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Professor

June Carroll

DFCM

MD

Location
Sinai Health System
Address
Granovsky Gluskin Family Medicine Centre, 60 Murray St 4th Floor Box 25 , Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 3L9
Research Interests
Genetics and Genomics, Health Service Delivery, Knowledge Translation, Qualitative Data Analysis, Mixed Methods, Survey Methods, Prenatal Screening
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Current academic appointment/faculty rank: Professor and Clinician Scientist

Affiliations:

  • Ray D Wolfe Department of Family Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health 
  • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto 

Research summary:

Dr. Carroll’s academic focus is the integration of genomic medicine into primary care through research and health policy work. Her research is generally in the areas of health services delivery and knowledge mobilization. Dr. Carroll is the Co-Founding Director of GECKO: Genetics Education Canada Knowledge Organization (www.geneticseducation.ca), which develops, evaluates and disseminates practical, up-to-date, clinically relevant educational materials on genetics, mainly for family physicians and other non-genetics health professionals. She is the Provincial Lead for Primary Care Genetics and is a member of several provincial genetics committees including Co-Chairing the Primary Care Genetics Reference Table, which advises the Ontario Provincial Genetics Program on implementation of clinical genetics services from a primary care perspective. Dr. Carroll was awarded the University of Toronto Department of Family & Community Medicine “Academic Family Physician of the Year” in 2024.  

 

Current Appointments
2015 Jul - present: Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2011 Jan - present: Co-Founding Director, GEC-KO: Genetics Education Canada: Knowledge Organization, Ontario, Canada
1980 Jul 1 - present: Family Physician, Ray D Wolfe Department of Family Medicine, Granovsky Gluskin Family Medicine Centre, Mount Sinai Academic Family Health Team, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009 - present: Clinician Scientist, University of Toronto: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Research Synopsis

 

My research focuses on the development, evaluation and implementation of practice tools and knowledge translation strategies to enhance primary care practice in genomic medicine.

 

Grants

 

2019/3 - 2024/3
Co-investigator: Genomics ADviSER 2.0: Creating and evaluating a digital decision support tool on incidental genomic findings.
Funding Source: CIHR
CIHR Project Grant
Totoal Funding: $497,250 CAD

2018/4 - 2019/3
Co-Investigator: Developing and evaluating an e-decision aid application for the selection of incidental genomic sequencing results.
Funding Source: McLaughlin Centre, University of Toronto
McLaughlin Centre Accelerator Grant in Genomic Medicine
Total Funding: $50,000 CAD

2018/2 - 2021/1
Co-investigator: The health outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients receiving incidental genomic results: A randomized controlled trial.
Funding Source: Canadian Cancer Society
Quality of Life Research Grant
Total Funding: $300,000 CAD

2013/4 - 2020/4
Co-investigator: Improving Community-based Cancer Care along the Continuum of Care (Can-IMPACT) Lead: Personalized Medicine Stream
Funding Sources: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Community-Based Primary Health Care Team Grant
Total Funding: $2,000,000 CAD