RESEARCH AWARDS 2019
Award Recipients
The Garner King Award – Best Clinical or Quality Improvement Study
Title of abstract: Parental understanding of research consent forms in the pediatric intensive care unit: a pilot study
Authors: Gertsman, Shira 1,2; O’Hearn, Katharine 2; Gibson, Jess 2; Menon, Kusum 2,3
1 Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
2 Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
3 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Bojan Paunovic, President CCCS; Shira Gertsman, Award Recipient, Dr. Claudia dos Santos, Director CCCS
Allan Spanier Award – Best Education Study
Abstract title: Implementation and Evaluation of an Experiential Randomized Trial Activity for High School Students
Authors: Takaoka, Alyson1; O’ Grady, Heather K.2; Reid, Julie C.2; Kho, Michelle E2,3
1 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
2 School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
3 Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; The Research Institute of St. Joe’s, Hamilton
Alyson Takaoka, Award Recipient
Michael Ward Award – Best Basic or Translational Science Study
Abstract title: Baseline Diaphragm Sarcopenia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients is Associated with Delayed Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation and Increased Mortality
Authors: Sklar, Michael C1; Dres, Martin2,3; Fan, Eddy1,4,5,6; Rubenfeld, Gordon D1,4,5,7; Scales, Damon C1,4,5,7; Herridge, Margaret S1,4,5,8; Rittayamai, Nuttapol2; Brace, Deborah2; Reid, W. Darlene1,9; Tomlinson, George4; Rozenberg, Dmitry4; Slutsky, Arthur S1,2; Brochard, Laurent1,2,4; Ferguson, Niall D1,4,5,6,8,10; Goligher, Ewan C1,4,6,8,10
1 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
2 Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
3 AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie, Médecine intensive – Réanimation (Département “R3S”), F-75013, Paris, France
4 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
5 Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
6 Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
7 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada
8 Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
9 Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
10 Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Bojan Paunovic, President CCCS; Michael Sklar, Award Recipient, Dr. Claudia dos Santos, Director CCCS
CCCF Outstanding Trainee Abstract Award
Abstract title: Outcomes and Costs Following Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critically Ill Adults – A Population-Based Cohort Study
Authors: Fernando, Shannon M.1,2; Qureshi, Danial3,4; Tanuseputro, Peter3,4,5,6; Fan, Eddy7,8; Munshi, Laveena7,9; Rochwerg, Bram10,11; Talarico, Robert3,4; Scales, Damon C.3,7,12,13; Brodie, Daniel14; Dhanani, Sonny15,16; Guerguerian, Anne-Marie7,17; Shemie, Sam D.18,19; Thavorn, Kednapa3,4,5; Kyeremanteng, Kwadwo1,4,6
1 Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
3 ICES, Toronto, ON
4 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
5 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
6 Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
7 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
8 Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
9 Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON
10 Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
11 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
12 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
13 Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON
14 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
15 Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
16 Division of Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON
17 Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
18 Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC
19 Division of Critical Care, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC
Dr. Bojan Paunovic, President CCCS; Shannon Fernando, Award Recipient, Dr. Claudia dos Santos, Director CCCS
CCCF Outstanding Health Professional Abstract Award
Abstract title: Driving Clinical Best Practice Through a Provincial Audit and Feedback Approach: Alberta’s ICU Delirium Initiative
Authors: Morrissey, Jeanna1; Samantha L. Bowker1, 2, Selvi Sinnadurai1
1 Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network TM, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada
2 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Bojan Paunovic, President CCCS;Jeanna Morrissey, Award Recipient, Dr. Claudia dos Santos, Director CCCS
Bojan Paunovic, President CCCS; Claudia dos Santos, Director CCCS; Rob Fowler, Abstract Committee Chair CCCF