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MSc Thesis Topics

Clinical Epidemiology – MSc	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
Predictors of Partial Nephrectomy Utilization and Inequities of Care in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Canada	Robert Abouassaly	Shabbir Alibhai	2010
Influence of Length of Time to Diagnosis and Treatment on the Survival of Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Hodgkin disease: A Population-based Study	Jillian Margaret Baker	Teresa To	2010
Continuity of Care, Emergency Department Visits and Readmission in Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study using Propensity Score Matching	Corine Elizabeth Carlisle	Teresa To	2010
Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Intestinal Failure on Home Parenteral Nutrition	Megan Nicole Carricato	Paul Wales	2010
Assessment of Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) Questionnaire for use in Patients following Neck Dissection for Head and Neck Cancer	David Goldstein	Aileen Davis	2010
A Population-based Study on the Association of Standardized Protocols in the Emergency Department for Childhood Asthma with Outcomes in Ontario, Canada	Patricia Tak-Sam Li	Astrid Guttmann	2010
Recombinant HBsAg Vaccine in Persons with HIV: Is Seroconversion Sufficient for Long-term Protection?	Jeff Earl Powis	Sharon Walmsley	2010
Comparison of Different Strategies for the Managem ent of Febrile Neutropenia in Children – A Cost- utility Analysis	Marc Oliver Teuffel	Lillian Sung	2010
Health Utilization Patterns of Colonic Stents in in Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Population- based Cohort Analysis	Charlie Shihn Kaai Wang	Lawrence Paszat	2010
Risk of Stroke in Older Women Treated for Early Invasive Breast Cancer, Tamoxifen vs. Aromatase Inhibitors: A Population based Retrospective Cohort Study	Don Thiwanka Dilshan Wijeratne	Paula Rochon	2010
A Hierarchical Analysis of Trial of Labour in Ontario: Do Women, Doctors or Hospitals Choose?	Michelle Wise	Geoff Anderson	2010
Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases in Older Patients: a Decision Analysis	Simon Yie Yang	Calvin Law	2010
Inhaled Hypertonic Saline (7%) Improves the Lung Clearance Index in CF Paediatric Patients with FEV1% predicted greater than or less than 80%	Reshma Amin	Mary Corey	2009
Risk of Acute Complications of Diabetes Among People with Schizophrenia in Ontario	Taryn Becker	Janet Hux	2009
Function and Health Status Outcomes Following Soft Reconstruction for Limb Preservation in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma	Kristen Davidge	Aileen David	2009
A tailored Knowledge Translation Strategy to Increase Compliance with Guideline Recommendations for Preoperative Bowel Preparation	Cagla Eskicioglu	Robin McLeod	2009
Hemorrhage During Warfarin Therapy Associated with Co-trimoxazole and Other Urinary Tract Anti- infectives	Hadas Daisy Fischer	Andreas Laupacis	2009
Long-Term Outcomes in Young Adult Survivors of Colorectal Cancer: A Population-based Study	Shawn Samuel Forbes	David Urbach	2009
Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Receiving Tamoxifen	Catherine Kelly	Lawrence Paszat	2009
Injury and Neighborhood Marginalization: Does it Matter Where you Live?	Patricia Lee	David Urbach	2009
Vitamin D Deficiency as a Nutritional Child Health Determinant	Jonathon L. Maguire	Patricia Parkin	2009
The Ontario Structures of Care in Colorectal Cancer Surgery Study (OSCRC): Assessing Hospital Level Variation and Impact on Short Term Patient Outcomes	Rahima Nenshi	David Urbach	2009
The Nerve of Osteoarthritis Pain: Neuropathic Pain Symptoms in a Community Knee OA Cohort	Jacqueline Regan Hochman	Gillian Hawker	2009
The Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infections	Nick Daneman	Donald Redelmeier	2008
Norfloxacin for Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: A Pilot Study of a Rare Disease	Samir Gupta	Ahmed Bayoumi	2008
Time-to-alarm for Intravenous Infusion Pumps: Implications and Safety for Critically Ill Patients	Roy Ilan	Ed Etchells	2008
