Faculty within the Division of Emergency Medicine produce outstanding and impactful research. Projects span from the emergency departments in Toronto to Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa. While it can be intimidating at any career stage to engage in research, the division's research co-leads are available to answer faculty members' questions about DFCM's research supports or brainstorm a future project.
The Division of EM's Research Co-Leads are Dr. Catherine Varner and Dr. Shelley McLeod.
Dr. Catherine Varner is an emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is the Deputy Director and a Clinician Scientist of the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI) at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Deputy Editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Her research focus is pregnancy and postpartum care in the emergency department.
Dr. Shelley McLeod is a Clinical Epidemiologist and Research Director of the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI) at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Her main academic interests include emergency department triage and flow, evidence synthesis including network meta-analysis, clinical decision rules, and adaptive clinical trials.
To learn more about or contact Dr. Varner and Dr. McLeod, visit the pages linked below.
