Enabling Platform (fully integrated with Legacy Initiatives 1 April 2017)
Former Research Leaders:
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| Dr. Allan Becker, Professor and Head, Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba | Dr. Susan J. Elliott, Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo |
Strategic Focus:
Patients, Policy and Public Health focused on benefits for patients, policy and public health across Legacy Projects. This team integrated expertise in the social sciences, including psychology, sociology, medical geography, ethics, law and health economics and aimed to inform evidence-based public health policy.PPP became fully integrated with AllerGen’s Legacy Initiatives on 1 April 2017.
Patients, Policy & Public Health Backgrounder
Patients, Policy & Public Health Publications
Projects:
| Project | Term | Investigators |
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Building a collaborative working group to inform the development of a National Lung Health Framework (NLHF) Phase II |
2010 - 2012 |
Barker, Kim; Befus, Dean; Boyd, Joni; Chera, Rupi; Davoren, Tanya; McGhan, Shawna |
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Certified Allergy Educator Program |
2013 - 2015 |
Becker, Allan; Waserman, Susan; Levinson, Anthony; Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Kapur, Sandy; Gillespie, Cathy; Elliott, Susan; Gutkin, Cal |
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Consumer Preference for Allergen Food Labelling |
2008 - 2010 |
Marra, Carlo |
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Development of an Evidence-based Certified Allergy Educator Program |
2012 - 2014 |
Becker, Allan; Boulet, Louis-Philippe; Carr, Stuart; Chapman, Ken; Clarke, Ann; Connors, Cheryl; Denburg, Judah; Gillespie, Cathy; Harada, Laurie; Hayward, Kathy; Kaplan, Alan; Kim, Harold; Latycheva, Oxana; Levinson, Anthony; Massie, Amy; McGhan, Shawna; Royce, Diana; Sears, Malcolm; Sharpe, Heather; Stark, Don; Waserman, Susan; Wilton, Pamela |
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Development of national strategies for implementing and evaluating evidence-based indicators for benchmarking and monitoring asthma care in Canada (Success Stories profile) |
2012 - 2014 |
To, Teresa |
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Engaging Aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma in support-education program development (Success Stories profile) |
2009 - 2012 |
Becker, Allan; Castleden, Heather; Elliott, Susan; King, Malcolm; Letourneau, Nicole; Masuda, Jeffrey; McGhan, Shawna; Shoush, Bronwyn; Stewart, Miriam |
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Enhancing RAP for First Nations Communities (Success Stories profile) |
2011 - 2013 |
Becker, Allan; Befus, Dean; Cicutto, Lisa; Fenton, Nancy; Latycheva, Oxana; Sarin, Chris; Stewart, Miriam; To, Teresa |
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Evidence, ethics and health policy research (Annual Report story: Using scientific evidence for effective health policy) |
2009 - 2012 |
Caulfield, Timothy; Cicutto, Lisa; Elliott, Susan; Kaye, Jane; Knoppers, Bartha; Macdonald, Michael; Menon, Devidas; Meslin, Eric; Nisbet, Matthew; Otlowski, Margaret; Upshur, Ross |
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Expression of interest proposal for strategic initiatives funding for the First Canada-China Symposium on Asthma/Allergy and Airway Smooth Muscle |
2009 - 2010 |
Deng, Linhong; Soew, Chun; Stephens, Newman |
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Extending the Reach: From Practice to Evidence |
2010 - 2012 |
Elliott, Susan |
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Extending the Reach: From Practice to Evidence |
2010 - 2012 |
Hampson, Christine; Latycheva, Oxana |
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Financial barriers to medication use in children with asthma: Effect on health outcomes (Success Stories profile) |
2005 - 2006 |
Ungar, Wendy; Kozyrskyj, Anita |
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Getting Asthma on to the School Agenda: A KT strategy (Annual Report story) |
2010 - 2012 |
Befus, Dean |
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Health and India-Canada Workshop for Development of Mobile e-Health Technologies |
2010 - 2012 |
Becker, Allan; Denburg, Judah |
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KT feasibility study |
2006 - 2008 |
Befus, Dean |
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Mobilizing best practices in Asthma and Allergy management and use of the Air Quality Health Index in the Canadian sport and recreation community |
2012 - 2014 |
Becker, Allan; Bentley, Lisa; Boulet, Louis-Philippe; Brook, Jeff; Carlsten, Chris; Chiotti, Quinten; Daly, Christina; Dance, Matthew; Denburg, Judah; Dogra, Shilpa; Duffy, Ann; Elliott, Susan; Flett, Cyndie; Hylland, Sue; Laframboise, Deirdre; Latycheva, Oxana; Levinson, Anthony; Royce, Diana; Strother, Ralph; Waserman, Susan |
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Online Certificate Course in Best Practices for Allergic Disease/Anaphylaxis for Schools |
2007 - 2009 |
Levinson, Anthony |
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Parental preferences for asthma control in children |
2008 - 2010 |
Dell, Sharon; FitzGerald, Mark; Lynd, Larry; Ungar, Wendy |