Predictors of Cardiovascular Events and Death in Paediatric Renal Transplant Recipients	Susan Mathew Koshy	Alexandar G. Logan	2008
Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences: Exploring Obstacles and Facilitators to their Establishment and Function	Nicole Look Hong	Lawrence Paszat	2008
Concerns, Desires and Expectations of Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comparison of Patients’, Parents’ and Surgeons’ Perspectives	Unni Gopalakrishnan Narayanan	James Wright	2008
Pre- and Perinatal Morbidity in Children with Tourette Sydrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Case Control Study	Tamara Pringsheim	Paul O’Connor	2008
Processes of Care after Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Ontario	Jensen Tan	David Hodgson/ Calvin Law	2008
The Impact of Patient, Physician and Centre Factors on Successful Treatment with Peritoneal Dialysis in Individuals with End-stage Kidney Disease in Ontario: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study	Mala Chidambaram	Andreas Laupacis	2007
Surgical Management of Locally Advanced Colorectal Cancer: A Population-based Study	Anand Govindarajan	David Hodgson	2007
Exercise Consultation: Can it Increase Activity Levels and Improve Metabolic Markers in Obese Adolescents? A Pilot Study	Melanie Henderson	Janet Hux	2007
Time to Treatment for New Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Major Metropolitan City	Shahin Jamal	Claire Bombardier	2007
Do Doctors Follow the Provincial and National Guidelines for the Management of Low Grade Cervical Smear Abnormalities? A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study	Rachel Kupets	Vivek Goel	2007
Development and Validation of a Model to Predict Creatinine Clearance in Critically Ill Paediatric Patients	Tak-Wo Winnie Seto	Elaine Wang	2007
Local Anesthesia (Topical Amethocaine Gel 4%) for Intramuscular Injection in Term Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Vibhuti Shah	Arne Ohlsson	2007
Critical Events during out-of-hospital Air-medical Patient Transport in Ontario: A Retrospective Study	Jeffrey Singh	Michael Schull	2007
The Measurement of Change in Symptoms after Paracentesis of Symptomatic Malignant Ascites	Alexandra Easson	Andrea Bezjak	2006
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Low-Dose Dopamine for Renal Dysfunction and a Simulation Study to Evaluate the Ratio of Means as a New Method for Analyzing Continuous Variables in Meta-Analyses	Jan Friedrich	Joseph Beyene	2006
Long-Term Life Expectancy for after Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Patients after Hospitalization in Ontario, Canada	Dennis Ko	Jack V. Tu	2006
Descriptive Evaluation of the Section 8 Process for Interferon Treatment of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C in Ontario Defense	Kenneth Locke	Allan Detsky	2006
Health Services for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Evaluating the Use of Antireflux Surgery in Ontario	Steven Lopushinsky	David Urbach	2006
The Effect of In Utero Tobacco Exposure on the Fetal Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis	Sarah McDonald	Arne Ohlsson	2006
Tracking Outcomes from First Episode Psychosis in Ontario – A Descriptive Multicentre Study Examining the Outcomes and Predictors of Outcome in Four First Episode Psychosis Programs	Natasja Menezes	Elizabeth Lin	2006
The Impact of Therapeutic Modality on Outcomes Following Repair of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: An Administrative Data Analysis	Cian J. O’Kelly	David Urbach	2006
Clinicians’ Decisions to Use and Misuse Long-Acting Nitrates in the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes	Yashesh Patel	Allan Detsky	2006
Influence of Satellite Dialysis Units on Utilization and Modality Selection	Suma Prakash	Janet Hux	2006
Socioeconomic Status and Health Outcomes amongst Ontario Infants with Complex Chronic Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study	Chengning Wang	Paul Dick	2006
