Research Report
Celebrating Achievements
We are very pleased to announce Dr. Bridget Ryan has been promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2023. Congratulations Dr. Ryan on this well-deserved promotion.
Research News
The LIBERATE Team is now recruiting for the LIBERATE Diabetes Study (Libre Enabled Reduction in A1c through effective Eating and Exercise). Using technology (Libre + Fitbit) to provide biofeedback to guide behavioural change in persons with T2DM. A 6-month study, with biweekly virtual group education/coaching x 3 months, then monthly thereafter.
Inclusion criteria: LIBRE device naïve + A1c > 8% + smart phone/internet access
Email: liberate@lawsonresearch.com or call: 519-646-6000 ext. 67230 for more information or to send in a referral.
Dr. Jane Thornton is hosting monthly Primary Care Masterclass in Sport and Exercise Medicine and Musculoskeletal Health.
February’s class is as follows:
HealtheSteps™ Program & Funding Update:
The HealtheSteps® Program (PI: Dr. Robert Petrella) has continued to grow across Canada since launch in September 2020. HealtheSteps® is currently being delivered as a free, virtual, 6-month healthy lifestyle program providing adults (18+) with a specific plan of action to improve their physical activity levels and reduce their sedentary behaviour; increase their exercise levels; improve their eating habits; and improve their mental wellbeing. This is achieved through personalized coaching, grounded in the principles of Co-Active coaching and supported by innovative health technologies, hands-on training, and widely available health promotion resources and tools.
Coaches are trained through asynchronous and synchronous learning and certified to deliver the program to individuals looking to make changes to their lifestyle. Current coaches include family physicians, nurses, medical residents, undergraduate medical, health sciences, integrated medical sciences, kinesiology, dietetics, and psychology students as well as graduate students in health and rehabilitation sciences, and kinesiology. Coaching as an extracurricular or practicum/placement/elective opportunity for students to gain experience in lifestyle counselling, has grown across academic institutions in Canada to include the University of British Columbia (BC), Western (ON), Queen’s (ON), McMaster (ON), Lakehead (ON), University of Toronto (ON), Athabasca (AB), Mount Royal (AB), University of Victoria (BC), and Thompson Rivers University (BC).
Funding for further development of HealtheSteps® program curriculum was recently renewed through the University of British Columbia’s Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund – Large Grant (2023-2024) with a focus on co-creating Indigenous HealtheSteps curriculum for coach trainees to deliver equity-oriented, culturally safe lifestyle counselling.
Participants can join via self-referral or referral from a health care provider. Participants can sign up through our website: www.healthesteps.ca.
If interested in becoming a trained HealtheSteps coach, please contact us here: https://healthesteps.ca/coaches/.
For any further questions or inquires please email: health.e.steps@ubc.ca.
Funding Announcements
Congratulations to the following research teams on their recent grant funding.
Title: Building Capacity for Team-based Social Prescribing in British Columbia
Granting Agency: UBC 2022 Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award
Principal Investigator: Ashe MC
Co-Investigators: Grover S, Nijjar GS, Chudyk A, Miller WC, Mortenson WB, Mulligan K, Newton C, Park G, Petrella R, Pitman B, Puyat J, Rush K, Sakakibara B
Funding Amount: $25,000
Grant Duration: 2022 to 2023
Title: Providing UBC Students with Curriculum to Support Their Skills in Delivery of Virtual Lifestyle Counseling for Prevention of Chronic Disease
Granting Agency: The UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF)
Principal Investigator: Petrella R
Co-Investigators: Boushel R, Warburton D, Murphy S, Cohen T, Marshall S, Silverberg N, Jevitt C, Gill DP, Majoni M, Blunt W, Gavarkovs A
Student co-applicants: Roberts A, Ranchall S, Gill J, Damji F, Hirji Z
Funding Amount: $216,622
Grant Duration: 2022 to 2024
Title: Examining the relationship between internalizing presentations and perceived need among youth and emerging adults using an intersectional framework
Granting Agency: Western University Strategic Support for SSHRC – Seed Competition.
