Charting new horizons: Empowering healthcare evolution through research and collaboration
Date and time: April 22, 2024 | 8:45am - 12:30pm
Location: G500, Health Sciences Centre
About the event
Join the O’Brien Institute for Public Health for an inspiring showcase of innovative research initiatives within health and healthcare systems. Charting new horizons: Empowering healthcare evolution through research and collaboration will highlight cutting-edge research projects undertaken by O’Brien Institute members, demonstrating their commitment to advancing health and healthcare practices. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the latest developments shaping the future of healthcare delivery in Alberta.
The half-day symposium will also feature an engaging panel discussion on the Health System Impact Fellowship, which offers PhD trainees, postdoctoral researchers, and early career researchers in health services and policy fields the chance to develop research projects addressing pressing health system issues, fostering evidence-informed decision-making.
Emerging scholars will have an opportunity to showcase their research endeavours, offering fresh perspectives and novel approaches to pressing health challenges during a student poster presentation session.
The event will conclude with a networking lunch and the opportunity to have professional headshots taken. The headshot sign-up sheet will be made available to registrants.
Agenda
8:45-9:00 | Registration
9:00-9:10 | Welcome remarks
9:10-10:15 | Research presentations
Featuring Michelle Grinman, Jennifer Jackson, Eddy Lang, and Maria Santana. Moderated by Paul Ronksley.
10:15-11:00 | Student poster presentations (competitive)
11:00-11:45 | Panel: Empowering change agents: The Health System Impact Fellowship
Featuring Elena Lopatina, Kimberly Manalili, and Erin McCabe. Moderated by Braden Manns.
11:45-11:50 | Closing remarks
11:50-12:30 | Lunch & head shots
Register for the event to receive the sign-up link for head shots.
Speakers and panelists
Research presenters
Dr. Michelle Grinman, MD
Dr. Michelle Grinman is a General Internal Medicine Specialist and health services researcher with expertise in Hospital at Home, Virtual Care, and Integration of Care.
Dr. Jennifer Jackson, PhD, RN
Dr. Jennifer Jackson, PhD, RN is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. She studies nursing work and health systems in the context of community-based harm reduction services, as part of the WISHES research team.
Dr. Eddy Lang, MD
Dr. Lang is a professor & department head for emergency medicine at Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone. His areas of interest are knowledge translation, evidence-based medicine & operations research.
Dr. Maria Santana, MPharm, PhD
Dr. Maria J. Santana is a health services researcher, patient and family-centred care scientist, an associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Health System Impact Fellowship (HSIF) panel
Dr. Braden Manns, MD
Dr. Manns is a professor in Health Economics and a Kidney Specialist at the University of Calgary. He has expertise in Applied Health Economics, and a current research interest of his is assessing the impact of different physician payment models.
Dr. Elena Lopatina, MD, PhD
Dr. Elena Lopatina is a Senior Scientist with the Alberta Virtual Chronic Pain Program and the Alberta Pain Strategy, Strategic Clinical Networks™ at Alberta Health Services. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Kimberly Manalili, PhD
Dr. Kimberly Manalili is a Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellow with Alberta Health Services Provincial Population and Public Health, and the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Erin McCabe, PhD
Dr. Erin McCabe is a CIHR Health System Impact Fellow co-funded by CIHR, Alberta Health Services Addictions & Mental Health Provincial Portfolio, and Mitacs.
Poster presentations
| Presenter(s) | Presentation title |
|---|---|
| Bill Zheng; Erin Tetreau | Exploring contributors to unsheltered homelessness and perceived health impacts among Calgary’s homeless population |
| Hana Kotani | Perceived preventability of emergency department encounters among patients receiving dialysis and their caregivers: A qualitative study |
| Manuel Ester | A theory of change for patient-initiated follow-up care in rheumatoid arthritis |
| Melissa Sipley | Text-based messaging to support rheumatoid arthritis care: An analysis of volume and content of text messages |
| Monica Caicedo Roa | Examining radon exposure disparities and COVID-19 impacts: A Canadian study |
| Monica Caicedo Roa | Femicide and feminicide in Brazil: Matched case-control study |
| Olayinka I. Arimoro | Mixture item response theory model for identifying differential item functioning in patients with epilepsy |
| Olivia Fulton | Reducing medication cost burden for underinsured individuals in Alberta: A public policy analysis |
| Qandeel Shafqat | The effectiveness of continuous masking in reducing the risk of respiratory infection in hospital settings: A systematic review |
| Saania Tariq | Using narrative film to share the stories of people with diabetes experiencing homelessness: An approach to knowledge translation and exchange |
| Tucker Reed | Estimating the rates of undiagnosed prediabetes and diabetes among people experiencing homelessness |