Long Term Effects of a Home Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on LDL Cholesterol and Exercise Tolerance: Comparison of Men and Women	Beth Abramson	Sandra Donnelly	2005
Development and Validation of Transfusion Risk Understanding Scoring Tool (TRUST) to Stratify Cardiac Surgery Patients According to their Blood Transfusion Needs	Abdullah Alghamdi	Alexander Logan	2005
The Prognostic Effect of Lipids on the Outcome of Early-Stage Breast Cancer	Mala Bahl	Pamela Goodwin	2005
Evaluation of Computerized Interpretation of Pediatric Electrocardiograms	Christine Chiu-Man	Brian McCrindle	2005
Classification and Measurement of Speed and Amplitude Impairments in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study	Alberto Espay	Dorcas Beaton / Andreas Maetzel	2005
Development of Guidelines for Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials of Herbal Medicine Interventions	Joel Gagnier	Claire Bombardier	2005
Surveillance Mammography of the Contralateral Breast Following a Total Mastectomy for Breast Cancer	Corona Gainford	Kathleen Pritchard	2005
Prognostic Factors for First Clinical Fracture in Patients with Primary Osteoporosis: Analyses of Data from the Canadian Database of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia	Olga Gajic-Veljanoski	Angela Cheung	2005
Comparison of Amitriptyline and Placebo for the Reduction of Pain in Children with Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Serial N-of-1 Trials to Estimate Population Effect	Adam Huber	Brian Feldman	2005
An exploration of responsiveness to change pf psychosocial, quality of life and pain measures to supportive-expressive group therapy intervention, improvement in mood and progression of disease in women with metastatic breast cancer	Julie Lemieux	Allan Detsky	2005
Diabetes and the Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Population-Based Study	Lorraine Lipscombe	Janet Hux	2005
What Factors Guide Physicians’ Transfusion Decisions during Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery? A National Survey	Nadine Shehata	Gary Naglie	2005
Preferences for Short Term versus Long Term Androgen Deprivation in Prostate Cancer Survivors	Derek Wilke	Allan Detsky	2005
Topical Nasal Steroids versus Cryotherapy in Vasomotor Rhinitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial	Ian Witterick	Sharon Abel	2005
Prognostic Significance of Cardiac-Specific Troponins in Patients Hospitalized for Congestive Heart Failure	John You	Jack Tu	2005
Trends in Unintentional Injury Mortality in Canadian Children Influence of Socioeconomic Status	Catherine Birken	Colin Macarthur	2004
Reliability Assessment of Measures Used in HIV Lipodystrophy	Rodrigo Cavalcanti	Allan Detsky	2004
Evaluating the Hyperactivity/Inattention Sub-Scale of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth	Alice Charach	Teresa To	2004
Youth at Risk in the Wilderness	Christopher Denny	Donald Redelmeier	2004
Antihypertensive Drug Therapy and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in an Elderly Cohort	Rajdeep Padwal	Andreas Laupacis	2004
Validation of the IMPACT Questionnaire for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Sensibility, Validity and Reliability Testing in a Paediatric Cohort	Anthony Otley	Hillary Steinhart	2004
Predictors of Axillary Nodal Dissection in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ	Eileen Rakovitch	Vivek Goel	2004
Prognostic model based on multiple logistic regression analysis (MLRA) for prediction of outcome within the first four hours after birth of a term infant with post-asphyxial hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	Prakeshkumar Shah	Arne Ohlsson	2004
Investigating the Factors That Attract and Dissuade Canadian Medical Students from A Career in Internal Medicine	Katina Tzanetos	Murray Krahn	2004
Evaluation of an Internet-Based Communication Tool for the Management of Patients with Heart Failure A Pilot Study	Robert Wu	Allan Detsky	2004
Patterns of Use and Adverse Events Associated with Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Older Adults with Dementia	Sudeep Gill	Paula Rochon	2003
