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Sandy Kassir

Email:

Sandy.Kassir@saskhealthauthority.ca

Research Projects

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  • Exploring Mitochondrial System Properties of Neurodegenerative Diseases through Interactome Mapping (link)

  • An Efficient Lentiviral-based Proteomics Approach Identifies Mitochondrial Complexes with Neurodegenerative Function (link)

  • A Map of Human Mitochondrial Protein Interactions Linked to Neurodegeneration Reveals New Mechanisms of Redox Homeostasis and NF-κB Signaling (link)

Expertise

  • Internal Medicine

  • Clinical Research

  • Biostatistical Methods

  • Quantitative Methods

  • Epidemiology

Tarun Katapally

Email

tarun.katapally@uregina.ca

Research Projects

  • SMART Youth: A Digital Platform for Population Health Interventions (link)

  • SMART Indigenous Youth (link)

  • SMART Adults (link)

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  • The SMART Study, a Mobile Health and Citizen Science Methodological Platform for Active Living Surveillance, Integrated Knowledge Translation, and Policy Interventions: Longitudinal Study (link)

  • Methodology to Derive Objective Screen-State from Smartphones: A SMART Platform Study (link)

  • Catalyzing Action on First Nations Respiratory Health Using Community-based Participatory Research: Integrated Knowledge Translation through Strategic Symposia (link)

  • A community-based participatory research methodology to address, redress, and reassess disparities in respiratory health among First Nations (link)

Expertise

  • Digital Epidemiology

  • Population Health Policy

  • Mobile Health

Malcolm King

Email

malcolm.king@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Development of the Patient-Oriented Research Level of Engagement Tool (PORLET)

  • Indigenous Knowledge Development Centres with a Focus on Wellness - Miyo-Pimâtisiwin

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  • Water Journey: methods for exploring the research priorities for Indigenous peoples in Canada and hepatitis C

  • In the eyes of Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Exposing the underlying colonial etiology of Hepatitis C & the imperative for trauma-informed care (link)

  • A Synthesis: Indigenous Wellness Indicators Day. IAPH-FNHA-IGIHM Conference Report, 2018

Expertise

  • Determinants of Indigenous Health

  • Social Determinants of Health

  • Wellness

  • Indigenous Health

  • Interdisciplinary

Margaret Kisikaw Piyesis

Email

kisikawpiyesis@allnationshope.ca

Research Projects

  • Aboriginal HIV & AIDS Community-Based Research Collaborative Centre (link)

  • Development of the Aboriginal Women’s Research Initiative (AWRI)

  • Family Matters: Informing a family-based model of care with Aboriginal families affected by HIV

  • Stable Homes, Strong Families: Housing and Health for Aboriginal Peoples Living with HIV and AIDS

  • The Impacts of the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure on Indigenous People Living with HIV/AIDS: An Urban Case Study of Regina

  • Mâcîpiciw: Restoration of Indigenous men's roles and responsibilities

  • Kiskinowâpamew (s/he imitates her/him in order to learn): An Indigenous-led organization’s research journey

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Expertise

  • HIV and AIDS

  • Indigenous Wellness

  • Indigenous Health

  • Women and Gender

Bridget Klest

Email

bridget.klest@uregina.ca

Research Projects

  • Exploring Institutional Betrayal in the Canadian Medical System

Select Publication

  • Assessing opinions on trauma-informed care in primary care (Poster Presentation)

  • Patients’ opinions on family physician training of trauma-informed care (Poster Presentation)

  • Patient dissatisfaction and institutional betrayal in the Canadian medical system: A qualitative study (link)

  • Betrayal Trauma, Healthcare Relationships, and Health in Patients with a Chronic Neurovascular Condition (link)

  • Institutional betrayal in the Canadian medical system: Reliability and validity of a self-report questionnaire (link)

  • A model exploring the relationship between betrayal trauma and health: The roles of mental health, attachment, trust in healthcare systems, and nonadherence to treatment (link)

Expertise

  • Clinical Psychology

  • Traumatic Stress

  • Institutional Betrayal

Saija Kontulainen

Email

saija.kontulainen@usask.ca

Research Project

  • Bone Strength Development Study: Assessing details of bone growth and related factors to optimize bone strength development in children with type 1 diabetes (link)

  • Nordic Walking Study: assessing safety and efficacy of Nordic walking intervention on posture, functional mobility and quality of life in individuals at risk of fracture (link)

Select Publication

  • Patient-driven COVID-19 accommodations in the Nordic walking intervention (link)

  • Nordic Walking study accommodations to COVID-19 pandemic (link)

Expertise

  • Musculoskeletal Health

  • Bone Health

  • Physical Activity

  • Diabetes

Stacey Lovo

Email

stacey.lovo@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • A Community-Informed Team and Technology Approach to Chronic Back Pain Management in Partnership with a Northern Saskatchewan Cree First Nation

  • Patient experiences of health care access challenges for back pain care across the rural-urban continuum

  • Development and Evaluation of VR Teaching Tools in the School of Rehab Science

Select Publications

  • Experience of Patients and Practitioners with a Team and Technology Approach to Chronic Back Disorder Management (link)

  • Building Partnerships in Indigenous Wellness (link)

  • Use of real-time videoconferencing to deliver physical therapy services: a scoping review of published and emerging evidence (link)

  • Bridging Health Care Access Gaps in a Remote Indigenous Community (link)

  • Use of videoconferencing technologies for physical therapy in people with musculoskeletal conditions (link)

Expertise

  • Telerehabilitation

  • Indigenous Wellness

  • Community Engagement

  • Musculoskeletal Health

  • Professional practice

Juxin Lui

Email

liu@math.usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Improving Health Outcomes of Kidney Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Pre-transplant Education Intervention

