Postdoctoal Award Competition Results 2003
Twenty-six applications were reviewed in the third competition for the CHSRF/CIHR Postdoctoral Awards within the CADRE program. This is a slight decrease from the number reviewed in the 2002 competition (26 versus 33) which may be attributed to six applications that were ineligible due to their clinical focus or their lack of decision-maker involvement.
Merit Review Process
The membership of the merit review panel was an equal mix of researchers and decision makers that balanced regional and disciplinary distribution and perspectives. The panel was chaired by Steven Lewis, and François Champagne performed scientific officer duties.
The merit review panel met February 13th and 14th, 2003 in Ottawa to assess the 26 applications received from across the country. Of these, sixteen were in health services, six in nursing and four in knowledge transfer. Seven applications were received from Quebec, 14 from Ontario and five from the western provinces.
Applicants Recommended for Funding
The panel recommended eleven applicants for funding. The Foundation currently has the funds to offer eight awards. Three candidates are on an internal reserve list.
Of the 11 candidates recommended, five are in the health services field, four are in nursing and two have a knowledge transfer focus.
Some of the candidates offered funding have yet to complete their PhDs. They must complete all of the requirements for their doctorates and take up the award within one year of the funding offer.
The recommended candidates are listed in alphabetical order:
Karen Benzies is working as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. She will be based at the University of Calgary during her postdoctoral work and will be co-supervised by Suzanne Tough and Nancy Edwards (of the University of Ottawa). Her research focus will be on the design and development of outcome evaluation and economic impact of multiple intervention programs for infants and children at high risk for
developmental delays and their families.
Nicole Bernier is currently working at the University of Montreal's Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (interdisciplinary health research group) and its Department of Social and Preventative Medicine. She will continue to be in this setting while doing postdoctoral work with her co-supervisors Louise Potvin and Marie-France Raynault (of the Montreal Regional Health Authority). Her research will focus on analyzing and comparing
provincial health policy reforms and the evolution of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia health budgets since the publication of the Lalonde report in 1974, in order to assess if public health mandates began to increase from this moment to encompass issues which had formerly been handled by social ministries.
Denise Bryant-Lukosius is completing her PhD in the Faculty of Health Science, Nursing at McMaster University. She will do postdoctoral work at McMaster University with her co-supervisors Alba DiCenso (from McMaster University) and Lesley Degner (from the University of Manitoba). Her program will examine the advanced practice nursing (APN) roles and expected outcomes for Ontario cancer programs, and will define a new model of care and APN role for
advanced prostate cancer. She ultimately plans to develop an evaluation template with patient, healthcare provider, and healthcare system outcome indicators relevant to identified goals for introducing APN roles in Ontario cancer programs.
Ruth Hall is currently working at the Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Unit. Her postdoctoral research will be done at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences with her co-supervisors Geoffrey Anderson (of the University of Toronto and ICES) and Peter Coyte (of the University of Toronto). Her program will allow her to gain a better understanding of hospital financing in order to develop an integrated funding methodology for post-acute
homecare and hospital care.
Mylène Kosseim is completing her PhD in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University. She will do postdoctoral work at the University of Montreal with her co-supervisors Jean-Louis Denis and Denis Roy (of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec). Her program will examine regional and provincial elements that contribute to the successful implementation of an integrated network, develop a
decision-support tool for health services organizations and develop strategies to optimize research use.
Linda Li (award offered but declined) is completing her PhD in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She will do postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta with co-supervisors Carole Estabrooks (of the Faculty of Nursing) and Karen Golden-Biddle (of the Faculty of Business). Her program will examine and provide a measurement framework for how research information is used in the practice of
physiotherapy.
Patrice Lindsay (award offered but declined) is completing her PhD in Health Services Research the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She will do postdoctoral research at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences with her co-supervisors Vivek Goel and Andreas Laupacis. Her program will include the development of an evaluative framework for telemedicine, application of this framework to the
Telestroke program, and an analysis of specialist use patterns with the establishment of telemedicine.
Mary Ellen Macdonald is completing her PhD at the Medical Anthropology Department at McGill University. She will do postdoctoral work in the McGill University Health Centre with co-supervisors Stephen Liben (of the Montreal Children's Hospital) and Robin Cohen (of the Palliative Care at McGill). Her program will look at pediatric palliative care issues and will build end-of-life care policies for families confronted with the life-threatening illness
of a child.
Anu MacIntosh-Murray is completing her PhD in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. She will do postdoctoral work in the Knowledge Translation Program at the University of Toronto with her supervisor Dave Davis. Her program will look at translating knowledge about information behaviour research in order to use this knowledge to suggest healthcare organizational improvements.
Sara Tedford is completing her PhD in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University. She will do postdoctoral work at the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis at McMaster University with her supervisor Julia Abelson. Her program will look at designing and evaluating methods for increasing meaningful citizen participation in health governance in rural, remote and northern communities in Canada.
Carole White (award offered but declined) is completing her PhD in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University. She will fo postdoctoral work in the Centre for Clinical and Research Informatics at McGill University with her co-supervisors Robyn Tamblyn and Patricia O'Connor. Her program will look at steps in the creation of an eletronic nursing effectiveness trials prototype which will be an online system to support the study
of nursing interventions within the context of clinical care. Specifically, she will be looking at coding issues and barriers and facilitators to the adoption of the system.