The Impact Of Diagnostic Uncertainty On Antibiotic Prescribing For Pediatric Respiratory Tract Infection	Sandra Arnold	Elaine Wang	2003
Mitral Repair versus Replacement for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation	Osman Al-Radi	Jack Tu	2003
Influence of Workplace Factors on Depression-Related Short-Term Disability and Return to Work	Michelle Caveen	Paula Goering	2003
Strategies for Pilot Trials Assessing Potentially Equivalent Therapies The Example of a Phase II Trial of Low Dose Platelet Transfusions	Mark Walker	Allan Detsky	2003
Impact of a Goal-Oriented, Protocol-Driven Program with Home Telemonitoring on the Blood Pressure of Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension Defense Date September 4, 2003	Kerryam Al-Suwaida	Alexander Logan	2003
Does the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) Correlate with Admission to Hospital from the Emergency Department	Julie Spence	Laurie Morrison	2003
A Randomised Controlled Trial of Nasopharyngeal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Versus Infant Flow Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Extubation of Babies ≤ 1250 Grams	Henry Roukema	Arne Ohlsson	2003
Development of Diagnostic Criteria for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Brent Graham	James Wright	2003
Coronary Revascularization in the Renal Transplant Candidate	Aziz Walele	Alexander Logan	2003
Predictors of Survival Following Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Ontario	Andrew Dueck	Andreas Laupacis	2003
Factors Associated with the Initiation of Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection	Andrea Gershon	Allison McGeer / Ahmed Bayoumi	2003
Strategies for Pilot Trials Assessing Potentially Equivalent Therapies The Example of a Phase II Trial of Low Dose Platelet Transfusions	Alan Tinmouth	Ian Tannock	2003

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Health Services Research – MSc	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
Balancing Risk-taking and Safety Among Patients, Families, and Clinicians During Transitions in Care from Brain Injury	Angelina Lenton Andreoli	G. Ross Baker	2010
Should Hepatitis B Screening Be Added to the United States Immigration Medical Exam? A Cost- utility Model	Jaclyn Beca	Jeff Hoch	2010
Preeclampsia in HIV Positive Pregnant Women on Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy: A Matched Cohort Study	Talar Boyajian	Kellie Murphy	2010
Pandemics in the Age of Twitter: A Content Analysis of the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak	Cynthia Chew	Gunther Eysenbach	2010
Peace Through Health: Theory and Practice of the International Pediatric Emergency Medicine Elective (IPEME)	Zachary Charles David Kuehner	Rhonda Cockerill	2010
Patients’ Incidental Access to their Hospital Paper Medical Records; What do Patients Think?	Shadi Mossaed	Gunther Eysenbach	2010
Care Transitions from the Patient Perspective: A Focus on the Communication of Discharge Instructions	Laura Robin Quigley	Water Wodchis	2010
Describing and Assessing the Views of Transplant Professionals in Ontario about Directed Organ Donations from Deceased Donors: A Qualitative Study	Kelley Andrew Ross	Barbara Secker	2010
Social Capital and the Health Services Utilization of Immigrants in Canada	Deborah Samek	Audrey Laporte	2010
The Role of Champions in the Implementation of Patient Safety Practice Change	Stephanie Soo	Whitney Berta & G. Ross Baker	2010
Development of the Diabetes Complication Surveillance System (DCSS)	Shuo Wang	Sandra Donnelly	2010
What Do Patients Want to Know? Determining the Information Needs of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Microdiscectomy	Ali Zahrai	Valerie Palda	2010
Factors Affecting the Implementation of Complex and Evolving Techniques: A multiple case study of Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in Ontario	Katarzyna Bak	Mark Dobrow	2009
Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) Framework: Application to the Fracture Fighters Program	Vinita Bansod	Susan Jaglal	2009
Health Technology Assessment of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Testing for Guiding 6-Mercaptopurine Doses in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	Jennifer Renee Donnan	Wendy Ungar	2009
The Impact of E-Health Adoption and Investment on Health Outcomes: A Study using Secondary Analysis	Nancy Gill	Kevin Leonard	2009
An Economic Evaluation of HIV-associated Facial Lipoatrophy Treatments: A Cost-Utility Analysis	Sirianong Peyasantiwong	Peter Coyte	2009
Initial Flare Symptoms Resulting from Use of LHRH Agonist in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation	Yeesha Poon	Eric Nauenberg	2009
A Comparison of the Costs of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in the Management of Early-stage Breast Cancer in Ontario	Bryan John Wells	Peter Coyte	2009
A Systematic Review of Teleradiology for Remote Neurosurgical Evaluation of Patients in Facilities Without Neurosurgery Specialists	Dinsie B. Williams	Andreas Laupacis	2009
Adverse Drug Reactions in the Emergency Department Population in Ontario: Analysis of National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and Discharge Abstract Database 2003-2007	Chen Wu	Walter Wodchis	2009
The Influence of Age and Sector on the Occupational Therapists Labour Market in Ontario	Robyn Hastie	Raisa Deber	2009
Physicians Practicing in Ontario Long-term Care Homes: Charcteristics and Variation in Antipsychotic Prescribing Rates	Jonathan Lam	Susan Bronskill	2009
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Capecitabine and Folfox for the Adjuvant Treatment of Stage III Colon Cancer: Which is the More Cost-Effective Option in Ontario?	Margo Orchard	Jan Barnsley	2009
Adoption of a Clinical Innovation “Best Practices for Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders” in Ontario, a One-year Follow up	Tamara Lynn Kennedy-Macdonald	Rhonda Cockerill	2008
Socio-Economic Factors Related to Asthama Control and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children	Shannon Cope	Wendy Ungar	2007
An Evaluation of The Adoption and Diffusion of Surgical Innovations in Ontario Hospitals	Nathalie Danjoux	David Urbach/ Kevin Leonard	2007
Tools for Electronic Surveillance of Testicular Cancer (TEST): Understanding Patient Perspectives on Access to Electronic Medical Record (EMR)-Based Technology in a Cancer Follow-up Context	Ryan Groll	Michael Jewett/ Kevin Leonard	2007
Obesity and Health Service Utilization in Canada	Meghan McMahon	Audrey Laporte	2007
Pathology Report to Cancer Registries: The Evaluation of an Electronic Reporting System	Aaron Pollett	Kevin Leonard	2007
The Financial Impact of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: An Incremental Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis	Sue Lim	Audrey Laporte	2006
Performance Evaluation in Home and Community Care	Julie Polisena	Audrey Laporte	2006
Health As A Bridge to Peace: CISEPO as a Case Study	Dennis Scolnik	Paul Williams	2006
Validating an Occupational Therapist’s Assessment in a Pre-Diagnostic Clinic: A Strategy to Improve Access to Arthritis Care	Susanna Wing-Shan Tam	Peter Coyte	2006
Decision-Making Structures in Healthcare: A Case Study of Four Provinces in Canada	Heather Chappell	Raisa Deber	2005
Cost of Illness Study, Study of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy in Canada	Charles Piwko	Wendy Ungar	2005
Ethical Decision-Making in Bioscience Companies: Case Studies and a Comparative Analysis	Jocelyn Mackie	Peter Singer	2004
Clinical Teaching and Clinical Outcomes	Ophyr Mourad	Donald Redelmeier	2004
Predictors of Antiviral Therapy in a Cohort of Hepatitis C Patients	Maciej Witkos	Murray Krahn	2004
The Effects of Competition on Payments for Nursing Services to Private Home Care Provider Agencies	Dara Zarnett	Audrey Laporte	2004
The Economic Burden of Osteoarthritis in Ontario: A Patient’s Perspective.	Shamali Wickremaarachi	Peter Coyte	2003
The Socio-demographic Determinants of Place of Death for Seniors in Ontario	Sanober Motiwala	Peter Coyte	2003