Select Publications

  • Randomised controlled trial of a video intervention and behaviour contract to improve medication adherence after renal transplantation: the VECTOR study protocol (link)

Expertise

  • Complex Data

  • Computational Methods

  • Bayesian Inference

Stéphanie Madill

Email

stephanie.madill@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • TRANS: Trans Research and Navigation Saskatchewan

  • A Telemetered Device to Assess Continence Function and Predict Therapeutic Outcomes in Women with Urinary Incontinence

Select Publications

  • Saskatchewan Medical Transition Guide (link)

  • Changes in urethral sphincter size following rehabilitation in older women with stress urinary incontinence (link)

Expertise

  • Pelvic Floor Biomechanics

  • Urinary Incontinence

  • Trans Health

  • Gender Diverse Health

  • 2SLGBTQ Health

Geoffrey Maina

Email

geoffrey.maina@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Exploring the needs for and developing resources for families affected by addiction in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

  • Engaging and empowering youth at risk of alcohol and drug use in Prince Albert: An art-based intervention

Select Publications

  • Exploring health-care providers’ experiences in the care of clients on opioid agonist treatment in two western Canadian clinics (link)

  • Nurses Taking the Lead: A Community Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Forum on Substance Abuse and Addiction in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (link)

  • Sociodemographic Profiles and Clinical Outcomes for Clients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment in a Western Canadian Clinic: Implications for Practice (link)

Expertise

  • Community Based Research

  • Qualitative Methods

  • HIV and AIDS

  • Mental Health and Addictions

Holly Mansell

Email

holly.mansell@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Improving Health Outcomes of Kidney Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Pre-transplant Education Intervention

  • Video Education and Behaviour Contract to Optimize Adherence in Renal Transplants (VECTOR)

  • A Qualitative Study to Explore the Needs of Lung Transplant Caregiver

Select Publications

  • Randomised controlled trial of a video intervention and behaviour contract to improve medication adherence after renal transplantation: the VECTOR study protocol (link)

  • Development of a patient-centered video series to improve education before kidney transplantation (link)

  • Education before kidney transplant: What do patients need to know? (link)

  • Health Literacy, Knowledge, and Patient Satisfaction Before Kidney Transplantation (link)

Expertise

  • Transplant

  • Pharmacy Practice

  • Patient Education

  • Patient-Oriented Research

Michelle McCarron

Email

Michelle.McCarron@saskhealthauthority.ca

Research Projects

  • Trans Health Research and Navigation SK

  • The 3 Wishes Project: Individualized, Patient-Oriented, Compassionate Care for Palliative Care Patients and Their Families

Select Publications

  • A prospective assessment of PTSD symptoms using analogue trauma training with nursing students. (link)

  • Experiences of trauma, depression, anxiety, and stress in western-Canadian HEMS personnel. (link)

  • Effectiveness of the Dedicated Substance Abuse Treatment Unit in the Regina Correctional Centre: A seven-year retrospective analysis. (link)

  • An innovative service collaboration to reduce criminal recidivism for inmates with severe addictions. (link)

  • Assessment and Treatment for Persons with Coexisting Ability and Substance Use Issues: A Review and Analysis of the Literature. (link)

Expertise

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries

  • Mental Health and Addictions

  • Qualitative Methods

  • Ethics

Nazeem Muhajarine

Email

nazeem.muhajarine@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Research Lead: Saskatchewan Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations (PIHCI) Network

  • Screening for Poverty And Related social determinants and intervening to improve Knowledge of and links to resources (SPARK) Study

  • Hotspotting mental health and addictions: Putting the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategy for Patient Oriented Research into action (link)

Select Publications

  • Case management in primary care among frequent users of health care services with chronic conditions: a realist synthesis (link)

  • Improving birth outcomes for women who are substance using or have mental illness: a Canadian cohort study comparing antenatal midwifery and physician models of care for women of low socioeconomic position (link)

  • Creating an initial program theory for a realist evaluation of Healthy Start-Départ Santé intervention in childcare centres (link)

  • Facilitators and barriers of sociodemographic data collection in Canadian health care settings: A multisite case study evaluation (link)

  • Reduced prevalence of small-for-gestational-age and preterm birth for women of low socioeconomic position: a population-based cohort study comparing antenatal midwifery and physician models of care (link)

Expertise

  • Epidemiology

  • Quantitative Methods

  • Realist Research

  • Maternal Health

  • Early Childhood Development

  • Knowledge Translation

Heather Nelson

Email

nelsonhe@saskpolytech.ca

Research Projects

  • Impact of Sport for Low Income Youth

  • Success strategies and barriers for Indigenous students in the School of Nursing

  • The role of essential skills in post-secondary success

  • Supporting a Growing International Student Population at Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Select Publications

  • Indigenous students: Barriers and success strategies–A review of existing literature (link)

  • Promoting Indigenous nursing student success in post-secondary education: A phenomenological study (link)

Expertise

  • Marginalized Populations

  • Health Promotion

  • Sports

Cory Neudorf

Email

cory.neudorf@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Hotspotting mental health and addictions: Putting the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategy for Patient Oriented Research into action (link)

  • SPARK: Screening for Poverty and Related Social Determinants and Intervening to Improve Knowledge of and Links to Resources

Select Publications

  • Acceptability of asking about indigenous identity in an urban Canadian hospital: A patient perspective. (link)

  • The effect of socio-demographic factors on mental health and addiction high-cost use: a retrospective, population-based study in Saskatchewan. (link)

  • Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders among frequent Emergency Department Users in Saskatchewan, Canada. (link)

Expertise

  • Health Inequities

  • Population Health Research

  • Social Determinants of Health