The POWER Study Investigators are listed below. Please note that affiliations were current at the time of POWER Study involvement.
Principal Investigator:
Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS, FRCPC
Ontario Women’s Health Council Chair in Women’s Health
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
Investigators:
Beth Abramson, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC
Director, Cardiac Prevention Rehabilitation Centre and Women’s Cardiovascular Health
St. Michael’s Hospital
Farah Ahmad, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Geoffrey Anderson, MD, PhD
Chair, Health Management Strategies
University of Toronto
Jan Angus, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto
Nahid Azad, BSc, MD, FRCPC
National Chair, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
Ottawa Health Research Institute
Elizabeth Badley, MSc, DPhil
Director, Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit
Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto
Lisa Barbera, BSc, MD, MPA, FRCPC
Radiation Oncologist, Odette Cancer Centre
Toronto Regional Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MSc
Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
Onil Bhattacharyya, MD, PhD
Clinician Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital
Gillian Booth, MD, MSc
Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital
Susan E. Bronskill, PhD
Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Vivian Bykerk, MD, FRCPC
Director, Early Arthritis Researchers, Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease
Mount Sinai Hospital
Laurel Challacombe, BA, BaSc, MHSc
Manager, Research and Evaluation
Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
Pierre Côté, DC, PhD
Senior Scientist, Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Program, University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions
Toronto Western Hospital
Maria Isabella Creatore, MSc
Manager, Health Database Research Initiative/Epidemiologist
Centre for Research on Inner City Health
Tamara Daly, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health Sciences
York University
Natalia Diaz-Granados, MSc
Epidemiologist, Women’s Health Program
Toronto General Hospital, The University Health Network
James Dunn, PhD
Research Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health
St. Michael’s Hospital
Sheila Dunn, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCFP
Practitioner, Family Practice Health Centre
Women’s College Hospital
Janice Dusek, RN, BSN, MS, MBA, CHE
CNE/Vice-President, Interprofessional Affairs, Quality & Safety
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Laurie Elit, MD, MSc, FRCPS
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
McMaster University
Denice Feig, MD, MSc
Head, Diabetes in Pregnancy Program
Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health Network
Lorraine Ferris, PhD, CPsych, LLM (ADR), LLM (Admin Law)
Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Naushaba Degani, PhD
Project Director, The POWER Study
Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital
Sandra Gardner, PhD
Scientist and Senior Biostatistician
Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)
Richard Glazier, MD, MPH, FCFP
Senior Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Anna Greenberg, MPP
Director, Knowledge Management Strategy
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC)
Andrea Gruneir, PhD
Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute
Ruth Hall, BASc, MSc, PhD
Evaluation Specialist
Ontario Stroke Network
Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc
Professor, Medicine and Rheumatology, Physician-in-Chief of Medicine and F.M. Hill Chair in Academic Women’s Medicine
Women’s College Hospital
David C. Hodgson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, Departments of Radiation Oncology, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
Jan Hux, MD, SM, FRCPC
Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Liisa Jaakkimainen, MD, MSc, CCFP
Staff physician, Family Practice Unit
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Susan Jaglal, PhD, MSc, BSc
Vice-Chair, Research and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
University of Toronto
Lina Johnson, BScN, RN, MBA
Director Quality and Decision Support
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Moira Kapral, MD, MSc, FRCPC
General internist
Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
Nazilla Khanlou, RN, PhD
Ontario Women’s Health Council (OWHC) Chair in Women’s Mental Health Research, Faculty of Health
York University
Monika Krzyzanowska, MD, MPH
Staff Physician, Medical Oncology & Hematology
Princess Margaret Hospital
Janice Kwon, MD, MPH, FRCPS
Gynecologic Oncologist
University of British Columbia / British Columbia Cancer Agency
Elizabeth Lin, PhD
Research Scientist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Patrice Lindsay, RN, PhD
Performance and Standards Specialist
Canadian Stroke Network
Lorraine Lipscombe, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff physician, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Women’s College Hospital
Barbara Liu, MD, FRCPC
Executive Director
Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto
Aisha Lofters, MD, CCFP
Staff Physician, Department of Family Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital
Mona Loutfy, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Clinician Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute
Women’s College Hospital
Doug Manuel, BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Senior Scientist
Ottawa Health Research Institute
Lynn McDonald, BA, PhD
Professor of Social Work
University of Toronto
Margaret (Peggy) Millson, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Sharmistha Mishra, MD, FRCPC
Infectious Diseases Trainee
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Rahim Moineddin, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto
LaRon E. Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto
Lawrence Paszat, MD, BA, MSc, FRCPC
Epidemiologist and Senior Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Linda Rabeneck, BSc, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Chief, Odette Cancer Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Robert Remis, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Anne Rhodes, PhD, MSc, BScN
Senior Scientist, Suicide Studies Unit
St. Michael’s Hospital
Paula Rochon, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Vice President of Research
Women’s College Research Institute
Refik Saskin, MSc
Senior Analyst, Cancer Programme
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Baiju R. Shah, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Gita Singh, MD, MSc, FRCPS
Clinical/Research Fellow, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
St. Michael’s Hospital
Donna Stewart, MD
Lillian Love Chair in Women’s Health
University Health Network and University of Toronto
Thérèse Stukel, PhD
Senior Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
David Urbach, MD, MSc
Scientist, Division of Clinical Decision Making and Health Care
Toronto General Research Institute
Marcelo L. Urquia, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Mandana Vahabi, RN, MHSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Community Services, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
Ryerson University
Sharon Walmsley, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Director, Clinical Research Program
University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Division
Michelle Wise, MD, FRCSC
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Scarborough Grace Hospital
Graham Woodward, BSc, MSc
Director, Provincial Planning
Cancer Care Ontario
