Quantitative Methods

Shela Hirani

Email

shela.hirani@uregina.ca

Research Projects

  • Breastfeeding Practices of Immigrant Mothers in Canada: A Critical Review

  • Project entitled “Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding Practices of Internally Displaced Mothers Residing in Disaster Relief Camps in Pakistan: A Critical Ethnography

  • Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding Practices of Internally Displaced Mothers Residing in Disaster Relief Camps in Pakistan: A Critical Ethnography

Select Publications

  • Maternal and Child Health During Forced Displacement (link)

  • Breastfeeding in Disaster Relief Camps: An Integrative Review of Literature (link)

  • Concept Analysis of Maternal Autonomy in the Context of Breastfeeding (link)

  • Perceived Breastfeeding Support Assessment Tool(PBSAT): Development and testing of Psychometric Properties with Pakistani Urban Working Mothers (link)

Expertise

  • Qualitative Methods

  • Quantitative Methods

  • Concept Analysis

  • Instrument Development

Sandy Kassir

Email:

Sandy.Kassir@saskhealthauthority.ca

Research Projects

Select Publications

  • 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

Katherine Knox

Email

kak531@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Individualized behavior change strategies for physical activity in multiple sclerosis

  • Maintaining neuro-'connectivity': a virtual approach

  • Saskatchewan Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Research Program

Select Publications

  • Impact of comorbidity on hospitalizations in individuals newly diagnoses with multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal population-basedstudy. (link)

  • Adherence to physiotherapy-guided webbased exercise for persons living with moderate to severe multiple sclerosis: a randomized-controlled pilot study. International Journal of Multiple Sclerosis Care. (link)

  • Association between disease-modifying therapies formultiple sclerosis and healthcare utilisation on a population level: aretrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. (link)

Expertise

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

  • Physical Activity

  • Rehabilitation

  • Quality of Life

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

Muhammad Siddiqui

Email

Muhammad.Siddiqui@saskhealthauthority.ca

Research Projects

Select Publications

  • Medical Surveillance Unit: Patient Characteristics, Outcome, and Quality of Care in Saskatchewan, Canada (Link).

  • Prenatal alcohol history – setting a threshold for diagnosis requires a level of detail and accuracy that does not exist (Link).

  • Anesthetic practice and pattern for total hip and knee replacement in Canada: A 5 year cross-sectional study (Link).

  • Prediction of Stump Healing in Lower Limb Amputation (Link).

Expertise

  • Quantitative Methods

  • Clinical Trials

  • Epidemiology

  • Population Health Research