Honours and Awards

Kathleen Pritchard Awarded O. Harold Warwick Prize

Kathleen Pritchard, Professor in the Department of Medicine and HPME has been selected as the 2005 laureate of the National Cancer Institute of Canada's O. Harold Warwick Prize. This award is given to a scientist whose research has had a major impact on cancer control in Canada.  The award is named after Dr. Warwick, a pioneering researcher in cancer control and treatment, who became the first executive director of both the National Cancer Institute of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society.  Dr. Pritchard is a medical oncologist at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre.

CIHR Funding Decisions September 2005

Results of the 01/05/2005 Partnership for Health System Improvement Competition

**names in bold type are associated with HPME as core faculty, and cross-appointed and status-only members

McGeer AJ (PI), Bryce E, Graham ID, Muller MP, Streiner DL, Wilson K, Yassi A. Implementing Effective Hand Hygiene Programs In Healthcare. $33,333 over 3 years (operating).

CIHR Funding Decisions June 2005

In the June 2005 results of the CIHR June 2005 Open Competition , the University of Toronto and affiliated research institutes captured $43M of grant funding. Of the 284 grants submitted, 92 were approved - representing a 32% success rate. This is 4% above the national success rate of 28%. The following faculty received grants in this competition:

**names in bold type are associated with HPME as core faculty, and cross-appointed and status-only members

Raboud JM (PI), Manuel DG, McGeer AJ, Robinson VA, Simor AE. The Impact Of Patterns Of Transferring Patients Among Health Care Institutions On Rates Of Nosocomial Infections Among Hospitalized Patients: A Monte Carlo Simulation.

$69,161 over 1 year 6 Mths.

Graham ID (Co-PI), Harrison MB (Co-PI), Logan JF (Co-PI), Angus DE, Brouwers MC, Davies BL, Driedger SM. Eccles MP, Foy R, Gifford WA, Godin G, Grimshaw JM, Lauzon SE, Legare F, Martino R, McGowan J, O'Connor AM, Pomey MPA, Stacey D, Straus SE, Tetroe JM, Wensing MJ, Zwarenstein MF. Identification Concept And Bibliometric Analyses Of Organizational Change Theories Frameworks. $70,522 over 1 year.

Davis AM (PI), Garbuz D, Gignac MA, Gross AE, Kiss AJ, Mahomed NN, Schemitsch EH. Predictors Of Disability Outcomes Following Revision Knee Arthroplasty. $55,781 over 5 years.

Davis AM (PI), Badley EM, Beaton DE , Cote P , Flannery JF, Gignac MA, Hogg-Johnson S , Mahomed NN, Schemitsch EH, Streiner DL. Outcome Measurement: The Importance Of Time. $127,965 over 4 years.

Naglie G (PI), Bacher Y, Beattie BL, Bergman H, Black SE, Borrie MJ, Byszewski A, Freedman M, Hogan DB, Irvine MJ, Krahn MD, MacKnight CR, Patterson CJ, Ritvo PG, Streiner DL, Tomlinson GA. Longitudinal Canadian Alzheimer's Disease Quality Of Life Study. $50,000 over 1 year.

Meadows LM (PI), Jaglal SB, Mrkonjic L, Thurston WE, Tink W. The Role Of Family Physicians In Secondary Fracture Prevention. $63,348 over 2 years.

Pomey M-PA (PI), Angus DE, Champagne F, Contandriopoulos A-P, L emieux-Charles L, Rivard M. Programmes Qualité Et Sécurité: Évaluation De Leur Implantation Dans Les Organisations De Santé Canadiennes. $48,806 over 3 years.

Campbell MK (PI), Avison WR, Bocking AD, Da Silva OP, Hoch JS, Sorenson AM, Speechley KN, Vlaicu SO. Maternal And Infant Health Health Services Needs And Utilization Following Term And Preterm Birth: Outcomes In A Cohort Assembled Antenatally. $100,275 over 4 years.

Lehoux PN (Co-PI), Denis J-L (Co-PI), Abelson J, Lavis JN , Miller FA. What Do Knowledge Translation Networks Do? Examining Interactions Products And Outcomes Of A Genetics Network (Apogee-Net). $76,511 over 3 years.

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