Her achievements in research have been recognized by a number of awards, including the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine Early Career Researcher of the Year Award – Public Health and Epidemiology (2022), the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine Award of Excellence in Research – New Investigator (2022), and the American Association of Hospice Palliative Medicine Research Scholars Program (2020). She completed her PhD in social and behavioural sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.