List of Theses
Master's Program in Epidemiology
Name |
Suprvisor |
Thesis Title |
| Aaron, Shawn | P. Hébert |
Controlled Trial of Oral Glucocorticoids in out patients with Acute COPD Exacerbation Who Present the Emergency Dept. |
| Abboud, Marie-Hélène |
I. McDowell Y. Chen |
Circulating Levels of Sex Steroid Hormones as Risk Factor for Impaired Cognition and Dementia - Results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging |
| Ali, Amira |
R. Spasoff P. Stewart |
An Evaluation of a Surveillance System for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight in Eastern and Southeastern Ontario |
| Allard, Denis | I. McDowell | Determinants of Growth Failure in a Group of Zambian Children |
| Allston, Julie | A. O'Connor | Factors Characterizing Stages of Change for Smoking During Pregnancy: General Risk Knowledge, Personal Risk Perceptions, Motives, Reasons and Decisional Balance. |
| Amankwah, Nana |
R. Spasoff R. Wilkins |
Factors affecting distance to the nearest physicians in Canada and changes from 1993-1999 |
| Arakelyan, Lilian |
R. Spasoff G. Wells |
Known and Unknown Risk Factors for Hepatitits B and Hepatitis C Infections in Ottawa (1998-2001) |
| Belle-Isle, Lynne | S. Raman | Health and The Environment: Risk Perception Survey in Cornwall |
| Bennett, Carol | N. Birkett (J. Whitehead) |
Activity Levels and Body Mass Index: An Analysis of the Canadian Forces Health and Lifestyle Information Survey |
| Bentsi-Enchill, Adwoa | P. Duclos I. McDowell |
The Elimination of Indigenous Wild Poliomyelitis in Canada: A Methodology for Documentation |
| Biem, Henry Jay | R. Nair A. Laupacis |
A Pilot Study of the Reliability of Bedside Tests for Dysphagia and Aspiration in Acute Stroke Patients |
| Bociek, Gregory | S. Raman | High-Dose Therapy with Stem Cell Support as Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer |
| Bredeson, Christopher | A. O'Connor | Use of a Disease Specific Decision Aid to Determine The Minimal Clinically Important Difference Between Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation Versus Standard Salvage Therapy for Patients with Relapsed Low Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
| Brodsky, Lynn | G. Wells E. Grunfeld |
The Relationship Between Exposure to Estrogen/Progestin Therapy and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| Bryson, Gregory | A. Laupacis G. Wells |
Does Anaesthetic Technique Influence Perioperative Transfusion |
Campbell, Craig |
R. Nair | Bone Mass in Children with Cerebral Palsy |
| Carew, Maureen | P. Stewart R. Nair |
A Survey of Family Physicians' Knowledge and Beliefs About the Prevention of Tuberculosis |
| Caron, Catherine | I. McDowell | A Geographic Analysis of JANUS Data nd CIHI Data Comparing Physician Self-reporting of Preventative Services Provided with Corresponding Health Indicators by Health Region |
| Chen, Li (Biostats) | G. Wells D. Coyle |
A Comparison of Methods in Presence of Censored Cost Data Under Different Censoring Mechanisms |
| Chew, Roderick | S. Raman Y. Chen |
Factors Associated with Delay in Response to Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction |
| Chorny, Yelena |
B. Wilson I. Graham |
The Social Construction of the New Genetics: Public Understanding, Expectations, and Values About Genetic Testing |
| Clark, Heather | G. Wells A. O'Connor |
A Multiple Logistic Regression Model of the Decision and the Decision-Making Process to take Long-Term Preventive Hormone Replacement Therapy by Post-Menopausal Women |
| Clark, Michael |
G. Nichol B. Cameron |
A Markov Model to Develop Guidelines for the Use and Discontinuation of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine in Canada |
| Cole, Maxine |
D. Krewski R. Spasoff |
Perception of Risk to Health from Environmental Factors Amongst the Mohawks of Akwasasne |
| Cooper, Curtis |
B. Cameron Y. Chen P. Tugwell |
Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Viral Load Levels Over One Year in HIV-HCV Co-Infected Individuals |
| Corluka, Adrijana | I. McDowell M. Sawada |
Contextual Factors Contributing to Health of Elderly People |
| Cousineau, Nathalie | P. Hébert S. Hotz I. McDowell |
Development of a Burden Scale |
| Cousins, Margaret | I. McDowell R. Nair |
Impact of the Healthstyles Health Promotion Program on Health Care Utilization: A Secondary Analysis of Data |
