Division of Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds
TOPIC: Research in Hospital Medicine: Challenges, Opportunities, Enablers and Resources
OBJECTIVES:
- Conducting hospital-based research, including common challenges and opportunities.
- Upcoming plans for the University of Toronto practice-based learning and research network (PBLRN).
- Services and supports available to sites via DFCM's Research Program.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Andrew Pinto MD, CCFP, FRCPC, MSc, is the founder and director of the Upstream Lab, a research team focused on tackling social determinants of health, population health management, and using data science to enable Learning Health Systems. He holds the CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Upstream Prevention. He is a Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialist and family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. He is the Director of the University of Toronto Practice-Based Research Network (UTOPIAN), and the lead for clinical research of Ontario’s POPLAR network.
Dr. Tara Marie Watson PhD, is the Associate Director, Research Program at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She earned her PhD in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. Dr. Watson’s longstanding research interests include drug policy, harm reduction, and community- and prison-based substance use and mental health services. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with years of experience conducting qualitative studies and has expertise in community engagement and knowledge mobilization.
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