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Public Health Measures and Society
Policies, Policy Studies, Ethics, Allocation of Resources, Vaccine Priorities, etc.
Project Titles
Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus illness or SARS: case-control study
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services Association Project Title SMH-21-002 – Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus illness or SARS: case-control study Project Highlights With the funds provided, we have generated 5 related papers. Each has been peer reviewed and published. The first...
Cardiac surgery triaging tools to reduce mortality while maximizing intensive care resources during the COVID-19 crisis
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization UOH - University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical Organization Project Title UOH-21-001 – Cardiac surgery triaging tools to reduce mortality while maximizing intensive care resources during the COVID-19 crisis Project Highlights We developed, validated and digitally implemented the “CardiOttawa”, a family of data-driven tools...
COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 in Canadian Children and Parents
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services Association Project Title SMH-20-041 – COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 in Canadian Children and Parents Project Highlights As Canada and the world continue to lift COVID-19 restrictions, now is an...
Developing an intervention to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on inner city families of children with developmental disabilities: A community-based formative study
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services Association Project Title SMH-21-008 – Developing an intervention to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on inner city families of children with developmental disabilities: A community-based formative study Project Highlights As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, it has has...
Establishing the true prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario reproductive age women through newborn blood spot antibody testing
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-21-002 - Establishing the true prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario reproductive age women through newborn blood spot antibody testing Project Highlights In order to complete the proposed project of providing population infection rate surveillance of...
Evidence Hackathons: An alternative to academic conferences in the COVID-19 environment and beyond
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-21-003 - Evidence Hackathons: An alternative to academic conferences in the COVID-19 environment and beyond Project Highlights In 2019, I conceptualized an event called the Evidence Hackathon (EH). The EH can be run as a stand-alone...
Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Protein and RNA in Wastewater; Real-Time Measurement of Community Viral Load
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-20-012 - Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Protein and RNA in Wastewater; Real-Time Measurement of Community Viral Load Project Highlights The funds were truly the enabling catalyst for a multidisciplinary SARS CoV2 wastewater surveillance program, one of the...
Persistence of Immunity in Children with SARS-COV-2 and Household contacts (PITCH Study)
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-21-010 - Persistence of Immunity in Children with SARS-COV-2 and Household contacts (PITCH Study) Project Highlights Despite the fact that the pandemic has been ongoing since March 2020, SARS-CoV-2 correlates of protection remain unknown. There is...