| Cranney, Ann | P. Tugwell G. Wells |
A Pilot Project Employing Patient Preferences in the Setting of Osteoporosis Clinical Trials |
| Dahrouge, Simone |
G. Wells N. Birkett S. Malone |
A Prediction Model for Recurrence in Prostate Cancer Following Radiotherapy which Considered Microvessel Density, MIB-1, P-53, BCL2 and Bax |
| Dalloo, Adrian |
D. Coyle R. Spasoff |
Can the Canadian Case Mix Age Group (0-17 yrs) be Further Refined to Better Represent the Pediatric Population? |
| De Maio, Valerie | I. Stiell G. Wells |
EMS-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest: Descriptive Epidemiology, Predictors of Survival, and Survival Comparison with Bystander-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest |
| Declich, Silvia | T. Elmslie R. Nair |
Summary Measures for Assessing the Risk of a New Disease: The Case of The Sexual Transmission of HIV, 1993 |
| Dervin, Geoffrey | G. Wells I. Stiell |
A Study of Knee Osteoarthritis Arthroscopy Prospective Evaluation (SKOAP) Derivation Set for Predicting Degenerative Resectable Meniscal Tears and Change in Self Assessed Quality of Life |
| Djelouah, Reda |
Y. Chen B. Dales P. Stewart |
Socioeconomic Status and Health-Care Utilization in Canadian Asthmatics |
| Do, Minh |
N. Birkett D. Krewski P. Villeneuve K. Johnson |
Chlorination By-Products in Drinking Water and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer |
| Doherty, Joanne | G. Wells | Socio-Demographic, Attitudinal and Behavioural Determinants of Risk for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Sixteen-Year-Old High School Students |
| Doumit, Gaby |
J. Grimshaw I. Graham |
Opinion Leaders, Effectiveness, Identification, Stability, Specificity, and Mechanism of Action |
| Dube, Catherine | A. Laupacis | The Cost-effectiveness of Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis C Related Cirrhosis |
| Dunn, Crystal |
B. Wilson P. Wells |
An Exploratory Study of Individual and Health System Level Impacts of Genetic Testing for Thrombophilia Among Asymptomatic First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Venous Thrombosis |
| Earle, Craig | G. Wells | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Comparison of two Methodologies to Combine Survival Curves in Meta-Analysis |
| Ellison, Larry | S. Raman | Serum Vitamin A and Prostate Cancer |
| Farzad, Fatemeh | G. Hill | The Association of Serum Copper and Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease in Males: A Case Control Study |
| Findlater, Ross | Y. Mao | Increasing Incidence of Cancer of the Corpus Uteri in the Elderly in Canada? Analysis of Descriptive Data, Hysterectomy Adjustment and Chart Review |
| Fisher, Andrea | G. Wells | Clinical Factors Predictive of Pressure Ulcers in Adults in Acute Care Hospitals |
| Fitzgibbon, Edward | P. Allard I. Graham |
A Survey of Factors Influencing Awareness and Use of the Rapid Access Palliative Radiotherapy Program by the Family Physicians in Eastern Ontario |
| Forgie, Melissa | P. Wells G. Nichol |
The Duration of Anticoagulation in Idiopathic Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Markov Decision Analysis |
| Forrester, Leslie | S. Hotz D. Wigle |
The Development of a Smoking Motives Inventory |
| Forster, Alan | G. Well C. vanWalraven |
Is There an Association Between Hospital Ocupancy and Quality of Care |
| Fyfe, Murray | S. Raman | Springtime Asthma Hospitalizations and Pollen Levels: Are they Related? |
| Garber, Bryan | G. Wells | Validation of the TRISS Model for Survival in Blunt Trauma Patients Using the Ontario Trauma Registry |
| Garner, Michael |
N. Birkett D. Krewski |
Dietary Risk Factors for Testicular Cancer, A Case-Control Study Using the National Enhanced Cancer Surveillance System |
| Gaudette, Leslie | R. Spasoff G. Hill D. Wigle |
Should Population-based Screening for Breast Cancer be Implemented for Women Aged 70-79? A Model-based Approach |
| Gibson, Darcie |
S. Aaron |
Deviation Between Pre-Randomisation and Post-Randomisation Disease-State Ascertainment |
| Goyal, Supriya |
G. Wells | The Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on Coronary Heart Diseaqse in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Assessment of Methods |
| Grant, Curry | A. Laupacis A. O'Connor |