Principal Investigators: Reid GJ, Sivayoganathan T, Chavarria J, Esses V
Funding Amount: $24,995
Grant Duration: 2023
Title: Prospective association between preschool age children’s 24-hour movement behaviours and symptoms of irritability
Granting Agency: Children’s Health and Research Institute (Division of Children’s Health and Therapeutics)
Principal Investigator: Tucker T
Co-Investigators: Bourke M, Burke S, Reid GJ, Gilliland J
Funding Amount: $73,654
Grant Duration: 07/2022 to 06/2023
Title: Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research-Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC): Knowledge Mobilization Symposium
Granting Agency: CIHR, IHSPR
Principal Investigators: Terry A, Brown JB
Co-Investigators: Ashcroft R, Bayliss L, Beleno R, Bhattacharyya O, Breton M, Donnelly C, Fortin M, Ganann R, Lavergne M, Leblanc A, Marshall E, Martin- Meisner R, Mathews M, Menear M, Nicholson K, Pinto A, Poitras M, Ramsden V, Reid G, Ryan B, Sampalli T, Sasseville M, Stewart M, Wilson E
Funding Amount: $10,000
Grant Duration: 01/2023 to 01/2024
Title: Formation of Ontario Health Teams and Quadruple Aim Outcomes: A Quasi-experimental Evaluation
Granting Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Principal Investigator: Sarma S
Co-Investigators: Ali S, Hong M, Wodchis W, Devlin R, Anderson K, Mayer M, Zaric G, Belhadji B, Stranges S, Thind A
Funding Amount: $100,000
Grant Duration: 07/2022 to 06/2023
Title: Evaluating the State of Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sports Bodies in Answering the Truth & Reconciliation Commissions Call to Action #88
Granting Agency: Head and Heart Research Fellowship, Western University
Principal Investigator: Thornton J
Trainee: Deleary M
Funding Amount: $8,400
Grant Duration: 2023
Title: Are biomechanical variables associated with future knee symptoms and injury in female runners at risk of early knee osteoarthritis?
Granting Agency: LaTrobe University ABC Scheme
Principal Investigator: Mentiplay B
Co-Investigators: Thornton J, Briggs C, Crossley K
Funding Amount: $22,410.77
Grant Duration: 2022 to 2023
Title: Physical Activity and Walking Patterns after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Granting Agency: Lawson IRF
Principal Investigator: Pamukoff D
Co-Investigators: Thornton J, Getgood A, Bryant D, Magony R
Funding Amount: $15,000
Grant Duration: 2023
Presentations
Reid GJ, Brown JB. The Dollars and Sense of Writing Grants, Invited Virtual Workshop Presentation, SPOR National Training Entity, Nov 29, 2022.
Brown JB, Thorpe C. Meaningful Involvement of Family Physicians/Primary Care in OHTs. Invited Virtual Presentation, Ontario Primary Care Council (OPCC) Meeting, Dec 9, 2022.