Measuring Information Technology Cost Efficiency Among Academic Health Sciences Centres: A Benchmarking Study	Lorraine Pederson	Kevin Leonard	2003
The Relationships Among Perceptions of Healthcare Quality Culture, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Teaching Hospital Nurses	Mariatou Jallow	Michael Murray	2003
Priority Setting in Hospitals: An Evaluation of Strategic Planning at University Health Network	Shannon Madden	Douglas Martin	2003
Practical Considerations for the Surveillance of Multi-Drug- Resistant Organisms in the Hospital Setting	Michael Gardam	Allan Detsky	2003

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PhD Thesis Topics

Clinical Epidemiology – PhD	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
The Ontario Crohn’s and Colitis Cohort: Incidence and Outcomes of Childhood-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Ontario, Canada	Eric Ian Benchimol	Teresa To	2010
Predictors of Hospitalization among Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Ontario	Anne Louise Stephenson	Janet Hux	2010
Preoperative Internal Medicine Consultation for Elective Intermediate-to-high Risk Non-cardiac Surgery in Ontario	Duminda Nalaka Wijeysundera	Andreas Laupacis	2010
An Investigation of the Associations among Recovery, Key Illness Characteristics, and Bone Mineral Density in Women with a History of Anorexia Nervosa	Esther J. Waugh	Gillian Hawker	2009
The Impact of Depression on Outcomes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction	Paul Kurdyak	Paula Goering	2009
Peritoneal Dialysis & Hemodialysis: The Association between Choice and Mortality	Robert Quinn	Andreas Laupacis/ Janet Hux	2009
Assessment of Operative Strategies to Improve Coronary Bypass Graft Patency	Nimesh Desai	Allan Detsky	2008
The Association Between the Ownership Status of Ontario’s Long-term Care Homes and the Quality of Resident Care	Michael Powell Hillmer	Paula Rochon	2008
The Quality of Surgical Care for Radical Cystectomy in Ontario from 1992 to 2004	Girish Kulkarni	Andreas Laupacis Janet Hux	2008
Disability in the Context of HIV: Building a Foundation for an Instrument to Describe Disability Experienced by Adults Living with HIV	Kelly O’Brien	Ahmed Bayoumi	2008
Development, Evaluation and Application of a Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI)	Dan Turner	A. Hillary Steinhart	2008
Identifying the Optimal Treatment Among Common Non-Surgical Neck Pain Treatments	Gabrielle van der Velde	Sheilah Hogg-Johson	2008
Investigating Physician Bias as a Possible Explanation for Gender Disparity in the Utilization of Knee Anthroplasty Surgery	Cornelia Margret Borkhoff	James Wright	2007
The Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): A Retrospective Cohort Study of the Toronto SARS Outbreak	Matthew Paul Muller	Allison McGeer	2007
Cognitive Function in Cancer Patients After Chemotherapy	Janette Lorraine Vardy	Ian Tannock	2007
Non-Randomized Studies: An Evaluation of Search Strategies, Taxonomy and Comparative Effectiveness with Randomized Trials in the Field of Low-Back Pain	Andrea Dompier Furlan	Claire Bombardier	2006
A Study of Prognosis in Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study of the DATATOP Cohort	Laurie Constance Marras	Paula Rochon	2005
Description and Evaluation of the Origins and Consequences of Medication Error in Children	Christopher Parshuram	Andreas Laupacis / Ross Baker	2005
Differences between Primary and Specialist Care in the Utilization of Preventative Medications for Diabetic Patients in Ontario	Baiju Shah	Andreas Laupacis	2005
Translating Human Physiological Processes to Predict Clinical Outcomes via Computer Simulation	Waseem Sharieff	George Tomlinson	2005
The Physician-Patient Interaction and Colorectal Cancer Screening in Ontario	Tracey Asano	Robin McLeod	2004
An Exploration of the Determinants of Mortality Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients in Ontario, Canada	Doug Lee	Jack Tu	2004