Validation of a Decision Aid for Alternatives to Allogeneic Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery |
| Guenther, Tanya |
G. Wells P. Tugwell |
Development of Research Methods to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Home-Based, Dual Treatment for Presumptive Malaria and Pneumonia in Children Under Five Years |
| Harvey, Marie-Andree | G. Wells | Genital Prolapse Following Childbirth: A Study of its Incidence and Determinants |
| Hasselback, Paul | D. Wigle | Native Mortality in Canada: |
| Hazel, Dorothea | G. Wells J. Losos |
An Evaluation of the Surveillance of Infectious Diseases on the Island of Montserrat with Special Focus on the Islands Preparedness to Monitor Emerging Communicable Diseases |
| Henderson, Beth | P. Stewart R. Nair |
A Validation Study of the Physician Notices of Birth Database in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton |
| Herbert, Margaret | R. Spasoff | Modelling Future Mortality in Ontario: Extension of The Prevent Model and Development of an Ontario Database |
| Hockin, Jamie | S. Raman | A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Ectopic Pregnancy Using Routinely Collected Administrative Data |
| Hopkins, Laura | D. Coyle G. Wells |
CA-125 in the Surveillance of Patients with Ovarian Cancer: A Decision Analysis Model |
| Howard, Andrew | R. Nair R. Spasoff A. Laupacis |
Small Area Variations: Modeling the Expected Distribution of Summary Statistics |
| Huang, Ling |
C. vanWalraven N. Birkett (R. Sauve) |
Impact of Advanced Maternal Age on the Risk of Stillbirth |
| James, Paul (HTA) | P. Tugwell R. Wilkins |
The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Avoidable Mortality in Canada from 1971-1996 |
Johns, Karen |
N. Birkett D. Krewski |
Occupational Exposure to 60Hz Magnetic Fields and the Risk of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Results from the Canadian National Enhanced Cancer Surveillance System |
| Judd, Maria |
I. Graham G. Wells L. Brosseau |
Examining the Use of Evidence-Based Practice Resources among Physiotherapists in Canada |
| Junnarkar, Gauri | S. Hotz R. Plotnikoff N. Birkett |
The Development and Validation of the Motivation for Physical Activity Scale (MPAS) |
| Kapur, Atul | I. Stiell T. Klassen G. Wells |
Emergency Department Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
| Karlsen, Klaus | N. Birkett | Threatened Child Health through Lack of Immunization Identification of Risk Groups in Uganda, 1995 |
| Kashyap, Sonya | G. Wells | Clomid Vesus Metformin for Induction of Ovulation and Pregnancy in PCOS Patients: A Randomized-Controlled Trial |
| Kierulf, Jackie | R. Spasoff | The Association of Chronic Physical Illness and Eating Attitudes in School-Aged Children. A Secondary Analysis Based on a Community Survey of the Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Eating and Mood Disorders in Children |
| King, Jim | G. Wells | Immunogenicity of Quandrivalent Meningococcal Polysaccharide |
| King, Michael | D. Krewski D. Coyle K. Brand |
An Economic Evaluation of Residential Radon Risk Mitigation in Canada |
| Knoll, Greg | G. Nichol | The Management of Type I Diabetic Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Decision Analysis of Transplantation Options |
| Kravcik, Stephen | R. Nair | The Association Between Surrogate Marker Response Measures and the Development of Opportunistic Illnesses in HIV Infected Persons Enrolled in a Large Randomized Clinical Trial |
| Langner, Neima | N. Birkett | Cardiac Risk Factor Management in the Offspings of Patients with Premature Ischemic Heart Disease |
| Levy, Isra | Y. Mao | An Investigation into the Rising Incidence of Carcinoma of the Prostate in Cnaada |
| Lin, Mei |
Y. Chen D. Krewski R. Burnett P. Villeneuve |
Short - Term Effects of Exposure to Outdoor Air Pollution on Hospital Admission for Asthma Among Children Aged 6-12 Years in Toronto, Canada |
| Lipskie, Tammy | T. Klassen N. Birkett |
Epidemiologic Investigation of Snowboarding Injuries |
| Luo, Wei | N. Birkett Y. Mao |
Cancer Incidence Patterns Among Chinese Migrant Populations in Alberta |
| Man-Son-Hing, Malcolm | A. Laupacis | The Efficacy of Warfarin for the Prevention of Stroke in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Measuring its Minimal Clinically Important Difference From the Patients' Perspective. |