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Pharmacogenetics & Genetic Testing 3D graphical animation tool |
2007 - 2009 |
Anderson, Beth; Levinson, Anthony; Tebbutt, Scott; Ungar, Wendy |
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Promoting Health Equity for Vulnerable Populations affected by Asthma and Allergies |
2012 - 2016 |
Avery Kinew, Kathy; Byrtus, Lilly; Castleden, Heather; Clement, Connie; Connors, Cheryl; Hanvey, Louise; Kilgannon, Bill Moore; King, Malcolm; Kolkman, John; Latycheva, Oxana; Letourneau, Nicole; Levinson, Anthony; Masuda, Jeffrey; McGhan, Shawna; McNeill, Mary; Reidel, Judy; See Toh, Florence; Sigurdson, Lori; Starr, Leona; Stewart, Lesley; Stewart, Miriam; To, Teresa |
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Respiratory health awareness community outreach and engagement of First Nations community in Alberta: Pilot Intervention (Annual Report story: Engaging Aboriginal families affected by asthma and allergies) |
2011 - 2013 |
Stewart, Miriam |
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Shared Decision in Asthma Management: A Strategy to Improve Asthma Control |
2010 - 2012 |
Becker, Allan; Befus, Dean; Bhutani, Mohit; Boulet, Louis-Philippe; Légaré, France; Mayers, Irvin; McGhan, Shawna |
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Stress allostatic load and risk of allergies and asthma in children of immigrants |
2007 - 2009 |
Bienenstock, John; Elliott, Susan; Soares, Claudio; Waserman, Susan |
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Surveillance of occupational asthma |
2005 - 2006 |
Beach, Jeremy; Burstyn, Igor; Cherry, Nicola; Kennedy, Susan; Schopflocher, Don |
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Sustainable Online Support for Children and Adolescents Affected by Asthma and Allergies (Success Stories profile) |
2011 - 2013 |
Byrtus, Lilly; Cuddeford, Cheryl; Elliott, Susan; Harada, Laurie; Latycheva, Oxana; Letourneau, Nicole; Mason, Karen; Masuda, Jeffrey; McGhan, Shawna; Smith, Debbie; Stewart, Miriam |
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Technology-enabled Knowledge Translation and Mobilization |
2012 - 2016 |
Befus, Dean; Brook, Jeff; Carr, Stuart; Caulfield, Timothy; Clarke, Ann; Elliott, Susan; Garside, Sarah; Levinson, Anthony; Lougheed, Diane; Lynd, Larry; Marshall, Jean; O’Byrne, Paul; Sears, Malcolm; Ungar, Wendy; Waserman, Susan |
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The Platform for Outcomes Research and Translation in Asthma and Allergy (PORTAL) (Success Stories profile) |
2012 - 2016 |
Clarke, Ann; Dell, Sharon; Elliott, Susan; FitzGerald, Mark; Lynd, Larry; Marra, Carlo; Sadatsavavi, Mohsen; Ungar, Wendy |
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The Respiratory Global Research And Training (GREAT) Network |
2007 - 2009 |
To, Teresa |
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The Roaring Adventures of Puff: A school-based asthma education program |
2007 - 2009 |
Becker, Allan; Befus, Dean; Gillespie, Cathy; McGhan, Shawna; Stewart, Lesley |
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Using and abusing evidence in science and health policy |
2011 - 2013 |
Caulfield, Timothy |
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White Paper Series (Success Stories profile) |
2012 - 2016 |
Caulfield, Timothy; Ogbogu, Ubaka; Ries, Nola |
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Workplace sensitizers: skin and lung exposure, responses and prevention (Success Stories profile) |
2005 - 2006 |
Holness, D.; Kudla, Irena; Liss, Gary; Purdham, James; Silverman, Frances; Tarlo, Susan |
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Work-Related Asthma and Allergy: Prevention and Early Detection (WRAAPED) research program (Annual Report story) |
2009 - 2012 |
Bitran, Maurice; Blais, Lucie; Crighton, Eric; Garvey, Nancy; Haines, Ted; Holness, D.; Hux, Janet; Kudla, Irena; Larue, Marie; Lemiére, Catherine; Liss, Gary; Lougheed, Diane; Malo, Jean-Luc; Mercer, Marjorie; Moscato, Gianna; Olajos-Clow, Jennifer; Rioux, Guylaine; Tamari, Itamar; Tarlo, Susan; To, Teresa |
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Asthma and BC workers (Success Stories profile) |
2005 - 2006 |
Beach, Jeremy; Demers, Paul; Kennedy, Susan; Koehoorn, Mieke; Lynd, Larry; McLeod, Chris |
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Building continuity of support for allergic children with asthma and/or anaphylaxis and their families (Success Stories profile) |
2007 - 2009 |
Becker, Allan; Cicutto, Lisa; Letourneau, Nicole; Majaesic, Carina; Masuda, Jeffrey; McGhan, Shawna; Moisey, Susan; Stewart, Miriam; Watt, Susan |
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Can e-health tools improve health outcomes in asthma? (Success Stories profile) |
2009 - 2012 |
Anderson, Dale; Carroll, Kathi; Forster, Brian; Garside, Sarah; Garvey, Nancy; Hampson, Christine; Johnson, Glen; Kaplan, Alan; Kasperski, Jan; Levinson, Anthony; Lougheed, Diane; McKibbon, Ann; O’Byrne, Paul; Tebbutt, Scott; To, Teresa |
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Changing Practice for Prevention and Early Detection of Occupational Asthma and Allergic Diseases in the Primary Care Setting |
2007 - 2009 |
Blais, Lucie; DeLair, Hal; Haines, Ted; Holness, D.; Kudla, Irena; Lemiére, Catherine; Liss, Gary; Lougheed, Diane; Mardell, Kevin; Minard, Janice; Olajos-Clow, Jennifer; Paterson, Nigel; Tarlo, Susan; To, Teresa |