A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Primary Therapist Model in the Management of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis	Linda Li	Claire Bombardier	2004
Medical Journals and the Culture of Clinical Care	Matthew Stanbrook	Donald Redelmeier	2004
A Study of Prognosis in Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study of the DATATOP Cohort	Lillian Sung	Brian Feldman	2004
HIV-Related Diarrhea: Measurement Issues and the Role of Lactose Intolerance	Jill Tinmouth	Richard Glazier	2004
The Effects of Isosorbide Mononitrate on Markers of Bone Turnover: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial	Sophie Jamal	Gillian Hawker	2003
The Clinical Epidemiology of Poisoning in Ontario	David Juurlink	Donald Redelmeier	2003
Ambulatory Mental Health Service Use In An Inner City Setting	Leah Steele	Richard Glazier	2003

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Health Policy – PhD	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
Homecare or Long-term Care? The Balance of Care in Urban and Rural Northwestern Ontario	Kerry Helen Kuluski	Paul Williams	2010
Governing Immunization in Canada	Catherine Ling Mah	Raisa Deber	2009
Primary Care Reform: A Case Study of Ontario	Monica Aggarwal	Paul Williams	2009
Behaviour in a Canadian Multi-payer, Multi-provider Health Care Market: The Case of the Physiotherapy Market in Ontario	Paul Holyoke	Raisa Deber	2009
Do Regional Models Matter? Resource Allocation to Home Care in the Canadian Provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick	Patricia Ann Conrad	Raisa Deber	2008
Successful Priority Setting: A Conceptual Framework and an Evaluation Tool	Shannon Sibbald	Douglas Martin	2008
An Examination of Policy Implications for Scope of Services and Geography for Telehealth	Nancy Kraetschmer	Raisa Deber	2007
Where do Nurses Work? Employment Patterns of Ontario Nurses by Sub-Sector, 1993-2003	Mohamad Alameddine	Raisa Deber	2006
A Conceptual Model of Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation: The Case Study of Long term Care in Ontario	Erin Gilbart	Paul Williams	2005
Physical Therapy Services in Ontario: Assessing A Changing Public / Private Mix	Michel Landry	Raisa Deber	2005
Characteristics of Cancer Patients Out-of-Pocket Costs in Ontario	Christopher Longo	Raisa Deber	2005
The Impact of Managed Competition on Home Care in Ontario: The Case of Rehabilitation Services and Professionals	Glen Randall	Paul Williams	2005
Policy By Default: How Changes In Ontario’s Home Care Sector Have Impacted Providers, Children and Families	Karen Spalding	Paul Williams	2005
Autonomy and Aids: Preferred Role in Decision-Making Among Individuals Registered with HIV/AIDS Observational Database	Sara Urowitz	Raisa Deber	2005
Context-Based Evidence-Based Decision-Making: Case Study of Evidence Utilization in the Development of Cancer Screening Policy	Mark Dobrow	Vivek Goel	2003
The Grassroots Ceiling: The Impact of State Policy Change on Home Support Nonprofits in Ontario and in Waterloo Region – Wellington-Dufferin (1958 – 2001). A Case Study	Tamara Daly	Raisa Deber	2003

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Health Services Organization and Management – PhD	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
Designing Randomized Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases	Lusine Abrahamyan	Brian Feldman	2010
Chronic Hepatitis C Viral Infection: Natural History and Treatment Outcomes	Ava Ayana John-Baptiste	Murray Krahn	2010
Chronic Hepatitis C Among Immigrants Living in Canada: Natural History, Disease Burden and Cost-effectiveness of Screening	Wendong Chen	Murray Krahn	2010
Health Expenditures, Time to Death and Age: A Study of Individual-level, Longitudinal Data to Identify the Combined Role of Age and Mortality in Determining Health Utilization of the Elderly	Greg Jason Payne	Peter Coyte	2010
Organizational Learning from Near Misses in Health Care	Lianne Patricia Jeffs	G. Ross Baker	2010
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Sustaining in Organizational Memory	Tazim Virani	Louise Lemieux-Charles	2009