Publications
de Oliveira FCL, Williamson S, Ardern CL, Fagher K, Heron N, Janse van Rensburg DCC, Jansen MGT, Kolman N, O'Connor SR, Saueressig T, Schoonmade L, Thornton JS, Webborn N, Pluim BM. Association between the level of partial foot amputation and gait: a scoping review with implications for the minimum impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Dec 5:bjsports-2022-105650. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105650. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36588404/
Dijkstra HP, Mc Auliffe S, Ardern CL, Kemp JL, Mosler AB, Price A, Blazey P, Richards D, Farooq A, Serner A, McNally E, Mascarenhas V, Willy RW, Oke JL, Khan KM, Glyn-Jones S, Clarke M, Greenhalgh T (including Thornton J as member of Young Athlete's Hip Research (YAHiR) Collaborative). Oxford consensus on primary cam morphology and femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: part 1—definitions, terminology, taxonomy and imaging outcomes. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Dec 06. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106085. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36588401/
Dijkstra HP, Mc Auliffe S, Ardern CL, Kemp JL, Mosler AB, Price A, Blazey P, Richards D, Farooq A, Serner A, McNally E, Mascarenhas V, Willy RW, Oke JL, Khan KM, Glyn-Jones S, Clarke M, Greenhalgh T (including Thornton J as member of Young Athlete's Hip Research (YAHiR) Collaborative). Oxford consensus on primary cam morphology and femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: part 2—research priorities on conditions affecting the young person’s hip. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Dec 06. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106092. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36588402/
Jin S, Bajaj HS, Brazeau AS, Champagne J, MacDonald B, MacKay D, Reichert SM, Vallis M. Remission of Type 2 Diabetes: User's Guide: Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Working Group. Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Steering Committee:; Bajaj HS, Gilbert J, Houlden R, Kim J, MacDonald B, MacKay D, Mansell K, Rabi D, Senior P, Sherifali D. Can J Diabetes. 2022 Dec;46(8):762-774. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.10.005. Epub 2022 Nov 11. No abstract available. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36567080/
Kaseva K, Tervaniemi M, Heikura E, Kostilainen K, Pöyhönen-Alho M, Shoemaker JK, Petrella RJ, Peltonen JE. Identifying Personality Characteristics and Indicators of Psychological Well-Being Associated With Attrition in the Motivation Makes the Move! Physical Activity Intervention: Randomized Technology-Supported Trial. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Nov 25;6(11):e30285. doi: 10.2196/30285.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36427239/#affiliation-6
MacKay D, Chan C, Dasgupta K, Dominy C, Gagner M, Jin S, Kim J, Little JP, MacDonald B, McInnes N, Reichert S, Bajaj HS. Remission of Type 2 Diabetes: Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Working Group. Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Steering Committee:; Bajaj HS, Gilbert J, Houlden R, Kim J, MacDonald B, MacKay D, Mansell K, Rabi D, Senior P, Sherifali D. Can J Diabetes. 2022 Dec;46(8):753-761.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.10.004. Epub 2022 Nov 11. No abstract available. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36567079/
Marbeen M, Freeman TF, Terry AL. Focused practice in family medicine: Quantitative study. Can Fam Physician 2022;68:905-14. DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6812905. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36515048/
Mathews M, Ouédraogo AM, Lam M, Gozdyra P, Green M. A cross-sectional study of community-level physician retention and hospitalization in rural Ontario, Canada. J Rural Health. 2023 Jan;39(1):69-78. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12661. Epub 2022 Mar 15. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35289453/
Mathews M, Spencer S, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Poitras ME, Marshall EG, Brown JB, Sibbald S, Norful AA. The impact of funding models on the integration of registered nurses in primary health care teams: protocol for a multi-phase mixed-methods study in Canada. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Nov 19;23(1):290. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01900-x. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36402965/
Olmstead C, Wakabayashi AT, Freeman TR, Cejic S. Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in an academic family practice. Canadian Family Physician December 2022, 68 (12) 899-904; doi: 10.46747/cfp.6812899. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36515055/
Ranade S, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Thind A. Enacting care by being experts and managing relationships: A discourse analysis of Chief Medical Officer of health media briefings during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 Dec 30. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100208. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36620390/
Ryan BL, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Richard L, Stewart M, Meredith L, Choi YH, He JW, Cejic S, Thompson K, Reichert S, Shariff SZ, Booth R, Terry AL, Mathews M. Virtual family physician care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study using health administrative data and qualitative interviews. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Nov 25;23(1):300. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01902-9.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36434524/
Ryan BL, Mondor L, Wodchis WP, Glazier RH, Meredith L, Fortin M, Stewart M. Effect of a multimorbidity intervention on health care utilization and costs in Ontario: randomized controlled trial and propensity-matched analyses. CMAJ Open. 2023 Jan 17;11(1):E45-E53. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20220006. Print 2023 Jan-Feb. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36649982/
Wiener JC, Rodrigues R, Reid JNS, Archie S, Booth RG, Cheng C, Jan SH, Kurdyak P, MacDougall AG, Palaniyappan L, Ryan BL, Anderson KK; project co-investigators. Patient and Physician Factors Associated with First Diagnosis of Non-affective Psychotic Disorder in Primary Care. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2022 Nov 20. doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01233-y. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36403173/