| Marshall, Shawn | R. Spasoff R. Nair |
Evaluation of Restricted Driver Licensing for Medical Impairments in Saskatchewan |
| Mayhew, Alain | N. Birkett R. Plotnikoff |
Physical Activity Levels Across Canada: An Analysis of the Canadian Heart Health Surveys |
| McAlister, Finlay | A. O'Connor A. Laupacis G. Wells |
An Evaluation of Minimal Clinically Important Differences for the Initiation of Antihypertensive Therapy from the Perspective of Canadian Patients and Physicians |
| McAuley, Laura | P. Tugwell D. Moher |
The Influence of Grey Literature on Meta-Analysis |
| McIntyre, Lauralyn | P. Hébert R. Nair (D. Fergusson) |
Are Fluid Resuscitation Strategies Associated with Hospital Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis? A Retrospective Cohort Study |
| McLean, Mark | P. Duclos | The Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Ontario and Quebec, 1983 - 1989, using Hospital-Service Databases |
| Meadows, Emily |
A. Jolly R. Nair |
Sexual Networks of Individuals Infected with Sexually Transmitted Infections: Structure and Disease Transmission |
| Milne, Sarah | I. McDowell |
Development and Evaluation of a Functional Scale for use in Adolescents with Lower Extremity Orthopedic Conditions |
| Mitra, Debjani |
P. Tugwell A. O'Connor |
Developing and Evaluating a Decision Support Tool for Immigrant and Refugee Women from HIV-Endemic Countries for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) |
| Molnar, Frank | I. McDowell G. Wells |
Development of Clinician-Friendly Tools to Screen for Cognitive Impairment |
| Moloughney, Brent | S. Raman | Demographic and Psychosocial Components of Health Behaviour Clusters in Canadian Military Males |
| Moser, Andrea | I. McDowell T. Elmslie |
Are there Identifiable Factors that may Assist Family Physicians to Identify Community Dwelling Elderly Patients who are at Risk of Clinically Relevant Functional Decline? |
| Murphy, Kellie |
N. Birkett | Physical Activity Levels in Adolescents Over Four Years: Trends and Predictors |
| Murray, Heather | I. Stiell G. Wells I. McDowell |
Cellulitis in the Emergency Department: Developing and Testing Objective Outcome Measures |
| Mustafa, Amal | R. Nair | Study of The Relationship of Low Birthweight with Race and Socioeconomic Status at the Maternity Hospital Kuala Lumpur Malaysia , A Case Control Study |
| Navarro, Christine | Y. Chen R. Nair A. Jolly |
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Their Socio-Demographic and Behavioural Correlates in Canada: National Population Health Survey 1996-97 |
| Nooh, Randa | N. Birkett P. Stewart |
Maternal Group B Streptococcal Colonization and Preterm Premature Rupture of the Fetal Membranes |
| O'Grady, Kathryn | D. Coyle G. Wells (R. Spasoff) |
Effect of Neighbourhood Income Concentration on the Health of the Poor in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Page, Jacqueline | T. Klassen R. Nair |
A Descriptive Study of Parent and Physician Treatment Decisions for Children with Acute Otitis Media Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Care Facility |
| Papa, Linda | I. Stiell T. Klassen G. Wells |
The PARC Study. Predicting Outcome in Acute Renal Colic a Feasibility Study |
| Pennock, Jennifer | R. Spasoff D. Coyle |
The Economic Burden of Bottle-Feeding |
| Perry, Jeff | I. Stiell G. Wells |
A Feasibility Study to Derive a Clinical Decision Rule for the Investigation of Alert Patients Suspected of having Subarachnoid Haemorrhage |
| Pless, Robert | P. Stewart | Issues in Health Promotion Survey Research: The Example of Anabolic Steroid Use at the High School Level |
| Plint, Amy |
I. Stiell G. Wells |
A Feasibility Study to Derive a Clinical Decision Rule for Predicting Severe Bronchiolitis |
| Potvin, Kenneth | R. Spasoff I. Neutel R. Nair |
Use of an Administrative Database to Develop and Test a Model to Predict the Allocation of Clinical Pharmacy Human Resources |
| Ramage-Morin, Pamela | R. Spasoff Y. Chen |
Family Income Inequality and Health in Canada 1981-1996 |
| Reaume, Neil (HTA) |
J. Grimshaw I. Graham |
The Life Cycle of Evidence for Novel Chemotherapeutic Agents in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| Rodger, Marc | P. Wells R. Nair I. Stiell |
A Study to Develop a Clinical Prediction Rule to Exclude Pulmonary Embolism |
