Research Unit Publications and Scholarly Activities
The Department of Family Medicine Research Unit provides an exciting opportunity to perform multidisciplinary and community-based partnered research with very practical outcomes on the health of Canadians. Dr. Alan Katz, Research Director, and his research staff promote and support much of the research and scholarly activities among department members as well as development of residents’ research skills required to understand and use research concepts in both evidence-based practice and as community-based and/or academic researchers. Drs Katz, Brent Kvern, and Jeff Sisler, and Gayle Halas currently provide workshops to all Family Medicine residents to support the development of a capstone scholarly or research paper, which is presented on Research Day (October 2011 and June 2012). Dr. Katz’s research grants also support student research assistantships, medical student summer projects or BSc Medicine projects, and postdoctoral fellowships.
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The Department of Family Medicine Research office is located in the Pathology Building of the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus. This has been largely supported by one of Dr. Katz’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research grants and provides the work space to carry out the research (such as data extraction, data analysis) as well as meeting space for team meetings and/or resident consultations regarding their project work. Within the past year, one postdoctoral fellow completed his term and another postdoctoral fellow began a two-year term. One full-time research assistant, who had just completed her undergraduate degree, was accepted into Medical School. She was replaced with a part-time research assistant and a part-time office assistant. Dr. Katz’s research grants fully fund his research projects including all the research infrastructure and staff. This currently includes two research associates, two postdoctoral fellows, a data manager, and a part-time research assistant.
Research Associates
Postdoctoral Fellows
Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network Associates
Gayle Halas, RDH, MA, PhD(c.) Joanne Chateau, Dip. AT, BA
Kathleen Clouston, PhD Masud Khawaja, MD, MLRHR, PhD
Beth Lloyd, BEd, MA William Peeler, BA Collette Thiessen (Philippe), office assistant
university of manitoba faculty of medicine
Dr. Alan Katz, Research Director