Post-doc fellow on mission to bring more patients into research
Since joining the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute last September, Dr. Heather O’Grady has been focused on how to engage patients in guiding research at Niagara Health.
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Since joining the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute last September, Dr. Heather O’Grady has been focused on how to engage patients in guiding research at Niagara Health.
By including patient partners like Gail Riihimaki in research planning from the very start, the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute is ensuring health research will help the people who stand to benefit most.
Dr. Jennifer Tsang, Executive Director and Chief Scientist of the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute, is working to increase research collaboration between academic and community hospitals.
Paul Brady didn't hesitate when the opportunity arose to participate in a global study exploring whether a particular blood thinner can reduce overall stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation and a history of brain bleeding, without increasing the chance of re-bleeding.
The Niagara Health Knowledge Institute is offering four Summer Student Research Scholarships for 2025. Applications are due Jan. 31, 2025.
Whether it’s groundbreaking research or establishing faster, more efficient patient care, the work of Leanne Kent and Dr. Danielle de Sa Boasquevisque offers new hope for stroke patients in Niagara and beyond.
The translational research conducted by a Niagara Health Knowledge Institute summer student will help rural and community hospitals, regardless of location, participate in pivotal research that could transform standards of care worldwide.
Several researchers from the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute were invited to prominent healthcare conferences in Europe to share their findings.
Sophia Lagrotteria was already inspired to go into medicine by her father, Dr. Danny Lagrotteria, but the chance to support healthcare research at the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute has exposed her to other key opportunities in the field.
The quintet of researchers, including Niagara Health Knowledge Institute Executive Director and Chief Scientist Dr. Jennifer Tsang, will teach Applied Qualitative Research Methods in Health at McMaster University and further establish the NHKI as a key player in qualitative health research.