The Role of Technology in Structuring Information Seeking in Health Professionals	Elizabeth Marie Borycki	Louise Lemieux-Charles	2008
Harm From Home Care: A Patient Safety Study Examining Adverse Events in Home Care	Nancy Anne Sears	Louise Lemieux-Charles	2008
Determinants of Self-Perceived Managerial Effectiveness in the Canarian Health Service	Pablo Hernandez-Marrero	Louise Lemieux-Charles	2006
Patient and Health Professional Perspectives on Performance Measurement in Oncology	Anna Gagliardi	Vivek Goel	2005
Factors that Motivate Hospital Nurse Middle Managers to Share Knowledge Related to Boundary Spanning Roles	Ena Howse	Louise Lemieux-Charles	2005
Organizational Commitment in a Health NGO in Pakistan	Laila Salim	David Zakus	2005
Collaborative and Competitive Relationships within an Integrated Public Sector Network	Peter Tsasis	Rhonda Cockerill	2004
The Role of Middle Managers in the Transmission and Integration of Organizational Culture: A Case Study in Merged Health Care Organization	Caterina Valentino	Ross Baker	2004

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Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation – PhD	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
The Development and Usability Evaluation of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Osteoporosis Disease Management	Monika Kastner	Sharon Straus	2010
Patients’ Perceptions of the Primary Care Characteristics in a Model of Interprofessional Patient-centred Collaboration Between Chiropractors and Physicians	Silvano Anthony Mior	Rhonda Cockerill	2010
The Impact of Adverse Events on Outcomes of Hospital Care and Sensitivity of Cost Estimates to Diagnostic Coding Error	Gavin John Wardle	Walter Wodchis	2010
Priority Setting for Expensive Biopharmaceuticals: An Analysis of Six Drug Case Studies	Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger	Douglas Kenneth Martin	2009
Priority Setting in Community Care Access Centres	Michele Kohli	Peter Coyte	2009
The Labour Supply of Unpaid Caregivers in Canada	Meredith Lilly	Peter Coyte	2008
A Knowledge Translation Intervention to Improve Cholesterol Management in Diabetes in Remote Aboriginal Communities	Onil Kumar Yves Bhattacharyya	Jan Barnsley	2007
Predictors of Treatment Delay in Depressive Disorders in Pakistan	Salim Sadruddin	Paula Goering	2007
Compensation Practices and Determinants of CEO Pay: The Case for Ontario Not-For-Profits Hospitals	Ellen Geesje Schraa	George Pink	2007
Examining the Relationship between Clinical Practice Guidlines and Hospital Efficiency	Moriah Shamian-Ellen	Adalsteinn Brown	2007
When Their Preschooler is Ill: The Experiences of Refugee and Refugee-Claimant Mothers	Ellen Olive Wahoush	Rhonda Cockerill	2007
Priority Settings in Ontario Hospitals	David Reeleder	Douglas Martin	2006
Evaluation of the Effect of a Diabetes Management Program on Continuity of Care in Shanghai	Xiaolin Wei	David Zakus	2005
Measuring Clinical Utilization and Outcomes in Ontario Emergency Departments	Patricia Mary Lindsay	Geoff Anderson	2003
Home Health Care Utilization and Determinants by Cancer Patients at the End of Life.	Doris Howell	Rhonda Cockerill	2003

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eHealth Innovation and Information Management- PhD	Student Name	Supervisor	Year
Usage and Non-usage Behaviour of eHealth Services Among Chinese Canadians Caring for a Family Member with Dementia	Mei-Lee Teresa Chiu	Gunther Eysenbach	2008
Supporting Recent Immigrants in Their Effort to Access Information On Health and Health-Related Services: The Case Of 211 Toronto	Andrea Cortinois	A. Jadad	2008
Facilitating Patient Self-Care Through Remote Patient Monitoring: Validation, Design, and Evaluation of an Intervention for Nocturnal Hemodialysis	Joseph A. Cafazzo	A. Jadad	2007
The Technological Transformation of Self-Care: A Patient-Driven Adaptation of the Technology Acceptance Model for Use in Evaluation of Patient-Accessible Electronic Medical Records	Warren Winkelman	Kevin Leonard	2006