| Rostom, Alaa | P. Tugwell |
A Randomized Trial of a Computerized Versus an Audio-Booklet Decision Aid for Women considering Post-Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| Saginur, Michael (HTA) |
I. Graham G. Wells |
Technologies to Prevent Medication Error: A Study of their Effectiveness, and of their use in Canada |
| Semelhago, Lloyd |
G. Wells | Evaluating Bioprosthetic Devices in Aortic Valve Surgery: Systematic Assessment and Design of Cardiac Surgical Trials |
| Senzilet, Linda | J. Last | The Impact of Ontario's Child Restraint Legislation on the Incidence, Severity and Patterns of Injury in Children under Five Years |
| Seviour, Rosann | P. Stewart R. Nair |
From Paper to Practice. An Evaluation of the Impact of the 1989 NACI Guidelines for Universal Hepatitis B Screening in Pregnancy |
| Sharma, Mike |
G. Nichol G. Wells |
A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Potential Interventions to Decrease Time to Treatment for Ischemic Stroke |
| Shea, Beverley | P. Tugwell D. Moher |
Assessing the Quality of Reporting of Meta-Analyses of Randomized Control Trials |
| Shi, Fan | N. Birkett Y. Chen E. Grunfeld |
Cancer Incidence and Survival Patterns Among Chinese Immigrants in the United States |
| Snider, Judy | G. Wells | Health Effects From Exposure to Traffic Radar Units in Members of the RCMP |
| Spaans, Johanna | R. Nair D. Coyle |
Lipid Lowering Drugs: Potential for Cost Containment with Improved Prophylactic Management |
| Stiell, Ian | I. McDowell R. Nair |
A Study to Develop Clinical Decision Rules for The Emergency Department Use of Radiography in Acute Ankle Injuries |
| Strike, Carole | R. Spasoff R. Nair |
The Utility of Indirect Standardization for Estimating Community Health Status. |
| Sullivan, Shannon | L. Chambers R. Nair |
Development and Evaluation through Structural Equation Modeling of a Model of Health-Seeking Behaviour as it Relates to Chronic Disease in the Elderly |
| Taylor, Stuart | I. McDowell R. Spasoff |
Selection and Testing of a Collection of Community Health Indicators for Use in Ontario Public Health Units |
| Tomson, Derek |
J. Little D. Moher |
Evaluating the Association Between Adult Brain Tumours and a Family History of Cancer |
| Tsertsvadze, Alexander | R. Nair N. Birkett I. McDowell (A.M. Ugnat) |
Physical Activity, Relative Body Weight and Risk of Bladder Cancer |
| Turcotte, Katherine | W. Walop I. McDowell |
Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Community-Based Elderly Canadians |
| Turner, Michelle | Y. Chen D. Krewski |
Allergy and Cancer: Analysis of the American Cancer Society - Cancer Prevention Study II Prospective Cohort |
| Vaillancourt, Christian |
I. Stiell G. Wells |
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation: Improving the Weakest Link in the Chain of Survival for Cardiac Arrest |
| van Walraven, Carl | A. Laupacis G. Wells |
A Comparison of Two Methods of Medical Discharge Summary Generation |
| Villeneuve, Paul | S. Raman | Population Based Survival Analysis of Childhood Cancer |
| Viola, Ray | G.Wells | Studying Fluid Status and the Dying - The Challenge of Clinical Research in Palliative Care |
| Waldegger, Lisa |
I. McDowell | A Randomized Controlled Trial of Rollator Walkers in C.O.P.D. |
| Weselak (Fisher), Mandy | T. Arbuckle D. Krewski D. Wigle |
Ontario Farm Family Health Study, Pregnancy Pesticide Exposures, Birth Defects & Child Health Outcomes |
| Whitehead, Jeffrey | R. Nair | Reporting Completeness of the Aids Case Reporting Surveillance System |
| Williamson, Nancy | R. Nair | Evaluation of Risk Factors Associated with Diminished Immune Response to Haemophilus Influenzae Type B PRP-D Vaccine Among Inuit Infants, 1994 |
| Willis, Alette | D. Krewski R. Spasoff R. Burnett |
The Effect of the Scale Analysis on the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors, Air Pollution and Mortality |
| Woodend, Kirsten | R. Nair | Complication and testing of a Quality of Life Assessment Package |
| Xi, Guo-Liang |
R. Spasoff I. McDowell R. Nair |
Income Inequality and Health: A multilevel Analysis Based on Ontario Health Survey 1996-97 |
| Zhao, Wenxia | Y. Chen |
Comorbidity in Prediction of Length of Stay in Hospital, Hospital Readmission and Mortality in Diabetic Patients |